PetterBjornstadMD

Pediatric Endocrinology • Aurora, CO

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Office
13123 E 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone+1 720-579-1048
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Education & Training

University of ColoradoFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2015 - 2018
University of ColoradoResidency, Pediatrics, 2012 - 2015
Royal College of Surgeons IrelandClass of 2010

Certifications & Licensure

CO State Medical License 2015 - 2025
WA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology

Clinical Trials

Effect of Urinary Alkalinization on Urine Uric Acid Precipitation and Crystallization in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 4
Diabetic Kidney Alarm (DKA) Study Start of enrollment: 2017 Jun 01
Completed
Renal HEIR Study: Renal Hemodynamics, Energetics and Insulin Resistance in Youth Onset Type 2 Diabetes Study Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
Copeptin in Adolescent Participants With Type 1 Diabetes and Early Renal Hemodynamic Function Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Pancreatic, Renal and Cardiovascular Health in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes Treatment With SGLT2i for hyperglycEMia & hyPerfilTration Trial Start of enrollment: 2020 Dec 11
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
PErfusioN, OxyGen ConsUmptIon and ENergetics in ADPKD (PENGUIN) Start of enrollment: 2020 Nov 01
Completed
Puberty, Diabetes, and the Kidneys, When Eustress Becomes Distress (PANTHER Study) Start of enrollment: 2021 Sep 27
Recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Kidney Energetics and Cyst Burden in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Pilot Study.
Petter Bjornstad, Gabriel Richard, Ye Ji Choi, Kristen L Nowak, Cortney Steele, Michel B Chonchol, Kristen J Nadeau, Timothy Vigers, Laura Pyle, Kalie Tommerdahl, Dani...> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2024 Apr 13
Combination therapy for kidney disease in people with diabetes mellitus.
Daniël H van Raalte, David Z I Cherney, Ian H de Boer, Paola Fioretto, Daniel Gordin, Frederik Persson, Peter Rossing, Hiddo J L Heerspink, Petter Bjornstad, Sylvia E ...> ;Nature Reviews. Nephrology. 2024 Apr 3
Assessing Cognition in Chronic Kidney Disease Using the NIH Toolbox®.
Alexander Zhang, Allison Shapiro, Zhiying You, Ester Oh, Seth Furgeson, Petter Bjornstad, Kalie L Tommerdahl, Angelina Dixon, Erin Stenson, Jessica Kendrick> ;Kidney360. 2024 Apr 3
The authors reply.
Ju, W., Heerspink, H., Kretzler, M., Bjornstad, P.> ;Kidney International. 2024 Mar 1
Glycoprotein Acetyls Associate With Intraglomerular Hemodynamic Dysfunction, Albuminuria, Central Adiposity, and Insulin Resistance in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes.
Alyssa Caldwell McGee, Trenton Reinicke, Diego Carrasco, Jesse Goodrich, Meda E Pavkov, Daniel H van Raalte, Carissa Birznieks, Robert G Nelson, Kristen J Nadeau, Ye J...> ;Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 2024 Feb 8
Minireview: Understanding and targeting inflammatory, hemodynamic and injury markers for cardiorenal protection in type 1 diabetes.
Kugathasan, L., Sridhar, V., Xu, C., Advani, A., Cherney, D., Tommerdahl, K., Bjornstad, P.> ;Metabolism. 2024 Apr 1
Insulin Secretion, Sensitivity, and Kidney Function in Young Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes.
Petter Bjornstad, Ye Ji Choi, Carson Platnick, Susan Gross, Phoom Narongkiatikhun, Isabella Melena, Lauryn Remmers, Madison Baca, Grant Schutte, Tyler Dobbs, Tim Viger...> ;Diabetes Care. 2024 Mar 1
Interactive Effects of Empagliflozin and Hyperglycemia on Urinary Amino Acids in Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes.
Luxcia Kugathasan, Vikas S Sridhar, Leif Erik Lovblom, Shane Matta, Afaf Saliba, Subrata Debnath, Fadhl M AlAkwaa, Viji Nair, Petter Bjornstad, Matthias Kretzler, Bruc...> ;Diabetes. 2024 Mar 1
4 citations
Endogenous adenine mediates kidney injury in diabetic models and predicts diabetic kidney disease in patients.
Sharma, K., Zhang, G., Hansen, J., Bjornstad, P., Lee, H., Menon, R., Hejazi, L., Liu, J., Franzone, A., Looker, H., Choi, B., Fernandez, R., Venkatachalam, M., Kugath...> ;The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2023 Oct 16
1 citations
Renal hemodynamic changes in patients with type 2 diabetes and their clinical impact.
Pierre-Jean Saulnier, Petter Bjornstad> ;Presse Medicale. 2023 Mar 1
3 citations
Cystatin C-Based eGFR Changes during Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in Transgender Individuals.
Sarah A van Eeghen, Chantal M Wiepjes, Guy T'Sjoen, Natalie J Nokoff, Martin den Heijer, Petter Bjornstad, Daniël H van Raalte> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2023 Dec 1
Loss of Glomerular Permselectivity in Type 2 Diabetes Associates With Progression to Kidney Failure.
Pierre J Saulnier, Helen C Looker, Anita Layton, Kevin V Lemley, Robert G Nelson, Petter Bjornstad> ;Diabetes. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Kidney Considerations in Pediatric Obesity.
