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Medical Director for Evidence-Based Health, HealthPartners
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation
Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota
Cardiologist, Regions Hospital Heart Center
Research Interests
Internationally recognized expert in the delivery of preventive services and the prevention of chronic diseases. While on the faculty of the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, he developed the Southeastern Minnesota Womens’ Health Project (R25CA57825) to improve breast and cervical cancer screening for women in Southeastern Minnesota and the Native WEB (CCU510175) to increase access to breast and cervical cancer screening for Native American women. Dr. Kottke has also designed and implemented trials to increase the delivery of smoking cessation services in medical practice (Doctors Helping Smokers; R01CA38361) and increase the delivery of preventive services in primary care (R01HS08091). Dr. Kottke designed and implemented a comprehensive heart disease prevention and treatment program in Olmsted County, Minnesota, CardioVision2020. Dr. Kottke has published over 240 peer-reviewed papers, editorials and book chapters, many on the development of systems in clinical practice to assure the delivery of preventive and chronic disease services. Dr. Kottke was a member of the first United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and both AHCPR/AHRQ task forces for the development of smoking cessation intervention guidelines. Dr. Kottke has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization on the prevention and management of chronic diseases and is a member of the faculty of the World Health Organization Non-communicable disease prevention course.
Contact Information
E-mail: Thomas.e.kottke@HealthPartners.com
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