Biography

Scott J. Cotler, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief of the Section of Hepatology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Scott J. Cotler, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Hepatology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Michigan and his medical degree at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Cotler completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology at RUSH-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago and continued his training with a fellowship in Hepatology at the University of Washington. He is board certified in Internal Medicine with a Gastroenterology subspecialty.

Dr. Cotler’s research has focused on the topic of hepatitis C. He has studied hepatitis C viral kinetics, cytokine responses to interferon therapy, hepatitis C and iron, hepatitis C in renal transplant candidates, and interferon therapy for liver transplant recipients. His current research focuses on hepatitis C and HIV, hepatitis C viral kinetics, and hepatitis C posttransplant. He also has an interest in the pathogenesis and treatment of NASH.

Dr. Cotler has published numerous research papers, review articles, and chapters that address fundamental therapy issues related to hepatitis C. He has published original articles in journals, including Liver Transplantation, Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, Journal of Viral Hepatitis, Journal of Infectious Diseases, and Journal of Virology. Dr. Cotler has also contributed review articles on hepatitis C in Gastroenterology and Clinical Perspectives in Gastroenterology. Dr. Cotler is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and the American Gastroenterological Association.