Assoc ProfessorCarla Moran
(she/her)
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
- Adjunct Clinical Associate ProfessorSchool of Medicine
- University College Dublin, School of Medicine
BIO
Thyroid fellowship July 2026 - now recruiting - see https://recruitment.cezannehr.com/shared/job/endocrine-fellowship-fad1ab
Carla Moran is a Consultant Endocrinologist at the Beacon Hospital in Dublin, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin and is Associate Professor at University College Dublin. Dr Moran has a particular interest in thyroidology, having completed a thyroid fellowship and PhD in Cambridge, UK. Subspecialty areas of expertise include disorders of Thyroid Hormone action (such as Syndromes of Resistance to Thyroid Hormone), investigation of discordant TFTs and drug induced thyroid dysfunction.
Dr Moran has established a referral service for rare thyroid disease in Ireland and continues to perform research in this area. She has published over 70 peer reviewed papers, book chapters and reviews, with a current H-index of 29.
Dr Moran regularly contributes to international conferences as an invited speaker, is an invited member of UK & European guideline development committees for thyroid disease and is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Thyroid Association. In 2024, she was awarded the Van Meter Award from the American Thyroid Association for her contribution to thyroid research.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS
- Associate ProfessorUniversity College Dublin, School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland11 Sep 2020 - 10 Sep 2025
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Clinical Research FellowUniversity of Cambridge, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom22 Jul 2011 - 6 Jun 2014
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Consultant EndocrinologistBeacon Hospital, Endocrine Section, Dublin, Ireland1 Aug 2019
- Consultant EndocrinologistSt. Vincent's University Hospital, Endocrinology, Dublin, Ireland22 Oct 2020
- Consultant EndocrinologistRotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland1 Apr 2026
- Section LeadBeacon Hospital, Endocrine Section, Ireland5 Aug 2022
- Consultant EndocrinologistCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Endocrine, Cambridge, United Kingdom2 Jun 2014 - 19 Jul 2019
- Specialist RegistrarHealth Service Executive, Various Hospitals, Dublin, Ireland1 Jul 2007 - 30 Jun 2011
CERTIFICATIONS
- FRCPIRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland5 Jun 2021
- PhDUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom6 Jun 2015
- CSCST Endocrinology, Diabetes Mellitus & General MedicineRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland1 Jun 2012
- MRCPIRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland5 Mar 2005
- MB BCh BAOUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Jun 2002
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Thyroid FellowshipUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom1 Jul 2011 - 6 Jun 2014Thyroid DiseaseClinical FellowshipSupervised by Chatterjee VKC