Thomas E. Kottke, MD, MSPH, Medical Director for Well-Being at HealthPartners and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, is board certified in internal medicine and the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Kottke is also a health services researcher at the HealthPartners Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He obtained his MD degree from the University of Minnesota and trained in internal medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. While a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he trained at the North Carolina Memorial Hospital and also received an MSPH from the school of public health. Dr. Kottke is a member of the NCQA Cardiovascular Measure Advisory Panel (CV MAP). and 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. His research interests focus on improving health and well-being through community and clinical initiatives.
Conducting Institute research since 2004.
Current HealthPartners positions:
Medical Director for Well-being, HealthPartners Health Plan
Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Institute
Professor (affiliated), Medicine, University of Minnesota
Education and training:
- 1978-1981 Post-doctoral Fellow - Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, School of Public Health, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- 1977-1978 MSPH, Epidemiology - School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- 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 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
Related websites:
Thomas KOTTKE | Medical Director for Well-being | Medical Directors (researchgate.net)
Thomas E. Kottke - Google Scholar
