Martens, Thomas W., MD
Medical Director, International Diabetes Center

Park Nicollet Medical Group title: Consultant in internal medicine, Park Nicollet Clinic

Other offices: Internal Medicine, Park Nicollet Brookdale Clinic, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Joined the Institute: 2015

Education and training: Residency in Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center; University of Wisconsin Medical School.

Overview/research interests: Clinical aspects of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) management, quality improvement in the management of T2DM, bariatric surgery and T2DM. Translation and implementation of diabetes technology into clinical practice. Ambulatory Glucose Profile in T2DM.

Current research activities and funding:

• Principle Investigator: “Beyond A1C: Individualizing Diabetes Management Using Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Primary Care” Abbott Labs-funded quality improvement project implementing professional CGM in a primary care setting
• Sub-Principle Investigator: NIH-funded GRADE Study
• Sub-Principle Investigator: University of Cambridge-sponsored ApCam-11: Day and night automated closed loop glucose control system using Florance-M predictive algorithms

Publications

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