Currently at the Texas Diabetes Institute in San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Triplitt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes as well as holding the appointment of Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy with the Clinical Pharmacy Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Dr. Triplitt is an investigator in multiple research studies in the field of diabetes, has published several book chapters on diabetes, and has been published in such peer-reviewed journals as Diabetes Care, Diabetes Spectrum, Pharmacotherapy, and Drugs. He also clinically manages and educates people with diabetes with an endocrinologist, and is a Certified Diabetes Educator. In his role as Secretary on the governor-appointed Texas Diabetes Council, Dr. Triplitt has been involved with the development of multiple clinical treatment algorithms for the prevention and treatment of diabetes in the State of Texas.