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Gilbert Moeckel, MD, PhD, FASN

Professor of Pathology
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Director, Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Pathology

Director, Renal & Genitourinary Fellowship Program, Pathology

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Professor of Pathology

Director, Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Pathology; Director, Renal & Genitourinary Fellowship Program, Pathology

Biography

Dr. Moeckel graduated magna cum laude from Ludwig Maximillians University in Munich, Germany. He trained in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and was on faculty in the Department of Pathology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN prior to his recruitment as Director of the Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy Laboratory at Yale University. His academic interests are in clinical renal pathology and research of mechanisms of kidney injury repair and progression of chronic kidney disease. Dr Moeckel is a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and a Diplomat of the American Board of Pathology. He has published numerous papers in peer reviewed journals and has received private industry and federal grants to support his research.

Appointments

Education & Training

Fellow
University of Arizona (2000)
Resident
University of Arizona (1999)
Fellow
University of Arizona (1996)
PhD
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (1993)
MD
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (1989)

Research

Overview

The following projects are currently ongoing in the Moeckel lab:

1. Role of DDT/MIF2 in acute tubular injury repair and regeneration

2. Role of intrinsic progenitor cells/pericytes in tubular injury repair

3. Role of DDT/MIF2 in prevention of progression from AKI to CKD

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Acute Kidney Injury; Diabetic Nephropathies; Fibrosis; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Stem Cell Niche

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Gilbert Moeckel's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2022

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Yale School of Medicine

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    Yale University

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    Granulomatous Interstitial Nephritis

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    American Society of Nephrology

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    American Society of Nephrology

Clinical Care

Overview

Gilbert Moeckel, MD, PhD, is a pathologist who specializes in diagnosing kidney diseases. He became fascinated with the complexity of the kidney during his graduate studies after medical school. "I was attracted to medicine because of the scientific challenges," Dr. Moeckel says.

While examining a biopsy from a patient, Dr. Moeckel explains, it's important for a pathologist to think comprehensively and consider different conditions associated with the organ. "Many diseases are involved in the kidney or start from a kidney defect," he says.

When he provides a specific diagnosis a physician, Dr. Moeckel, like other pathologists, works with that patient's doctor to recommend the best course of treatment. In order to arrive at an accurate diagnosis, a pathologist "needs to have a lot of experience and a solid understanding and visual awareness of diseases."

At Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Moeckel is professor of pathology and director of the renal, or kidney, pathology and electron microscopy laboratory. His research focuses on better understanding the progression of chronic kidney disease.

Clinical Specialties

Pathology; Medical Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy; Anatomic Pathology; Cardiovascular Medicine; Nephrology; Autopsy Pathology

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  • Renal Pathology Laboratory

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    Brady Memorial Laboratory

    310 Cedar Street, Ste LB20

    New Haven, CT 06510

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