Thomas Kottke

Professor
Medicine
HealthPartners Research Foundation
United States of America

Professor Cardiology
Biography

Thomas Kottke is Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota. he completed his MD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; MSPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; postdoctoral training, University of Minnesota. Building community-based heart disease-prevention programs; 193 peer-reviewed papers, 3 books, 40 book chapters and 40 invited editorials. Member of both the first US Preventive Services Task Force and the federal panels that authored evidence-based guidelines for treating tobacco dependence (issued by the US Public Health Service in June 2000 and by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in 1996). While professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn., he developed and directed CardioVision 2020, a project to make Olmsted County, Minn. the healthiest county in the country by 2020. He also helped build the Southeastern Minnesota Women's Health Project to increase screening rates for breast and cervical cancer.

Research Intrest

Measuring and promoting well-being, addressing the social determinants of health, delivery of preventive services, prevention of chronic diseases through lifestyle interventions, smoking cessation.

List of Publications
The comparative effectiveness of heart disease prevention and treatment strategies. Kottke TE, Faith DA, Jordan CO, Pronk NP, Thomas RJ, Capewell S.
Taking on the social determinants of health: a framework for action. Kottke TE, Pronk NP. Minnesota medicine. 2009; 92(2):36-9
Does prevention save money? Kottke TE, Pronk NP, Isham GJ. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2009; 28(5):1554-5; author reply 1555-6.
Physical activity promotion as a strategic corporate priority to improve worker health and business performance. Pronk NP, Kottke TE. Preventive medicine. 2009; 49(4):316-21.
Measuring health care access and quality to improve health in populations. Kottke TE, Isham GJ. Preventing chronic disease. 2010; 7(4):A73.
Reasons for not meeting coronary artery disease targets of care in ambulatory practice. Kottke TE, Ogwang Z, Smith JC. The Permanente journal. 2010; 14(3):12-6.
The association between optimal lifestyle adherence and short-term incidence of chronic conditions among employees. Pronk NP, Lowry M, Kottke TE, Austin E, Gallagher J, Katz A. Population health management. 2010; 13(6):289-95.
Five payment models: the pros, the cons, the potential. Silversmith J. Minnesota medicine. 2011; 94(2):45-8.
Adherence to optimal lifestyle behaviors is related to emotional health indicators among employees. Pronk NP, Katz AS, Gallagher J, Austin E, Mullen D, Lowry M, Kottke TE. Population health management. 2011; 14(2):59-67.
Identifying opportunities for a medical group to improve outcomes for patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure: an exploratory study. Baechler CJ, Kottke TE. The Permanente journal. 2011; 15(2):4-14.
The lessons of COURAGE for the management of stable coronary artery disease. Kottke TE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2011; 58(2):138-9
The predicted impact of heart disease prevention and treatment initiatives on mortality in Lithuania, a middle-income country. Kottke TE, Jancaityte L, Tamosiunas A, Grabauskas V. Preventing chronic disease. 2011; 8(6):A139.
The need for social epidemiology: now as much as ever. Kottke TE. Annals of epidemiology. 2011; 21(12):875-6.
The simple health system rules that create value. Kottke TE, Pronk NP, Isham GJ.
Accuracy of heart disease prevalence estimated from claims data compared with an electronic health record. Kottke TE, Baechler CJ, Parker ED. Preventing chronic disease. 2012; 9:E141.
The effect of price reduction on salad bar purchases at a corporate cafeteria. Kottke TE, Pronk NP, Katz AS, Tillema JO, Flottemesch TJ. Preventing chronic disease. 2013; 10:E25.
