Martha Pitman, MD
Martha Pitman, MD
Director, Cytopathology Laboratory and Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Service
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
About Martha Pitman, MD
Clinical Interests:
- Cytopathology
- Gastrointestinal (GI) pathology
Treats:
- Adult & Pediatrics
Locations
Pathology Associates
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114-2696
Phone: 617-726-3185
Fax: 617-724-6564
Medical Education
- MD, Medical University of South Carolina
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Mass General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Cytopathology, American Board of Pathology
- Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology
- Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Connecticut
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - New York
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare - ACD
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Pitman's primary research interests are in fine needle aspiration biopsy of the liver and pancreas. Her focus of research is on current methods of pre-operative diagnosis of pancreatic cysts, particularly mucinous cysts of the pancreas. Her contributions to the field have centered on defining, describing and standardizing the role of cytopathology in the preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic cysts culminating in an international reputation as one of the top world experts and leaders in the field of pancreaticobiliary cytology. She is co-author the 4th series AFIP Fascicle on Tumors of the Pancreas.
Publications
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View my most recent publications at PubMed
- Circulating tumor cells found in patients with localized and advanced pancreatic cancer. Kulemann B, Pitman MB, Liss AS, Valsangkar N, Fern?ndez-Del Castillo C, Lillemoe KD, Hoeppner J, Mino-Kenudson M, Warshaw AL, Thayer SP. Pancreas. 2015 May;44(4):547-50
- Nodular fasciitis clinically presenting as a sarcoma. Scourtas A, Pitman MB, Chebib I. Diagn Cytopathol. 2015 Jun;43(6):488-9. doi: 10.1002/dc.23214. Epub 2014 Nov 3. No abstract available.
- Characterization of epithelial subtypes of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas with endoscopic ultrasound and cyst fluid analysis. Yoon WJ, Daglilar ES, Mino-Kenudson M, Morales-Oyarvide V, Pitman MB, Brugge WR. Endoscopy. 2014 Dec;46(12):1071-7. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1377629. Epub 2014 Sep 10.