Endocrinology Fellowship Program - Faculty

Ceglia

• Dr. Ceglia is a great mentor.. She is very approachable and she is always trying to teach despite how busy we can be. Really easy to work with. She set up expectations since the beginning of the year and on every patient encounter we discuss every details about diagnosis and treatment options. She is very kind and compassionate with patients.
• Dr. Ceglia is a great role model and physician. She is very knowledgeable in her field. She is always available whenever needed.
• Dr. Ceglia is a great attending to work with on rounds and in clinic. She always takes the time to individualize each patient's care as appropriate. She is always available whenever needed to discuss patient care or for other learning resources.
• It has been my pleasure of getting an opportunity to work with Dr Ceglia. I feel lucky to be getting trained with one of the best bone specialists. Her knowledge fund is excellent. She never ceases to inspire me on how to balance her work and personal life and doing justice to each field.

Kung

• It's been an absolute pleasure working with Dr. Kung. She is extremely disciplined which is in fact very helpful in organizing our patient charts which are specifically complicated. It's because of her that I have developed a special interest in thyroid subspecialty of endocrine. She has been very patient with us all this time especially during FNA procedures and while performing ultrasound which is time consuming in first place
• Dr. Kung is aspirational in every aspect. She is an excellent mentor that puts so much of her time into teaching us and improving our knowledge. She is thorough, knowledgeable, patient and kind. She is everything I aspire to be as a physician. She is genuinely caring and over the past 2 years has been very invested in our well being.
• Dr. Kung sets a high level of expectations for clinic and consults. She is tough but fair and always willing to help. If we ever had a clinical question, she always remembered to answer it or send us an email with a pertinent paper. I really appreciate her clinical style and undoubtedly I will adapt her style as my own going forward.
• Dr. Kung is an excellent teacher and physician. Her passion for teaching is very clear. She is very patient even in the most troublesome times. She always checks in with the fellows on a regular basis about their overall experience and ways to improve it

Lechan

• Dr. Lechan is a go-to attending for all challenging neuroendocrine cases. All the fellows can learn from his sharp thought process as well as thorough examination skills. He is also highly trusted by the patients.
• Dr. Lechan is one of the best role models I have ever worked with in my career so far. He always puts the patient first before anything else. His compassion, knowledge base, and leadership skills are truly admirable. He promotes self education and encourages us to go further than we believe we can.
• I am honored I had the opportunity to learn from Dr. Lechan and benefit from his expertise. He is a great mentor and is always invested in our learning.

Siegel

• Dr. Siegel is a role model with broad knowledge in medicine in general and in endocrine specifically. He teaches all trainees enthusiastically.
• Dr. Siegel is an excellent physician and role model. He is very approachable and willing to help. One can learn a great deal through his interactions with patients and incorporating them in their medical management.
• Dr. Siegel manages patients' care efficiently. He incorporates the best available evidence into our clinical decisions. He demonstrate mastery on different topics, including other specialties issues. He usually discuss the most updated information with us on every clinic session. On service rounds, he takes the time to evaluate every patient with us in a systematic way. On clinic, he spends the time necessary to advise and counsel patients with us very approachable, respectful and knowledgeable physician.

Pittas

• Dr. Pittas focused on teaching the fellows and other rotators, as well as leading the whole division in a most harmonic way possible. Beside the enthusiasm in teaching and researching, he also listens to the trainees to make improvement to the fellowship program as needed.
• I have worked with Dr Pittas for a very brief time but have always enjoyed working with him. He has an inspiring personality not only professionally but also personally. He keeps a friendly environment around him and thus no one feels intimated in asking any sort of questions. He is always up to date with the most recent advances and the ongoing research. I look forward to working under his guidance on a more frequent basis during my second year of training.
• Dr. Pittas is an efficient attending to work with.
• He encourages critical thinking, very approachable.

Erenler

• Dr. Erenler is always enthusiastic in teaching and demonstrates broad endocrine knowledge. She also gave the fellows useful information about different learning opportunities outside of Tufts.
• Very kind and supportive of fellows while on consults. Thorough and takes every chance she can to teach residents and fellows.

