Thomas Hostetter, MDEnriched profile
Professor of Medicine · University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Thomas H. Hostetter, MD, is Professor of Medicine at University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. The public record shows 306 publications with 29,600 citations (h-index 76), centered on Chronic Kidney Disease. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 2 companies, 3 NIH-funded awards (2010–2019).
- Top research focus: Chronic Kidney Disease
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 2 companies
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Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Public positionssourced statements on record
- Founding Director
National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP), NIDDK/NIH, federal public-health education initiative on chronic kidney disease
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗ - Chair
American Society of Nephrology Public Policy Board (approx. 5 years)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Alkali Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease
Sponsor: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
InvestigatorPhase 2/PHASE3CompletedNCT01452412 - Sodium Bicarbonate Supplementation in Chronic Kidney Disease Evaluation of Dose Response, Safety and Beneficial Effects
Sponsor: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
InvestigatorPhase 2/PHASE3CompletedNCT00888290
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2023. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- PFIZER INC.Program year20231 payment
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.Program year20213 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 2010–2019 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
Publications
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Contact
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Office address
7024 Burnett-Womack, CB #7155, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →uhhospitals.org ↗
- MD
Baylor College of Medicine
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Internal Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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Nephrology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →uhhospitals.org ↗ - Board Certified
Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
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- Deputy Editor
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN)
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- Master Clinician in Nephrology
Centers for Dialysis Care's Leonard C. Rosenberg Renal Research Foundation (University Hospitals / Case Western Reserve University Dept. of Medicine)
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Professor of Medicine (prior role) and Vice Chairman for Research
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine / University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗ - Senior Scientific Advisor and founding Director
National Kidney Disease Education Program, NIDDK / National Institutes of Health
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- ASN Podcast episode "eGFR Measurement"
history of eGFR discussed with Andrew Levey, MD and Crystal Gadegbeku, MD, hosted by ASN CEO Tod Ibrahim
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/thomas-hostetter-md
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Thomas-H-Hostetter-39878576
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
music.amazon.com/podcasts/eafd0b3b-a1df-48a0-b6e9-764457974887/episodes/495e7472-dd7e-4645-8888-8a1615a07605/asn-podcast-egfr-measurement
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