Bjoerg Thorsteinsdottir MD (She/Her)
Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Physician
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200 1st St SwRochester, MN 55905
Phone+1 507-284-2511
Fax+1 507-266-0038
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Summary
- I am a board certified general internist and palliative care physician with additional fellowship training in clinical bioethics. I do research on the ethics, economics and clinical outcomes of end of life care.
Education & Training
Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Medical Ethics, 2007 - 2008
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
University of IcelandClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
MN State Medical License 2004 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Enterprise (CE), GE Healthcare, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Patient Online, GE Healthcare, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Patient Online, GE Healthcare, 2014-2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Words matter when talking about pain: A scoping review of humanistic approaches to SDM in cancer-related pain care.Nataly R Espinoza Suarez, Allison S Morrow, Christina M LaVecchia, Angelina Centeno Báez, Miriam Lúcar Flores
Patient Education and Counseling. 2026-11-01 - Navigating prognostic uncertainty with H.O.P.E.: Caring for elderly patients with chronic kidney disease.Nataly R Espinoza Suarez, Susan Curtis, Iris Hargraves, Kasey Boehmer, Margaret d'Uscio
Patient Education and Counseling. 2026-07-01 - The Responsibility Framework: Responsible for or responsible to? Response to "Palliative Care Consults for Clinician Distress".April Christensen, Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2026-03-01
Grant Support
- K23NIA2016–2021
Committees
- Member, SGIM Ethics committee 2019 - Present
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Danish, Swedish, Italian, German
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