Joanna Klubo-gwiezdzinska MD, PhD, MHSc

Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska, MD, PhD received clinical training in internal medicine at Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland. She is continuing clinical training in endocrinology in National Institutes of Health NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA and studying at NIH-Duke Master's Program in Clinical Research. Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska successfully completed post-doctoral research fellowship at Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center. Her research was focused on optimization of thyroid cancer therapy in order to improve patients’ morbidity and mortality.

She was working on several projects including clinical studies comparing dosimetry-based vs empiric fixed dosage of radioiodine for the treatment of high risk patients with thyroid cancer, optimization of follow up strategy for thyroid cancer patients and translational studies on growth inhibitory effects of metformin on thyroid cancer cell lines in vitro and in vivo. She is a recipient of several awards - Endocrine Society’s International Endocrine Scholars Award for Outstanding Achievements in Endocrinology, Endocrine Society’s Thyroid Clinical Research Fellowship & Mentor Award and American Thyroid Association Research Grant. Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska is an active member of Endocrine Society Trainee & Career Development Core Committee.