Tufts Medical Center

Boston, MA

Clinical Research Site Address
Clinical Translational Research Center (CTRC)
800 Washington Street, Farnsworth Building, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111

Click here to read the site-specific Press Release for the study initiation

Local Media Coverage:

Jun 7, 2019 – Tufts Medical Center – Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes

Feb 13, 2014 – CBS Boston – Future of Boston: Leading The Way In Biotech Research

Dec 12, 2013 – Tufts Now – Putting Vitamin D to the Test

Oct 23, 2013 – Sampan Tufts MC physician receives $40 million NIH grant

Brookline Patch Brookline Resident Receives Grant to Study…

D2d study Chair & Principal Investigator & Site Principal Investigator – Anastassios G. Pittas, MD MS | Dr. Pittas received his B.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.D. degree from Cornell University Medical College.  After completing his Internal Medicine Residency at the New-York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, NY and his Fellowship in Endocrinology at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, he joined the staff in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Tufts Medical Center where he has been active in clinical care, research and teaching as they relate to the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus. His work on the role of vitamin D and calcium in cardiometabolic disease has been supported by the R01, R21, U34 and U01 mechanisms of the National Institutes of Health (NIDDK and ODS) and the American Diabetes Association.