Thomas Cotter, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Internal Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Thomas G. Cotter, M.D., M.S.C.P., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases. He specializes in general hepatology and transplant hepatology, with interests in all liver diseases including alcohol-associated liver disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. In addition, he performs regular screening and diagnostic endoscopies and colonoscopies. Originally from Ireland, Dr. Cotter holds a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from University College Cork, which he received with honors. He earned his medical degree with First Class Honors from the National University of Ireland in Galway. He then completed an internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, followed by advanced training in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology through fellowships at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He also holds a master's degree in public health sciences from the University of Chicago. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both internal medicine and gastroenterology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2021. Dr. Cotter's research is primarily outcomes-based and is focused on improving the care of patients with alcohol-associated liver disease and of liver transplant recipients. He is the author of numerous publications and case reports, and he has delivered many invited lectures. Additionally, he has contributed to several books, including Clinical Dilemmas in Viral Liver Disease. He is currently a steering committee member on a NIH grant (AlcHepNet) and has a career development award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Gastroenterological Association. Education Medical School National University of Ireland - Galway (2013) Residency Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (2017), Internal Medicine Fellowship University of Chicago Medical Center (2020), Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases Fellowship University of Chicago Medical Center (2021), Transplant Hepatology Research Interest Alcohol-associated Liver Disease Liver Transplantation Publications Liver Transplantation in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Rady ED, Anouti A, Thimphitthaya C, Cotter TG Clinics in Liver Disease 2025 May 29 165-184 Acute kidney injury in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis treated with anakinra plus zinc or prednisone Author Collaboration TA, Patidar KR, Tu W, Cotter TG, Simonetto DA, Asgharpour A, Jan MY, Tang Q, Yu Y, Li Y, Taiwo M, Thevkar Nagesh P, Dasarathy S, Kamath PS, Mcclain CJ, Chalasani N, Szabo G, Bataller R, Mitchell M, Mehal WZ, Nagy LE, Shah VH, Gawrieh S, Sanyal AJ, Vuppalanchi R, Samala N, Yoder L, Nephew L, Kettler C, Su J, Vargas HE, Yang L, Welch N, Bellar A, Attaway A, Dasarathy J, Growley A, Streem D, Herlong HF, Kerr TA, O'Connor S, Luketic V, Taylor S, Vatsalya V, Jophlin L, Cave M, Jha SK, Marsano L, Barve A, Frimodig J, Ravi S Hepatology 2025 Apr 81 1256-1268 Disparities in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Hospital Encounters Amongst a Texas-Based Cohort of Patients Cotter TG, Anouti A, Zhang B, Rady ED, Patel M, Patel S, Ellis DJ, Lieber SR, Rich NE, O'Leary JG, Mitchell MC, Singal AG Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2025 Mar 61 988-999 Faecal proteomics links neutrophil degranulation with mortality in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis Author Collaboration AI, Kreimeyer H, Gonzalez CG, Fondevila MF, Hsu CL, Hartmann P, Zhang X, Stärkel P, Bosques-Padilla F, Verna EC, Abraldes JG, Brown RS, Vargas V, Altamirano J, Caballería J, Shawcross DL, Louvet A, Lucey MR, Mathurin P, Garcia-Tsao G, Bataller R, Gonzalez DJ, Schnabl B, Chalasani N, Nephew L, Patidar KR, Vuppalanchi R, Samala N, Yoder L, Liangpunsakul S, Prange S, Shah VH, Simonetto DA, Kamath P, Vargas HE, Yang L, Dasarathy S, Welch N, Bellar A, Attaway A, Dasarathy J, Growley A, Streem D, Nagy LE, Mitchell MC, Herlong HF, Kerr T, Cotter T, Sanyal A, O'Connor S, Luketic V Gut 2024 Dec 74 103-115 Disparities in steatosis prevalence in the United States by Race or Ethnicity according to the 2023 criteria Díaz LA, Lazarus JV, Fuentes-López E, Idalsoaga F, Ayares G, Desaleng H, Danpanichkul P, Cotter TG, Dunn W, Barrera F, Wijarnpreecha K, Noureddin M, Alkhouri N, Singal AK, Wong RJ, Younossi ZM, Rinella ME, Kamath PS, Bataller R, Loomba R, Arrese M, Arab JP Communications Medicine 2024 Dec 4 The effects of underlying inflammatory bowel disease on the outcomes of primary sclerosing cholangitis liver transplant recipients Patel MJ, Zhang BY, Cotter TG, Anouti A Journal of Liver Transplantation 2024 Nov 16 Racial and ethnic disparities in the natural history of alcohol-associated liver disease in the United States Ayares G, Díaz LA, Fuentes-López E, Idalsoaga F, Cotter TG, Dunn W, Simonetto D, Shah VH, Kamath PS, Lazarus JV, Bataller R, Arrese M, Wong RJ, Singal AK, Arab JP Liver International 2024 Oct 44 2822-2833 Designing clinical trials to address alcohol use and alcohol-associated liver disease: an expert panel Consensus Statement Lee BP, Witkiewitz K, Mellinger J, Anania FA, Bataller R, Cotter TG, Curtis B, Dasarathy S, DeMartini KS, Diamond I, Diazgranados N, DiMartini AF, Falk DE, Fernandez AC, German MN, Kamath PS, Kidwell KM, Leggio L, Litten R, Louvet A, Lucey MR, McCaul ME, Sanyal AJ, Singal AK, Sussman NL, Terrault NA, Thursz MR, Verna EC, Radaeva S, Nagy LE, Mitchell MC Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2024 Sep 21 626-645 Psychiatric disorders in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A large US cohort of commercially insured individuals Patel MJ, Jones A, Jiang Y, Gowda P, VanWagner LB, Cotter TG, Seif El Dahan K, Louissaint J, Patel M, Rich NE, Singal AG, Lieber SR Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2024 Aug 60 469-478 Association between bridging therapy and posttransplant outcomes in patients with HCC within Milan criteria: A systematic review and meta-analysis Arvind A, Seif El Dahan K, Malhotra R, Daher D, Rich NE, Patel MS, Vanwagner LB, Lieber SR, Cotter TG, Louissaint J, Mufti AR, Kulik L, Pillai A, Parikh ND, Singal AG Liver Transplantation 2024 Jun 30 595-606 Results 1-10 of 86 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Honors & Awards Best Scientific Paper, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)American College of Gastroenterology (2016) International Health Program ScholarshipMayo Clinic (2016) Irish National Dr. Henry Hutchinson Stewart Medical Scholarship in Surgery (2013) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases American College of Gastroenterology American Gastroenterological Association American Society for Addiction Medicine (2019)
