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 - 2026
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
- Ethically Integrating Genomics in Primary Care: An Invitation to Share Implementation Best Practices., Elisa J F Houwink, Karen M Meagher, Bjoerg Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir, Preya Agam
Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2026-01-01 - Misaligned perspectives and experiences: a qualitative study of older patients with suboptimal Dialysis initiation and their clinicians.Andrea Nedergaard Jensen, Nina Schjerning, Marianne Rix, Victor M Montori, Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir
BMC Nephrology. 2025-11-18 - Sprains, Strains and Growing Pains: Managing Cognitive Bias to Facilitate Timely Diagnosis in Pediatric Sports Medicine.Parker Scott, Leslie Sim, David Soma, Bo E Madsen, Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir
Children. 2025-06-16
Grant Support
- K23NIA2016–2021
Committees
- Member, SGIM Ethics committee 2019 - Present
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Other Languages
- Danish, Swedish, Italian, German
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