
Sara Salehi Hammerstad
- Senior consultant, Professor in Endocrinology; MD, PhD
- +47 482 53 500
Oslo University Hospital, Endocrinology Dep. (ESF)
Mailing address: Pb 4959 Nydalen 4959 Oslo
Bakground
- Professor in Endocrinology 2023 UIO, Assoc. professor 2021-2023 UIO.
- Senior consultant, Tyreoidea Seksjon, Endokrinology Dep. Aker, OUH Universitetssykehus 2022
- One of the founders and (2009) Leader Norsk Thyroid Group ( 2021-DD)
- Specialist in internal medicine and endocrinology (2006)
- Dr- Med UiO 2013; Virus and autoimmune thyroid diseases
- Post doc Mount Sinai Hospital 2012-2015
- Cand. med. Universite Claude Bernard Lyon France 1991,
Teaching
Publications 2026
Assessment of biomarkers of thyroid hormone action across three thyroid hormone replacement regimens in hypothyroidism
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 17, 1919606
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2026.1919606, PubMed 42609274
Thyroxine Treatment of Adult RTHα Patients: Safety, Efficacy, and Metabolomic Changes
Thyroid, 36 (7), 788-794
DOI 10.1177/10507256261460201, PubMed 42273878
Publications 2025
Immune checkpoint inhibitors associated thyroiditis: mechanisms and clinical outcomes
J Endocrinol Invest, 48 (9), 2001-2012
DOI 10.1007/s40618-025-02608-2, PubMed 40353948
Publications 2023
Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of Untreated Adult Patients With Resistance to Thyroid Hormone Alpha
J Endocr Soc, 7 (8), bvad089
DOI 10.1210/jendso/bvad089, PubMed 37469961
Publications 2022
Bone Turnover in Relation to Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone in Hypothyroid Patients on Thyroid Hormone Substitution Therapy
J Thyroid Res, 2022, 8950546
DOI 10.1155/2022/8950546, PubMed 36248357
Thyroid Signaling Biomarkers in Female Symptomatic Hypothyroid Patients on Liothyronine versus Levothyroxine Monotherapy: A Randomized Crossover Trial
J Thyroid Res, 2022, 6423023
DOI 10.1155/2022/6423023, PubMed 35572853
Effect of Liothyronine Treatment on Quality of Life in Female Hypothyroid Patients With Residual Symptoms on Levothyroxine Therapy: A Randomized Crossover Study
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 13, 816566
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2022.816566, PubMed 35273566
High Prevalence of Common Human Viruses in Thyroid Tissue
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 13, 938633
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2022.938633, PubMed 35909527
Publications 2021
Effect of Liothyronine Treatment on Dermal Temperature and Activation of Brown Adipose Tissue in Female Hypothyroid Patients: A Randomized Crossover Study
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 12, 785175
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2021.785175, PubMed 34867829
Management of Severe Graves' Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy Following Immune Reconstitution Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis
J Endocr Soc, 5 (6), bvab044
DOI 10.1210/jendso/bvab044, PubMed 34017934
Thyroid Function During Pregnancy in A Multiethnic Population in Norway
J Endocr Soc, 5 (7), bvab078
DOI 10.1210/jendso/bvab078, PubMed 34159284
HLA Class I Upregulation and Antiviral Immune Responses in Graves Disease
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 106 (4), e1763-e1774
DOI 10.1210/clinem/dgaa958, PubMed 33367784
Publications 2020
Auto regulatory capacity of the thyroid gland after numerous iodinated contrast media investigations
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 80 (3), 191-195
DOI 10.1080/00365513.2019.1709658, PubMed 31990217
Hepatitis C Virus Infection of Human Thyrocytes: Metabolic, Hormonal, and Immunological Implications
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 105 (4), 1157-68
DOI 10.1210/clinem/dgz241, PubMed 31784757
Upregulation of HLA Class I and Antiviral Tissue Responses in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Thyroid, 30 (3), 432-442
DOI 10.1089/thy.2019.0607, PubMed 31910110
Publications 2018
Interferon alpha: The key trigger of type 1 diabetes
J Autoimmun, 94, 7-15
DOI 10.1016/j.jaut.2018.08.003, PubMed 30115527
Publications 2017
A preliminary analysis of hepatitis C virus in pancreatic islet cells
Virol J, 14 (1), 237
DOI 10.1186/s12985-017-0905-3, PubMed 29258547
Hepatitis C Virus E2 Protein Induces Upregulation of IL-8 Pathways and Production of Heat Shock Proteins in Human Thyroid Cells
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 102 (2), 689-697
DOI 10.1210/jc.2016-3403, PubMed 27860532
Intrauterine Reprogramming of the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Evidence from a Pilot Study of Cord Blood Global Methylation Analysis
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 8, 352
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2017.00352, PubMed 29326659
Publications 2015
Diabetes and Hepatitis C: A Two-Way Association
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 6, 134
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2015.00134, PubMed 26441826
Immunogenetics of autoimmune thyroid diseases: A comprehensive review
J Autoimmun, 64, 82-90
DOI 10.1016/j.jaut.2015.07.009, PubMed 26235382
Genome wide identification of new genes and pathways in patients with both autoimmune thyroiditis and type 1 diabetes
J Autoimmun, 60, 32-9
DOI 10.1016/j.jaut.2015.03.006, PubMed 25936594
Publications 2014
Genetic analysis in young-age-of-onset Graves' disease reveals new susceptibility loci
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 99 (7), E1387-91
DOI 10.1210/jc.2013-4358, PubMed 24684463
Immunological changes and increased expression of myxovirus resistance protein a in thyroid tissue of patients with recent onset and untreated Graves' disease
Thyroid, 24 (3), 537-44
DOI 10.1089/thy.2013.0287, PubMed 24032645
Publications 2013
Inflammation and increased myxovirus resistance protein A expression in thyroid tissue in the early stages of Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Thyroid, 23 (3), 334-41
DOI 10.1089/thy.2012.0264, PubMed 22998463
Excessive decrease in serum magnesium after total thyroidectomy for Graves' disease is related to development of permanent hypocalcemia
World J Surg, 37 (2), 369-75
DOI 10.1007/s00268-012-1843-2, PubMed 23188529
Publications 2012
Detection of enterovirus in the thyroid tissue of patients with graves' disease
J Med Virol, 85 (3), 512-8
DOI 10.1002/jmv.23476, PubMed 23280563