About Nicholas Tritos, MD, DSC
Dr. Tritos is a staff neuroendocrinologist in the Neuroendocrine and Pituitary Tumor Clinical Center and a faculty member in the Neuroendocrine Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He serves as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He also conducts clinical research with a focus on pituitary tumors and growth hormone deficiency in adults. He is the author or co-author of 150 peer-reviewed publications in endocrinology, and an associate editor, editorial board member and regular peer-reviewer for professional journals. He has been regularly serving on professional and scientific committees (Endocrine Society, Pituitary Society and AACE).
Clinical Interests:
- Acromegaly
- Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Cushing's syndrome
- Hypopituitarism
- Pituitary disease
- Pituitary tumors
- Prolactinomas
- Thyrotropinoma
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- French, Greek
Locations
Mass General Endocrinology: Neuroendocrine & Pituitary Tumor Clinical Center
100 Blossom Street
Cox Building
Suite 140
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-7948
Medical Education
- MD, University of Athens School of Medicine
- Residency, New England Deaconess Hospital
- Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
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Research
Dr. Tritos conducts clinical research with a focus on pituitary tumors and growth hormone deficiency in adults. He is the author or co-author of 150 peer-reviewed publications in the field of endocrinology, associate editor, editorial board member and a regular peer-reviewer for professional Journals.
Publications
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Selected publications:
N.A. Tritos, P.W. Schaefer, T.D. Stein. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. A 52 year old man with weakness, infections, and enlarged adrenal glands. NEJM 2011; 365: 2520-2530.
N.A. Tritos, S.L. Greenspan, D. King, A. Hamrahian, D.M. Cook, P.J. J?nsson, M.P. Wajnrajch, Maria Koltowska ? H?ggstrom, B.M.K. Biller. Unreplaced sex steroid deficiency, corticotropin deficiency and lower IGF-1 are associated with lower bone mineral density in adults with growth hormone deficiency. JCEM 2011; 96: 1516 - 1523.
P.B. Silva PB, F.G. Amlashi, E.W. Yu, K.J. Pulaski-Liebert, A.V. Gerweck, P.K. Fazeli, E. Lawson, L.B. Nachtigall, B.M.K. Biller, K.K. Miller, A. Klibanski, M. Bouxsein, N.A. Tritos. Bone microarchitecture and estimated bone strength in men with active acromegaly. EJE 2017; 177: 409 ? 420.
B.P. Galm, E.L. Martinez-Salazar, B. Swearingen, M. Torriani, A. Klibanski, M.A. Bredella, N.A. Tritos. MRI texture analysis as a predictor of tumor recurrence or progression in patients with clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas. EJE 2018; 179: 191-198.
A. Faje, K. Reynolds, L. Zubiri, D. Lawrence, J. Cohen, R. Sullivan, L. Nachtigall, N.A. Tritos. Hypophysitis secondary to nivolumab and pembrolizumab is distinct from ipilimumab-associated hypophysitis. EJE 2019; 181: 211 ? 219.
B.P. Galm, N. Qiao, A. Klibanski, B.M.K. Biller, N.A. Tritos. Accuracy of laboratory tests for the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome. JCEM 2020; 105: 2081-2094.
N. Ershadinia, N.A. Tritos. Diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly: an update. Mayo Clin Proc 2022 28: 572 ? 577.
N.A. Tritos, K.K. Miller. Diagnosis and management of pituitary adenomas: a review. JAMA 2023 329: 1386 ? 1398.