An algorithm that identifies coronary and heart failure events in the electronic health record. Kottke TE, Baechler CJ. Preventing chronic disease. 2013; 10:E29.
Meeting the million hearts goal. Kottke TE, McGrail MP, Pronk NP. Minnesota medicine. 2013; 96(5):33-5.
Reversing the Slide in US Health Outcomes and Deteriorating Health Care Economics. Kottke TE. Mayo Clinic proceedings. 2013; 88(6):533-5.
Simple rules that reduce hospital readmission. Kottke TE. The Permanente journal. 2013; 17(3):91-3.
Optimizing the health of mothers, infants, and communities through research. Kottke TE, Courneya PT. Mayo Clinic proceedings. 2013; 88(12):1350-2.
Lipid abnormalities in foreign-born and US-born patients in a medical group. Jaranilla J, DeFor T, Vazquez Benitez G, Kottke TE. Journal of clinical lipidology. 2014; 8(1):77-85.
A commentary on "comparative health systems research among Kaiser Permanente and other integrated delivery systems: a systematic literature review". Kottke TE, Courneya PT. The Permanente journal. 2014; 18(3):94-5.
Team-based care and improved blood pressure control: a community guide systematic review. Proia KK, Thota AB, Njie GJ, Finnie RK, Hopkins DP, Mukhtar Q, Pronk NP, Zeigler D, Kottke TE, Rask KJ, Lackland DT, Brooks JF, Braun LT, Cooksey T. American journal of preventive medicine. 2014; 47(1):86-99. NIHMSID: HHSPA739179
Honoring Choices Minnesota: preliminary data from a community-wide advance care planning model. Wilson KS, Kottke TE, Schettle S. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2014; 62(12):2420-5.
Persistence of smoking-cessation decision support use in a dental practice. Kottke TE, Brad Rindal D, Rush WA, Asche SE, Enstad CJ. American journal of preventive medicine. 2015; 48(6):722-8.
A qualitative study of processes used to implement evidence-based care in a primary care practice. Huebsch JA, Kottke TE, McGinnis P, Nichols J, Parker ED, Tillema JO, Hanson AM. Family practice. 2015; 32(5):578-83.
Clinical Decision Support Systems and Prevention: A Community Guide Cardiovascular Disease Systematic Review. Njie GJ, Proia KK, Thota AB, Finnie RKC, Hopkins DP, Banks SM, Callahan DB, Pronk NP, Rask KJ, Lackland DT, Kottke TE. American journal of preventive medicine. 2015; 49(5):784-795. NIHMSID: HHSPA765197
Economics of Team-based Care in Controlling Blood Pressure: A Community Guide Systematic Review. Jacob V, Chattopadhyay SK, Thota AB, Proia KK, Njie G, Hopkins DP, Finnie RKC, Pronk NP, Kottke TE. American journal of preventive medicine. 2015; 49(5):772-783. NIHMSID: HHSPA742868
Proton pump inhibitor use by aspirin-treated coronary artery disease patients is not associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events Fortuna LA, Pawloski PA, Parker ED, Trower NK, Kottke TE. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Pharmacother. 2016 January; 2(1):13-9.
Using Principles of Complex Adaptive Systems to Implement Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Primary Care. Kottke TE, Huebsch JA, Mcginnis P, Nichols JM, Parker ED, Tillema JO, Maciosek MV. The Permanente journal. Spring 2016; 20(2):17-24.
Modeled Health and Economic Impact of Team-Based Care for Hypertension. Dehmer SP, Baker-Goering MM, Maciosek MV, Hong Y, Kottke TE, Margolis KL, Will JC, Flottemesch TJ, LaFrance AB, Martinson BC, Thomas AJ, Roy K. American journal of preventive medicine. 2016; 50(5 Suppl 1):S34-44.
New Summary Measures of Population Health and Well-Being for Implementation by Health Plans and Accountable Care Organizations. Kottke TE, Gallagher JM, Rauri S, Tillema JO, Pronk NP, Knudson SM. Preventing chronic disease. 2016; 13:E89.
Obesity Treatment at HealthPartners: Adaptation of Clinical Guidelines into Systems for Practice Operations. Vesely JM, Pronk NP, Kottke TE, Marshall PS. Current obesity reports. 2016; 5(3):312-9.
Philanthropy and Beyond: Creating Shared Value to Promote Well-Being for Individuals in Their Communities. Kottke TE, Pronk N, Zinkel AR, Isham GJ. The Permanente journal. 2017; 21.