Thomas Kottke
Professor
Medicine
HealthPartners Research Foundation
United States of America
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 Interest
Measuring and promoting well-being, addressing the social determinants of health, delivery of preventive services, prevention of chronic diseases through lifestyle interventions, smoking cessation.
Publications
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The comparative effectiveness of heart disease prevention and treatment strategies. Kottke TE, Faith DA, Jordan CO, Pronk NP, Thomas RJ, Capewell S.
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Taking on the social determinants of health: a framework for action. Kottke TE, Pronk NP. Minnesota medicine. 2009; 92(2):36-9
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Does prevention save money? Kottke TE, Pronk NP, Isham GJ. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2009; 28(5):1554-5; author reply 1555-6.
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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.
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Measuring health care access and quality to improve health in populations. Kottke TE, Isham GJ. Preventing chronic disease. 2010; 7(4):A73.
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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.
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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.
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Five payment models: the pros, the cons, the potential. Silversmith J. Minnesota medicine. 2011; 94(2):45-8.
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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.
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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.
