# Victor Montori

Victor Montori (born 1970) is an endocrinologist and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. Montori is among the top 1% of most frequently cited health services researchers.

## Early life and education

Montori was born and raised in Lima, Peru. He completed his medical degree at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru before joining the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. During his residency, he was appointed Chief Resident of the Department of Internal Medicine from 1999 to 2000.
Following his residency, Montori undertook a research fellowship in endocrinology at the Mayo Clinic and earned a master's degree in biomedical research from the Mayo Graduate School. He spent two years at McMaster University in Canada as a Mayo Foundation Scholar, working under Gordon Guyatt. While at McMaster, Montori developed an interest in evidence-based medicine, which has since become a central theme of his career.

## Career
### Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit

In 2004, Montori founded the Knowledge and Evaluation Research (KER) Unit at the Mayo Clinic, where he continues to serve as a chief investigator. The KER Unit focuses on advancing evidence-based medicine and patient-centered care, aiming to make healthcare more effective and tailored to individual patient needs.

### Patient Revolution Initiative

Montori is a co-founder of the Patient Revolution Initiative, an effort to transform healthcare by fostering meaningful conversations between patients and providers. This initiative emphasizes collaboration and shared decision-making in clinical practice.

### SPARC Innovation Program

Montori serves as the director of research and education for the SPARC Innovation Program at the Mayo Clinic, a research and development laboratory. His role involves integrating design and research principles to improve healthcare delivery.

## Contributions to evidence-based medicine

Montori is recognized as an advocate and teacher of evidence-based medicine. He promotes incorporating the best available research evidence, the patient's context, and their values and preferences into clinical decision-making. He has contributed to the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature and has delivered lectures on the challenges facing evidence-based medicine, including "The End of Evidence-Based Medicine." In this lecture, he critiques issues such as prematurely stopped clinical trials and the lack of focus on patient values in contemporary medical practice. He advocates for using evidence-based techniques to assess the validity and applicability of scientific findings.

## Research and publications

Montori has authored more than 600 peer-reviewed papers and has edited two volumes on evidence-based medicine and endocrinology. His research includes contributions to the development of minimally disruptive medicine and normalization process theory, which focus on minimizing the burden of healthcare on patients' lives while optimizing outcomes.

## Contributions to diabetes care

Montori has been an advocate for focusing on cardiovascular risk reduction over glycemic control in managing patients with type 2 diabetes. He developed diabetes medication cards to assist patients in making informed decisions about their medications. His work has promoted the inclusion of patient-centered outcomes in diabetes trials, emphasizing the importance of addressing broader health impacts beyond blood sugar levels.
Montori received the American Diabetes Association-Novo Nordisk Clinical Research Award for his contributions to diabetes care.