Saraswat

• Its always a pleasure to work with Dr. Saraswat though we get to work with her only during our inpatient rotations. She is a balanced person and is a great mentor in helping prioritizing things. Thoroughly enjoyed working with her.
• Dr. Saraswat is very easy-going attending who empowers the fellows in making recommendation decisions for the consult service while also making sure every aspect of the case is looked at. She is willing to teach both the fellows and other rotators.

Vercollone

• Dr. Vercollone is a great teacher. He demonstrates how to think logically and creatively. He is also an easy-going person and creates a casual environment to relieve work-related stress.
• Good teacher, very approachable if any questions.
• I enjoyed working with Dr. Vercollone. He knows his subject thoroughly and also encourages us to think about our all cases. He is a great supervisor and is very supportive and has been working hard to get ancillary support which is much needed at this time. Wish could work with him in outpatient clinics as well.

Anastassios G. Pittas, MD, MS
Title(s): Division Chief and Fellowship Program Director; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine  

• Efficient, patient-centered care delivery that balances in-person with virtual care and digital connectivity
• Prevention of diabetes
• Diabetes management and prevention of diabetes-related complications
• Diagnosis and management of hypoglycemia
• Vitamin D deficiency

John Aurora, PharmD, BCACP
Title: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Endocrinology  
Diabetes management, patient education, medication adherence

Lisa Ceglia, MD
Title: Director, Metabolic Bone Diseases Clinic; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine  

• Metabolic bone disease, nutrition, general endocrinology

Alexandra Cornwall, NP, MSN
Title: Nurse Practitioner, FNP-C  

• Diabetes management, continuous glucose monitoring use in the hospital

Bess F. Dawson-Hughes, MD  
Title: Endocrinologist; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine; Chief, Calcium and Bone Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer 

• USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University  

Feyza Erenler, MD
Title: Endocrinologist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine  

• Neuroendocrine

Andrew S. Greenberg, MD  
Title: Endocrinologist; Dr. Robert and Veronica Atkins Professor in Metabolism and Nutrition, Tufts University School of Medicine  

Jacqueline T. Kung, MD  
Title: Director, Thyroid Disease Clinic; Endocrinologist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine  

• Thyroid disease, neck ultrasound, thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy

Ronald M. Lechan, MD, PhD
Title(s): Co-Director, Hypothalamic and Pituitary Disease Center; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine  

• Hypothalamic disease, pituitary disease, disorders of the thyroid, adrenal disease, islet cell tumors

Rachel N. Lehouillier, NP, MSN 
Title(s): Nurse Practitioner  

• Diabetes Management, continuous glucose monitoring use in the hospital

Hiba Obeid, MD  
Title(s): Endocrinologist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine  

• Type 1 and type 2 diabetes, bone disease, general endocrinology

Aruna A. Saraswat, MD
Title(s): Endocrinologist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine  

• Thyroid disease, diabetes, general endocrinology

Richard D. Siegel, MD 
Title(s): Co-Director, Diabetes and Lipid Center; Endocrinologist; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine  

• Diabetes, obesity, inpatient and outpatient diabetes, general endocrinology

Jeffrey R. Vercollone, MD, MS  
Title(s): Attending Physician; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine  

• Diabetes management and prevention of diabetes-related complications
• Telehealth connectivity and outreach.

• Julia Machado, RN
• Patricia Curran, RN
• Madeline Bernard, RN
• Gentiana Papa, MA
• Leslie Suarez, MA
• Melinda Perez, Clinic Manager
• Jenny Dang – Clinical Coordinator
• Micah Fernald – Clinical Coordinator
• Jessica Seyler – Clinical Coordinator

• Ellen Vickery, MS, Clinical Studies Manager
• Laila Stevens, BS, Clinical Research Coordinator
• Madeline Bernard, RN
• Julia Machado, RN
• Patricia Curran, RN