Thomas E. Kottke, MD, MSPH
Senior Research Investigator, HealthPartners Institute

Thomas E. Kottke, MD, MSPH, Senior Research Investigator, HealthPartners Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, focuses his research on learning how to improve health and well-being through community and clinical initiatives. He is board certified in internal medicine and the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. He obtained his MD degree from the University of Minnesota and trained in internal medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and at the North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. While there, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and received an MSPH with an emphasis in cardiovascular epidemiology. Dr. Kottke was a member of the NCQA Cardiovascular Measure Advisory Panel (CV MAP) and the Health Equity Working Group (EWG). He has served on multiple National Quality Forum (NQF) committees including its Board of Directors. He has co-chaired both the NQF Consensus Standards Approval Committee (CSAC) and the NQF Cardiovascular Standing Committee.

Dr. Kottke was a member of the first United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and is a current member of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF).

Conducting Institute research since: 2004

Education and training: MD, University of Minnesota; MSPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

• 1976-1978 Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar - Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• 1976-1977 Resident - Department of Medicine, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC
• 1974-1976 Resident - Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 1970-1974 MD - University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1966-1970 BA, Anthropology - University of Minnesota

Affiliations/other offices held:
Since 2012 and currently active
2022-  Member, Community Preventive Services Task Force
2019   Member, Board of Directors, National Quality Forum
2019   Chair, National Quality Forum Consensus Standards Advisory Committee (CSAC)
2018   President, Twin Cities Medical Society
2016-2019  Member, National Quality Forum Consensus Standards Advisory Committee
2013-  Board Member, Twin Cities Medical Society
2012-2014  Chair, Twin Cities Obesity Prevention Coalition
2009- NCQA Cardiovascular Measurement Advisory Panel
2011-2013  National Quality Forum Multiple Chronic Conditions Measurement Framework project
2010-2015  Member and Chair, Minnesota Medical Association Quality Committee
2010-2015  CDC Surveillance and Epidemiology Workgroup
2010-  National Quality Forum Cardiovascular Standing Committee, Member and Co-chair
2009-2022  Member, St. Paul-Ramsey County Statewide Health Improvement Program Steering Committee

Research interests include:
Community health and well-being, health promotion and disease prevention with a focus on reducing Black disparities in healthy pregnancy, early childhood experience, and adolescent homelessness.

Current and recent research activities and funding:

The Interplay of ENDS and Tobacco Control Policy: Impact on the Population Harms of Tobacco (Maciosek)
Source: NCI/R01CA263542 
Role: Co-Investigator    07/01/2022-06/30/2027 

Achieving Co-Benefits at the FEW Nexus through Urban Food System Solutions: Developing a Convergence/Actionable Systems Science for Equity, Resource Efficiency, Health & Well-Being
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture/ NSF 18-545
Role: Site PI       09/15/2021-09/14/2022

Diabetes and Heart Disease & Stroke Prevent Programs – Improving the Health of Americans through Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Heart Disease and Stroke, CDC-RFA-DP18-1815 (Bishop)
Source: CDC/NU58DP006522
Role: Site PI       10/01/2019-11/30/2022

Examining the Relationship of Periodontal Treatment and Improved Health Outcomes for Coronary Heart Disease, Cerebrovascular Disease and Diabetes (Michalowicz)
Source: NIDCR/R03DE026797
Role: Co-Investigator        09/01/2018-08/31/2021

Pragmatic Trial Comparing Telehealth Care and Clinic-based Care for Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure (Hyperlink-3) (Margolis)
Source: PCORI
Role: Co-Investigator       07/01/2016-09/30/2021

Reducing CV Risk in Prediabetes Patients Using EHR-Based Decision Support (Desai)
Source: NHLBI/R01HL128614
Role: Other Significant Contributor            07/15/2015-06/30/2021

Evaluating System Change to Advance Learning and Take Evidence to Scale (ESCALATES) (Cohen)
Source: AHRQ/U01HS023940
Role: Co-Investigator        02/01/2015-04/30/2021

Can the CV Wizard Tool Impact Guideline-based CVD Care in the Safety Net? (Gold)
Source: NHLBI/R01HL133793
Role: Co-Investigator       09/01/2016-02/28/2022

Fish Consumption Dissemination Project (McCann)
Source: EPA
Role: Co-Investigator      09/01/2016-09/15/2021

A Clinic-Randomized Trial of a Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Dental Provider Delivery of Brief Tobacco Interventions and Quitline Referrals (Rindal/Spallek)
Source: NIDCR/U01DE026135
Role: Co-Investigator     08/01/2016-07/31/2021

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Thomas E. Kottke, MD, MSPH, Senior Research Investigator, HealthPartners Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, focuses his research on learning how to improve health and well-being through community and clinical initiatives. He is board certified in internal medicine and the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. He obtained his MD degree from the University of Minnesota and trained in internal medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and at the North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. While there, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and received an MSPH with an emphasis in cardiovascular epidemiology. Dr. Kottke was a member of the NCQA Cardiovascular Measure Advisory Panel (CV MAP) and the Health Equity Working Group (EWG). He has served on multiple National Quality Forum (NQF) committees including its Board of Directors. He has co-chaired both the NQF Consensus Standards