Alexandra Sawyer, Evan Zeitler, Howard Trachtman, Petter Bjornstad> ;Current Obesity Reports. 2023 Sep 1
2 citations
Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition increases epidermal growth factor expression and improves outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Taha Sen, Wenjun Ju, Viji Nair, Patricia Ladd, Rajasree Menon, Edgar A Otto, Laura Pyle, Tim Vigers, Robert G Nelson, Clare Arnott, Bruce Neal, Michael K Hansen, Matth...> ;Kidney International. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Estimated glomerular filtration rate calculated by serum creatinine lacks precision and accuracy in adults with type 2 diabetes with preserved renal function.
Daniel Scarr, Leif E Lovblom, Petter Bjornstad, Bruce A Perkins, Luxcia Kugathasan, David Z I Cherney, Julie A Lovshin> ;Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 2023 Sep 1
Trajectories of eGFR and risk of albuminuria in youth with type 2 diabetes: results from the TODAY cohort study.
Laure El Ghormli, Hui Wen, Diane Uschner, Morey W Haymond, Kara S Hughan, Katherine Kutney, Lori Laffel, Sherida E Tollefsen, Elia N Escaname, Jane Lynch, Petter Bjorn...> ;Pediatric Nephrology. 2023 Dec 1
β1-Integrin blockade prevents podocyte injury in experimental models of minimal change disease.
Gabriel Cara-Fuentes, Rakesh Verma, Madhusudan Venkatareddy, Colin Bauer, Federica Piani, Sogut Turkmen Aksoy, Neha Vazzalwar, Gabriela E Garcia, Mindy Banks, Flor A O...> ;Nefrologia. 2023 May 5
Pharmacological management of youth with type 2 diabetes and diabetic kidney disease: a comprehensive review of current treatments and future directions.
Kalie L Tommerdahl, Alexander J Kula, Petter Bjornstad> ;Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 2023 Jun 1
Acute Effects of Insulin Infusion on Kidney Hemodynamic Function in People With Type 2 Diabetes and Normal Kidney Function.
Michaël J B van Baar, Erik J M van Bommel, Daan J Touw, Max Nieuwdorp, Jaap A Joles, Merle M Krebber, Petter Bjornstad, Daniël H van Raalte> ;Kidney International Reports. 2023 Apr 1
Fructose: A New Variable to Consider in SIADH and the Hyponatremia Associated With Long-Distance Running?
Richard J Johnson, S M Kurt Lee, Laura G Sánchez-Lozada, Mehmet Kanbay, Anip Bansal, Dean R Tolan, Petter Bjornstad, Miguel A Lanaspa, John Maesaka> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2023 Jul 1
Leukotriene Antagonist Use is Associated With Lower Systolic Blood Pressure in Adults.
Jennifer Lai, Seth Furgeson, Petter Bjornstad, Zhiying You, Kalie L Tommerdahl, Jessica Kendrick> ;Kidney International Reports. 2023 Feb 1
15 citations
SGLT2 inhibitors mitigate kidney tubular metabolic and mTORC1 perturbations in youth-onset type 2 diabetes.
Jennifer A Schaub, Fadhl M AlAkwaa, Phillip J McCown, Abhijit S Naik, Viji Nair, Sean Eddy, Rajasree Menon, Edgar A Otto, Dawit Demeke, John Hartman, Damian Fermin, Ch...> ;The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2023 Mar 1
3 citations
Triglyceride content of lipoprotein subclasses and kidney hemodynamic function and injury in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Meghan E Pauley, Carissa Vinovskis, Alexis MacDonald, Madison Baca, Laura Pyle, R Paul Wadwa, Alessia Fornoni, Kristen J Nadeau, Meda Pavkov, Robert G Nelson, Daniel G...> ;Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 2023 Feb 1
3 citations
Bromocriptine Improves Central Aortic Stiffness in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: Arterial Health Results From the BCQR-T1D Study.
Michal Schäfer, Lorna P Browne, Uyen Truong, Petter Bjornstad, Shoshana Tell, Janet Snell-Bergeon, Amy Baumgartner, Kendall S Hunter, Jane E B Reusch, Alex J Barker, K...> ;Hypertension. 2023 Feb 1
1 citations
Estimation of glomerular filtration rate in a pediatric population using non-contrast kidney phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging.
Alex J Barker, Tim Vigers, Michal Schafer, Lorna P Browne, Petter Bjornstad, Alexander Berthusen> ;Pediatric Nephrology. 2023 Aug 1
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Lectures

M36R. Youth-onset Type 2 Diabetes (Repeat)
ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/25/2019
Youth-onset Type 2 Diabetes
ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/25/2019

Authored Content

ADA 2018: Dr. Petter Bjornstad on Adioposity, Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes MellitusJuly 2018
ADA 2018: Dr. Petter Bjornstad on Adioposity, Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes MellitusJuly 2018
Acute Effect of Empagliflozin on Fractional Excretion of Sodium and eGFR in Youth with Type 2 DiabetesJune 2018

Press Mentions

Parkinson's Medication Improved Blood Pressure in Teens with Type 1 DiabetesDecember 6th, 2022
CU School of Medicine Researcher Brews up Study on Coffee’s Effects on Acute Kidney InjurySeptember 23rd, 2022
SGLT2 Inhibitors Breathe Life into Kidney-Disease CareAugust 10th, 2022
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