Theodore Kotchen, MD

Professor; Associate Dean for Clinical Research

Locations

Endocrinology

Biography

Dr. Kotchen is a graduate of Harvard College and Western Reserve Medical School. He trained in Internal Medicine at the University of North Carolina and Western Reserve, and completed a fellowship in Endocrinology at Yale University. He is Board certified in Internal Medicine and in the subspecialty of Endocrinology/Metabolism. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

His clinical interests in adult endocrinology include endocrine causes of hypertension, and disorders of the adrenal, pituitary, thyroid, and parathyroid glands.

Research Interests

His research interests focus primarily on hypertension, and he is author or co-author of over 200 peer reviewed publications. Most deal with mechanisms of blood pressure control, hypertension treatment strategies, and genes of hypertension.

Stability of global methylation profiles of whole blood and extracted DNA under different storage durations and conditions.

(Li Y, Pan X, Roberts ML, Liu P, Kotchen TA, Cowley AW Jr, Mattson DL, Liu Y, Liang M, Kidambi S.) Epigenomics. 2018 06;10(6):797-811 PMID: 29683333 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049644277 04/24/2018
Establishing Funding Priorities for Hypertension Research: A Modest Proposal.

(Kotchen TA.) Hypertension. 2017 11;70(5):893-896 PMID: 28947614 PMCID: PMC5715469 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85032275352 09/28/2017
Genotypic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity-Hurdles and Opportunities in the Quest for Hypertension-Related Genes.

(Kotchen TA.) Am J Hypertens. 2017 05 01;30(5):466-467 PMID: 28338746 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85021807990 03/25/2017
Introduction to the American Heart Association's Hypertension Strategically Focused Research Network.

(Muntner P, Becker RC, Calhoun D, Chen D, Cowley AW Jr, Flynn JT, Grobe JL, Kidambi S, Kotchen TA, Lackland DT, Leslie KK, Li Y, Liang M, Lloyd A, Mattson DL, Mendizabal B, Mitsnefes M, Nair A, Pierce GL, Pollock JS, Safford MM, Santillan MK, Sigmund CD, Thomas SJ, Urbina EM.) Hypertension. 2016 Apr;67(4):674-80 PMID: 26902490 PMCID: PMC5135412 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84960812805 02/24/2016
Ushering Hypertension Into a New Era of Precision Medicine.

(Kotchen TA, Cowley AW Jr, Liang M.) JAMA. 2016 Jan 26;315(4):343-4 PMID: 26769233 PMCID: PMC5238956 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84964308652 01/16/2016
Measurement of Arterial Pressure Waves and Central Blood Pressure: Opportunities and Challenges.

(Kotchen TA.) Am J Hypertens. 2015 Sep;28(9):1075-6 PMID: 26093362 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84940769270 06/21/2015
Developing hypertension guidelines: an evolving process.

(Kotchen TA.) Am J Hypertens. 2014 Jun;27(6):765-72 PMID: 24572703 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84900856991 02/28/2014
Role of sodium restriction and diuretic therapy for resistant hypertension in chronic kidney disease.

(Sinnakirouchenan R, Kotchen TA.) Semin Nephrol. 2014;34(5):514-9 PMID: 25416660 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84918494859 11/25/2014
The salt discourse in 2013.

(Kotchen TA.) Am J Hypertens. 2013 Oct;26(10):1177 PMID: 24042542 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84890086741 09/18/2013
Epigenomics of hypertension.

(Liang M, Cowley AW Jr, Mattson DL, Kotchen TA, Liu Y.) Semin Nephrol. 2013 Jul;33(4):392-9 PMID: 24011581 PMCID: PMC3777799 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84883497015 09/10/2013
Salt in health and disease--a delicate balance.

(Kotchen TA, Cowley AW Jr, Frohlich ED.) N Engl J Med. 2013 06 27;368(26):2531-2 PMID: 23802533 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84879365020 06/28/2013
Treatment of hypertension in obese patients.

(Kidambi S, Kotchen TA.) Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2013 Jun;13(3):163-75 PMID: 23579967 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84878524141 04/13/2013

Theodore Kotchen, MD