Peter Stenvinkel

Peter Stenvinkel

Professor/Senior Physician

Peter Stenvinkel is a world-leading nephrologist at Karolinska Institutet, with 730+ publications, 80,000+ citations, major international awards, and expertise in CKD, ageing, nutrition, and planetary

Telephone: +46852482876
Visiting address: Renal Research Novum, Hälsovägen 7, plan 5, 14186 Stockholm
Postal address: H9 Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, H9 CLINTEC Med njursjukdomar, 141 52 Huddinge
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About me

  • Peter Stenvinkel is Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Renal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

    He has published >730 original papers and reviews, as well as >50 book chapters on various aspects of inflammation, wasting, and metabolism in patients with chronic kidney disease. His Hirsch index is 140, and his work has been cited >80, 000 times.

    He has delivered >600 invited lectures at international meetings and congresses across approximately 30 countries.

    Peter Stenvinkel has served as a council member of the International Society of Nephrology (since 2007) and of the ERA-EDTA (2007–2010). He is an Editor of the Journal of Internal Medicine and served as Editor-in-Chief of NDT-E from 2010 to 2013. He was named an honorary member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology in 2010 and of the Polish Society of Nephrology in 2012.

    He is the President of the Swedish Society of Nephrology 2026-27.

    In 2025, he published the popular science book ”Learning from Nature – The Power of Biological Intelligence”.

    Invited talks

    • Invited lecturer at >600 international scientific meetings in >30 countries.

    • More than 15 invited keynote lectures

    Other relevant distinctions

    • Identified by Stanford University as the worlds 13th most influential nephrologist (2020).

    • Best Swedish thesis in diabetology (1995).

    • Karolina Prize, Karolinska University Hospital (2005).

    • Among the 10 most cited authors at Karolinska Institutet (2005).

    • Vizenca Prize (2009).

    • Addis Gold Medal for nutritional research, ISRNM (2010).

    • Honorary membership, Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (2010).

    • National Kidney Foundation International Award, Washington DC, USA (2012).

    • Honorary membership, Polish Society of Nephrology (2012).

    • ERA Prize for outstanding educational activities in European nephrology (2017).

    • Grant from the Nobel Committee to arrange a Nobel conference (2019).

    • Reheman award Maastricht (2022).

    • European Awards in Medicine (2025).

    • Honorary Doctorate, Maastricht University (2026).

Research

  • Peter Stenvinkels current research areas include (epi)genetics, early vascular ageing, biomimetics, food as medicine and planetary health.

Teaching

  • 2017 ERA-EDTA prize for outstanding educational activities in nephrology.

Articles

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Employments

  • Professor/Senior Physician, Nephropathy, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 2009-2026

Supervision

  • Supervision to doctoral degree

    • Ulrika Hahn-Lundström, Renal function decline and optimized planning for kidney replacement therapy, 2025
    • Karin Windahl, Nutrition, body composition and diet in older adults with chronic kidney disease, 2022

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