Ragnar Palsson MD

Physician

55 Fruit StBoston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-2000
Fax+1 617-732-6392

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Education & Training

Duke University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2015
University of IcelandClass of 2009
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Nephrology

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Certifications & Licensure

NH State Medical License 2026 - 2028
MA State Medical License 2015 - 2026
NC State Medical License 2012 - 2015
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Associations of serum uric acid levels with podocyte injury and kidney histopathologic lesions.
Sophia H Rosan, Ashish Verma, Sophie E Claudel, Anand Srivastava, Ragnar Palsson
Journal of Nephrology. 2026-06-04
The Association of Urine Albumin to Protein Ratio With Kidney Disease Progression.
Reed Jaworski, Afolarin Amodu, Jing Liu, Ashish Verma, Ragnar Palsson
Kidney Medicine. 2026-03-01
Circulating Testican-2 and MGT5A are Markers of Membranous Nephropathy.
Taesoo Kim, Wenjun Ju, Aditya Surapaneni, Yang Li, Donghai Wen
Kidney International Reports. 2026-02-01

Journal Articles

Assessment of Interobserver Reliability of Nephrologist Examination of Urine Sediment
Ragnar Palsson, Melanie P Hoenig, James E Novak, Mark A Perazella, JAMA Network Open

Authored Content

Assessment of Interobserver Reliability of Nephrologist Examination of Urine SedimentAugust 2020
Renal Functional Reserve RevisitedMay 2018
Renal Functional Reserve RevisitedMay 2018