Robert M. Kotloff, M.D.

Craig and Elaine Dobbin/Nancy P. Blumenthal Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplantation
Director, Education and Fellowship Training

University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division
838 W. Gates Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
tel.: (215) 349-5488
fax: (215) 614-0869
email.: kotloffr@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:

MD: Yale University

Residency: Temple University Hospital

Chief Residency: Temple University Hospital

Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Kotloff is Chief of the Section of Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplantation. He has worked in the field of lung transplantation for over 17 years and has extensive clinical experience in the evaluation of patients with complex pulmonary disorders and in the care of transplant recipients. Under his leadership, the Penn Lung Transplant Program has performed over 600 transplants, a milestone achieved by only a handful of centers nationwide. In addition to his involvement in lung transplantation, Dr. Kotloff maintains an active practice in general pulmonary medicine and directs the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Training Program at Penn. He is Co-Chairman of the Pulmonary Disease Subspecialty Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a select committee of leading educators charged with the task of writing and editing the certifying board examination in Pulmonary Medicine. He is also past Chair of the Transplant Network of the American College of Chest Physicians and past President of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors.

Kotloff RM. Lung transplantation. In: Murray, Nadel, Mason, Broaddus, Martin, King, Schraufnagel (editors) Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 5th edition. New York, Elsevier; in press.

Kotloff RM. Pulmonary complications of solid organ transplantation. In: Camus P and Rosenow E (eds), Drug-Induced and Iatrogenic Lung Disease, London, Hodder Arnold; in press.

Kreider ME, Kotloff RM. Selection of candidates for lung transplantation. Proc Am Thorac Soc 6:20-27, 2009.

Sager JS, Kotloff RM. Lung transplantation for COPD. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 14:171-178, 2007.

Sager JS, Kotloff RM, Ahya VN, Hadjiliadis D, Simcox R, Blumenthal NP, Mendez J, Bilker WB, Pochettino A, Christie JD. Association of clinical risk factors with functional status following lung transplantation. Am J Transplant 9:2191-2201, 2006.

Belkin RA, Henig NR, Singer LG, Chaparro C, Rubenstein R, Xie SX, Yee JY, Kotloff RM, Lipson DA, Bunin GR. Risk factors for death in cystic fibrosis patients awaiting lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173: 659-666, 2006.

Kotloff RM and Martinez FJ. Lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In: Lynch JP and Ross DJ (eds), Lung and Heart Lung Transplantation, Taylor and Francis, New York, 2006.

Estenne M and Kotloff RM. Update in transplantation: 2005. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:593-598, 2006.

Kotloff RM and Ahya VN (editors). Pulmonary Considerations in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Clinics in Chest Medicine (Volume 26, no. 4), Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2005.

Christie JD, Kotloff RM, Ahya VN, Tino G, Pochettino A, Gaughan C, DeMissie E, Kimmel SE. The effect of primary graft dysfunction on survival following lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 171:1312-1316, 2005.

Egan TM and Kotloff RM. Pro/Con Debate: Lung allocation should be based on medical urgency and transplant survival and not on waiting time. Chest 128:407-415, 2005.

Kotloff RM, Ahya VN, and Crawford SW. State of the art: Pulmonary complications of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:22-48, 2004.

Kotloff RM and Ahya VN. Medical complications of lung transplantation. Eur Respir J 23:334-342, 2004.

Christie JD, Kotloff RM, Pochettino A, Arcasoy SM, Blumenthal NP, Palevsky, HI, Zisman DA, Rosengard BR, Landis JR, Kimmel SE. Clinical risk factors for primary graft failure following lung transplantation. Chest 124:1232-1241, 2003.

Kotloff RM. Lung retransplantation: all for one or one for all? Chest 123:1781-1782, 2003 (invited editorial).

Arcasoy SM, Christie JD, Ferrari VA, St. John Sutton M, Zisman DA, Blumenthal NP, Pochettino A, Kotloff RM. Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with advanced lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:735-740, 2003.

Kotloff RM, Hansen-Flaschen J, Lipson DA, Tino G, Arcasoy SM, Alavi A, Kaiser LR. Apical perfusion fraction as a predictor of short-term functional outcome following bilateral lung volume reduction surgery. Chest 120:1609-1615, 2001.

Arcasoy SM, Hersh C, Christie JD, Zisman D, Pochettino A, Rosengard BR, Blumenthal NP, Palevsky HI, Bavaria JE, Kotloff RM. Bronchogenic carcinoma complicating lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 20:1044-1053, 2001.

Arcasoy SM, Christie JD, Pochettino A, Zisman DA, Rosengard BR, Blumenthal NP, Palevsky HI, Bavaria JE, Kotloff RM. Characteristics and outcomes of patients with sarcoidosis listed for lung transplantation. Chest 120:873-880, 2001.

Kotloff RM. Lung transplantation. In: Humes HD (ed), Kelley’s Textbook of Internal Medicine, 4th edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000.

Pochettino A, Kotloff RM, Rosengard BR, Arcasoy SM, Blumenthal N, Kaiser LR, Bavaria JE. Bilateral versus single lung transplantation for emphysema: intermediate-term results. Ann Thorac Surg 70:1813-19, 2000.

Arcasoy SM and Kotloff RM. Lung transplantation. N Engl J Med 340:1081-1091, 1999.

Christie JD, Bavaria JE, Palevsky HI, Litzky LA, Blumenthal NP, Kaiser LR, Kotloff RM. Primary graft failure following lung transplantation. Chest 114: 51-60, 1998.

Kotloff RM and Hansen-Flaschen J (editors). Advanced Lung Disease. Clinics in Chest Medicine (Volume 18, no. 3), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1997.