dr. nicolas cuttriss
MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatric Endocrinologist

Trained as a pediatric endocrinologist and public health professional, Dr. Cuttriss has a unique dedication to improving the quality of life of people living with diabetes and chronic pediatric endocrine conditions.  

Dr. Cuttriss is a Washington, DC native, and during his freshman year of high school at Georgetown Day School, he co-founded AYUDA (American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad). AYUDA empowers youth to serve as agents of change in communities abroad by recruiting students to support and enhance local diabetes educational and empowerment programs.  Internationally, Dr. Cuttriss has supported diabetes projects in Bermuda, Bolivia, Belize, Chile, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. He has published peer-reviewed articles and authored peer-reviewed books that were disseminated by Pan American Health Organization. Dr. Cuttriss continues to help guide and direct AYUDA by serving as its Chairman of the Board. 

Outside of his practice to address health disparities and lack of access to diabetes specialists, Dr. Cuttriss currently serves as Founding Director and CEO of the ECHO DIABETES ACTION NETWRK (EDAN) after serving as Director of Project ECHO Diabetes and Project ECHO Diabetes in the Time of COVID-19 at Stanford University. Prior to joining Stanford, Dr. Cuttriss served as the first pediatric endocrinologist for the University of New Mexico Project ECHO Institute ENDO teleECHO clinic to democratize diabetes specialty knowledge by empowering primary care providers to care for patients with complex diabetes who lack access to routine diabetes specialty care.

Dr. Cuttriss received his bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical and public health degrees from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and his fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at the Jackson Memorial Hospital-University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Program where he also served on faculty in public health sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine during and after his training. After completing his training, Dr. Cuttriss focused his attention towards better understanding disparities in care in diabetes and alternative approaches to providing a more practical and efficient model of delivery of care and empowerment to children and their families who are dealing with chronic pediatric endocrine conditions, including integrating telemedicine. Dr. Cuttriss founded ENDO Diabetes & Wellness.

Dr. Cuttriss is a board certified pediatrician and pediatric endocrinologist and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Cuttriss is a frequent speaker at international and national professional meetings, and he serves on several boards and advisory committees.  

Dr. Cuttriss founded ENDO Diabetes & Wellness in order to provide a more practical and efficient model of delivery of care and empowerment to children and their families who are dealing with chronic pediatric endocrine conditions. He also supports and consults with medical groups and hospital systems around the country to address barriers to routine diabetes and endocrinology specialty care. He has partnered and invested time in supporting communities in New Mexico and Alaska in particular.

He continues to see patients in Washington, DC and throughout the country offering telehealth services and is licensed in over 30 states.