Megan Jean Ritter MD
Assistant Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition
732 Harrison Ave | (617) 638-7470mjritter@bu.edu

Websites
Education
MD, Drexel University College of Medicine
Physiology, BS, University of Maryland
Psychology, BS, University of Maryland
Publications
Soares De Oliveira L, Ritter MJ. Thyroid hormone and the Liver. Hepatol Commun. 2025 Jan 01; 9(1). PMID: 39699315.
Published on 12/1/2022Shimizu H, Horibata Y, Amano I, Ritter MJ, Domae M, Ando H, Sugimoto H, Cohen RN, Hollenberg AN. Nuclear corepressor SMRT acts as a strong regulator of both ß-oxidation and suppressor of fibrosis in the differentiation process of mouse skeletal muscle cells. PLoS One. 2022; 17(12):e0277830. PMID: 36454860.
Published on 8/12/2021Ritter MJ, Amano I, Imai N, Soares De Oliveira L, Vella KR, Hollenberg AN. Nuclear Receptor CoRepressors, NCOR1 and SMRT, are required for maintaining systemic metabolic homeostasis. Mol Metab. 2021 11; 53:101315. PMID: 34390859.
Published on 10/1/2020Ritter MJ, Gupta S, Hennessey JV. Alternative routes of levothyroxine administration for hypothyroidism. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2020 Oct; 27(5):318-322. PMID: 32740045.
Published on 8/1/2020Ritter MJ, Amano I, Hollenberg AN. Thyroid Hormone Signaling and the Liver. Hepatology. 2020 08; 72(2):742-752. PMID: 32343421.
Published on 8/12/2019Shimizu H, Lu Y, Vella KR, Damilano F, Astapova I, Amano I, Ritter M, Gallop MR, Rosenzweig AN, Cohen RN, Hollenberg AN. Nuclear corepressor SMRT is a strong regulator of body weight independently of its ability to regulate thyroid hormone action. PLoS One. 2019; 14(8):e0220717. PMID: 31404087.