Thomas W. Martens, MD
Medical Director, International Diabetes Center and Internal Medicine, Park Nicollet Clinic

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Dr. Thomas W. Martens is a board-certified staff internist at Park Nicollet Clinic in Minneapolis, MN, and serves as a medical director at the International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet Clinic and HealthPartners Care Group, as well as a research investigator at HealthPartners Institute. In addition to maintaining an active internal medicine practice, he serves as principal investigator or co-investigator on a number of ongoing hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery studies, as well as studies involving the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology in Type 2 diabetes. He is particularly interested in the translational aspects of implementing diabetes technology in a primary care setting and has presented locally and nationally on the use and interpretation of CGM data in primary care.

Dr. Martens attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin and completed an Internal Medicine residency and chief residency year at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis

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  • Sr. Research Investigator, Diabetes
  • Medical Director, International Diabetes Center, International Diabetes Center 2015 -
  • Publications While At HealthPartners

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    Journal Article
  • A randomized controlled trial using continuous glucose monitoring to guide food choices and diabetes self-care in people with type 2 diabetes not taking insulin
    Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 2025
  • -cell function over time on glycemic outcomes in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE): differential treatment effects of dual therapy
    Diabetes care. 2024
  • Expert panel recommendations for a standardized ambulatory glucose profile report for connected insulin pens
    Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 2024
  • The use of rescue insulin in the glycemia reduction approaches in diabetes: a comparative effectiveness study (GRADE)
    Diabetes care. 2024
  • Roadmap to the effective use of continuous glucose monitoring in primary care
    Diabetes Spectrum. 2023
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