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 Jun;10(6):797-811.
Establishing Funding Priorities for Hypertension Research: A Modest Proposal.

(Kotchen TA.) Hypertension. 2017 11;70(5):893-896.
Genotypic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity-Hurdles and Opportunities in the Quest for Hypertension-Related Genes.

(Kotchen TA.) Am J Hypertens. 2017 May 01;30(5):466-467.
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.
Ushering Hypertension Into a New Era of Precision Medicine.

(Kotchen TA, Cowley AW Jr, Liang M.) JAMA. 2016 Jan 26;315(4):343-4.
Measurement of Arterial Pressure Waves and Central Blood Pressure: Opportunities and Challenges.

(Kotchen TA.) Am J Hypertens. 2015 Sep;28(9):1075-6.
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.
Developing hypertension guidelines: an evolving process.

(Kotchen TA.) Am J Hypertens. 2014 Jun;27(6):765-72.
The salt discourse in 2013.

(Kotchen TA.) Am J Hypertens. 2013 Oct;26(10):1177.
Epigenomics of hypertension.

(Liang M, Cowley AW Jr, Mattson DL, Kotchen TA, Liu Y.) Semin Nephrol. 2013 Jul;33(4):392-9.
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.
Treatment of hypertension in obese patients.

(Kidambi S, Kotchen TA.) Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2013 Jun;13(3):163-75.

Theodore Kotchen, MD