Dr. Thomas Cotter graduated from National University of Ireland, Galway with 1st Class honors in Medicine in 2013, before completing his internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota.

He is currently a 3rd year GI fellow on the T32 training grant at the University of Chicago Medical Center and has recently completed a Masters Degree in Public Health Sciences, having served as chief gastroenterology fellow during the 2018-2019 academic year. He is currently doing an advanced transplant hepatology fellowship at The University of Chicago Medicine and will complete his training in June 2021, whereupon he will be seeking a Faculty position as a transplant hepatologist at an academic institution in the US.

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 has published several first author original research publications in high-impact journals including Hepatology, Gut, American Journal of Transplantation, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Transplantation and Liver Transplantation.

In addition, he has delivered a number of oral presentations at national conferences. He serves on the Education subcommittee of the Clinical Practice Sig of the AASLD. Dr. Cotter plans to continue his career in academic hepatology upon completing his transplant hepatology fellowship in 2021. In his free time, Dr Cotter enjoys sports, traveling and spending time with his family.