Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Matthias Kretzler, MD, is Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine (Internal Medicine/Nephrology and Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics), Research Professor at University of Michigan (Michigan Medicine / University of Michigan Medical School). The public record shows 734 publications with 48,281 citations (h-index 110), centered on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Renal and related cancers. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 9 companies, 14 NIH-funded awards (2007–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
- Top research focus: Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
- 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 9 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 52 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 405.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Precision T1D Platform - New Therapies for Cardio-Renal Complications
Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
InvestigatorPhase 2Not, yet, recruitingNCT07594145
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
9 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202511 payments
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.Program year20259 payments
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20251 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
14 NIH research awards on record, funded 2007–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Implementing Precision Medicine for Glomerular Diseases in the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
FY2026$878,614R01DK141114 - Central Hub for Kidney Precision Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
FY2025$3,828,331U24DK114886
Congress activity
Updated 14 Jul 2026
4 congress contributions (2019–2023) across ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Histologic and Molecular Correlates in Patients with AL Amyloidosis in Hematologic Remission but with Persistent Renal Disease
ASH Annual Meeting
ASH2023Co-author - Gene Expression Sets and Renal Profiling from the Rain (Renal AL Amyloid Involvement and NEOD00) Trial
ASH Annual Meeting
ASH2022Co-author - Histologic and Molecular Correlates in Patients with AL Amyloidosis in Remission but with Persistent Renal Disease
ASH Annual Meeting
ASH2019Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Association of Urinary EGF with Kidney Outcomes and Effects of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibition.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2026 - National Institutes of Health Workshop to Accelerate Therapeutic Innovation by Optimizing Kidney Precision Medicine Clinical Trials.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2026 - Endothelial cell-released CD93 contributes to podocyte injury in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.
Science translational medicine
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation3,283 citations2016
- 02Cell Biology of the Glomerular Podocyte1,487 citations2003
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Contact
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Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- MD
University of Heidelberg, Germany (MD/PhD-structured program with Wilhelm Kriz's Anatomy and Cell Biology group)
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →miktmc.org ↗ - Clinical training at University of Newcastle upon Tyne
UK, and University of Michigan
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medschool.umich.edu ↗
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Co-leader
NIDDK Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP) Central Hub and Kidney Mapping Atlas Project (KMAP)
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Nephrotic Syndrome Research Network (NEPTUNE), NIH Rare Disease Clinical Research Network
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JDRF Center of Excellence at University of Michigan
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →youtube.com ↗
- "Matthias Kretzler, MD: Studying the onset and progression of kidney diseases"
University of Michigan Medical School "Great Minds, Greater Discoveries" feature
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Owned accountspublic accounts run by this person
- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/matthias-kretzler-md
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linkedin.com/in/matthias-kretzler-403a9b31
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researchgate.net/profile/Matthias-Kretzler
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
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youtube.com/watch
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