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About us

About Vitalix Clinical

A clinical research network expanding access to high-quality trials through direct patient relationships, experienced investigators, and a growing footprint across the East Coast.

Our footprint

Where we operate

A growing network of research sites across the East Coast — anchored by our Worcester, MA flagship, with North Myrtle Beach, SC and Springfield, MA extending our reach.

Worcester, MA Now enrolling

554 Main St, Worcester, MA 01608

Springfield, MA

Serving Western Massachusetts · Not currently enrolling

North Myrtle Beach, SC Now enrolling

506 2nd Ave North, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582

MANYPAVANCSCGA Springfield Worcester · HQ Myrtle Beach
Now enrolling Site open

Our people

Meet our team

Experienced investigators and dedicated research staff committed to high-quality trials and compassionate patient care.

Matthew Collins

Matthew Collins

Founder & CEO

Matthew Collins is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vitalix Clinical, a growing multi-site clinical research network focused on behavioral health, CNS, neurology, and specialty medicine studies. Since founding the company in 2024, he has led development and expansion of research operations across multiple states.Prior to launching Vitalix, Matthew spent years working directly within clinical research site operations, gaining hands-on experience across business development, patient recruitment, regulatory affairs, site management, sponsor relations, budgeting, and operational strategy.He founded Vitalix after recognizing that many studies fail not because of the science, but because of operational inefficiencies and fragmented patient access. He graduated from Nichols College with a degree in Business Management.

James Carroll, MD

James Carroll, MD

Medical Director & Principal Investigator

Dr. James Carroll serves as Principal Investigator across Vitalix Clinical's Massachusetts locations and as Medical Director. A board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with more than two decades of acute-care experience, he brings exceptional clinical judgment and comfort managing complex medical and psychiatric presentations.Dr. Carroll is also board-certified in Addiction Medicine. His research spans Alzheimer's disease, depression, treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, ADHD, anxiety, OCD, substance use disorders, infectious disease, and obesity.Dr. Carroll earned his Doctor of Medicine from Albany Medical College and completed undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame.

Tahir Tellioglu, MD

Tahir Tellioglu, MD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Tahir Tellioglu serves as Principal Investigator across Vitalix Clinical's Massachusetts locations, bringing more than two decades of advanced psychiatric, pharmacologic, and academic experience. A board-certified psychiatrist with a PhD-equivalent in Pharmacology.Dr. Tellioglu continues to practice as Staff Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and teaches as Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has contributed to numerous Phase II and III trials across multiple psychiatric conditions.He completed his medical degree at the Istanbul School of Medicine, residency at Yale and Vanderbilt, a Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship at Vanderbilt, and an Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Yale.

Richard A. Marasa, MD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Tahir Tellioglu serves as Principal Investigator across Vitalix Clinical's Massachusetts locations, bringing more than two decades of advanced psychiatric, pharmacologic, and academic experience. A board-certified psychiatrist with a PhD-equivalent in Pharmacology.Dr. Tellioglu continues to practice as Staff Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and teaches as Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has contributed to numerous Phase II and III trials across multiple psychiatric conditions.He completed his medical degree at the Istanbul School of Medicine, residency at Yale and Vanderbilt, a Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship at Vanderbilt, and an Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Yale.

Meaghan Serra, PA-C

Meaghan Serra, PA-C

Sub-Investigator & Clinical Operations

Meaghan Serra is a Board-Certified Physician Assistant with over a decade of clinical experience and a strong background in emergency medicine, psychometric assessment, and clinical trial execution. She plays a key role in patient assessment, safety oversight, and ensuring smooth, compliant study conduct.Meaghan holds a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science from Springfield College, and maintains national CAQ certification in Emergency Medicine. She is also trained in psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Kenneth Santiago, MD

Principal Investigator

For physicians

Bring clinical research to your practice

Offer your patients access to tomorrow’s treatments — without the operational burden. You stay focused on care and safety. Our team handles everything else, start to finish.

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Why partner with Vitalix

Research that fits right into your practice

Adding clinical research shouldn’t mean adding headaches. We build the entire research operation around your existing workflow — so it enhances your practice instead of disrupting it.

More for your patients

Give the people you already care for access to investigational treatments and close, attentive study monitoring — often at no cost to them.

A new revenue stream

Clinical trials add a sustainable, non-clinical income line to your practice — with none of the upfront cost or risk falling on you.

Zero operational lift

We bring the staff, the systems, and the processes. Your day-to-day stays exactly as it is — just with research running alongside it.

A true turnkey partnership

You focus on care. We handle the rest.

Your role stays clinical: your patients, their safety, and the relationship you’ve built. Everything operational — every form, every system, every sponsor conversation — belongs to us.

Regulatory & IRB

Submissions, approvals, and essential documents — fully managed.

Budgets & contracts

We negotiate with sponsors and CROs and handle the financials.

Patient recruitment

Screening, outreach, and enrollment driven by our own team.

Trained study staff

Coordinators and sub-investigators placed and managed by us.

eSource & data

Fully electronic data capture, monitoring, and reporting.

Quality & compliance

GCP oversight, audits, and safety reporting handled end to end.

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Getting started

From first call to first patient

Bringing research to your practice is simpler than you’d expect. Here’s the path.

1

Reach out

Tell us about your practice and patient population — one short conversation.

2

We assess the fit

We identify the studies and sponsors best matched to your patients.

3

We build everything

Regulatory, staffing, technology, and training — we stand the site up for you.

4

You start enrolling

You see patients and oversee safety; we run the trial around you.

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