Peter B. Cotton (born 1939) is a British Gastroenterologist best known for his advancement in digestive disease, pioneering and naming the ERCP procedure and creating the Digestive Disease Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Cotton was born in England, where his father was a rural family physician. He was educated at Cambridge University and St. Thomas Hospital Medical School (London) where he graduated in 1963. He became interested in endoscopy in the late 1960s with the introduction of flexible fiberscopes, and developed endoscopy units at St. Thomas’ Hospital and at the Middlesex Hospital, which pioneered and evaluated many diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly ERCP. He attracted postgraduates from many countries, held numerous teaching courses, and introduced live CCTV workshops.
In 1986, he left England to become Professor of Medicine and Chief of Endoscopy at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. He developed a state of the art endoscopy center there while also maintaining his interests in teaching, new techniques, and careful outcome evaluation. He moved to Charleston, South Carolina in 1994 to initiate and lead a Digestive Disease Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, dedicated to multi-disciplinary patient care, and the research and education needed to enhance it.
Cotton's bibliography includes over 900 publications, with more than 300 original contributions in peer reviewed journals, and 10 books.“Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy” (co-authored by Christopher Williams) is the primary Gastrointestinal Endoscopy teaching text available in seven languages.
Cotton has been the recipient of awards including:
1978 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
2002 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (London)
2004 Rudolph Schindler award of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
He has been active in National and International organizations, and has given invited lectures and demonstrations in more than 50 countries. He helped form the British Society for Digestive Endoscopy, became its president, and served the British Society of Gastroenterology as its vice president and treasurer. He was secretary of the European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and president of the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain. He is principal investigator of an NIH-funded multi-center randomized sham-controlled study of sphincterotomy in Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
Cotton, P. B.; Romagnuolo, J.; Faigel, D. O.; Aliperti, G.; Deal, S. E. (2012). "The ERCP Quality Network: A Pilot Study of Benchmarking Practice and Performance". American Journal of Medical Quality. 28: 256–260. PMID 22930708. doi:10.1177/1062860612456235.
Cotton, P. B. (2012). "Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America. 22 (3): 587–599. PMID 22748250. doi:10.1016/j.giec.2012.05.002.
Cotton, P. B. (2011). "Quality endoscopists and quality endoscopy units". Journal of Interventional Gastroenterology. 1 (2): 83–87. PMC 3136859 . PMID 21776431. doi:10.4161/jig.1.2.15048.
Cotton, P. B.; Bretthauer, M. (2011). "Quality assurance in gastroenterology". Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 25 (3): 335–336. PMID 21764001. doi:10.1016/j.bpg.2011.05.008.
Cotton, P. B. (2011). "Are low-volume ERCPists a problem in the United States? A plea to examine and improve ERCP practice—NOW". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 74 (1): 161–166. PMID 21704815. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2011.03.1233.
Petersen, B. T.; Petersen, J.; Chennat, J.; Cohen, P. B.; Cotton, D. A.; Greenwald, T. E.; Kowalski, M. L.; Krinsky, W. G.; Park, I. M.; Pike, J.; Romagnuolo, W. A.; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Rutala, W. A. (2011). "Multisociety guideline on reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes: 2011". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 73 (6): 1075–1084. PMID 21628008. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2011.03.1183.
Petersen, B. T.; Chennat, J.; Cohen, J.; Cotton, P. B.; Greenwald, D. A.; Kowalski, T. E.; Krinsky, M. L.; Park, W. G.; Pike, I. M.; Romagnuolo, J.; ASGE Quality Assurance in Endoscopy Committee; Rutala, W. A.; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (2011). "Multisociety Guideline on Reprocessing Flexible GI Endoscopes: 2011". Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 32 (6): 527–537. PMID 21558764. doi:10.1086/660676.
Cotton, P. B.; Eisen, G.; Romagnuolo, J.; Vargo, J.; Baron, T.; Tarnasky, P.; Schutz, S.; Jacobson, B.; Bott, C.; Petersen, B. (2011). "Grading the complexity of endoscopic procedures: Results of an ASGE working party". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 73 (5): 868–874. PMID 21377673. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2010.12.036.
Romagnuolo, J.; Cotton, P. B.; Eisen, G.; Vargo, J.; Petersen, B. T. (2011). "Identifying and reporting risk factors for adverse events in endoscopy. Part II: Noncardiopulmonary events". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 73 (3): 586–597. PMID 21353858. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2010.11.023.
Romagnuolo, J.; Cotton, P. B.; Eisen, G.; Vargo, J.; Petersen, B. T. (2011). "Identifying and reporting risk factors for adverse events in endoscopy. Part I: Cardiopulmonary events". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 73 (3): 579–585. PMID 21353857. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2010.11.022.
Corazziari, E. S.; Cotton, P. B. (2010). "Disorders of gallbladder andsphincter of Oddi". Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico. 75 (4): 472–479. PMID 21169117.
Mullady, D. K.; Yadav, D.; Amann, S. T.; O'Connell, M. R.; Barmada, M. M.; Elta, G. H.; Scheiman, J. M.; Wamsteker, E. -J.; Chey, W. D.; Korneffel, M. L.; Weinman, B. M.; Slivka, A.; Sherman, S.; Hawes, R. H.; Brand, R. E.; Burton, F. R.; Lewis, M. D.; Gardner, T. B.; Gelrud, A.; Disario, J.; Baillie, J.; Banks, P. A.; Whitcomb, D. C.; Anderson, M. A.; Naps2, C. (2010). "Type of pain, pain-associated complications, quality of life, disability and resource utilisation in chronic pancreatitis: A prospective cohort study". Gut. 60 (1): 77–84. PMID 21148579. doi:10.1136/gut.2010.213835.
Cotton, P. B. (2010). "It's not the precut; it's the why done and who by". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 72 (5): 1114. PMID 21034915. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2010.02.028.
Cotton, P. B.; Durkalski, V.; Orrell, K. B.; Brawman-Mintzer, O.; Drossman, D. A.; Wilcox, C. M.; Mauldin, P. D.; Elta, G. H.; Tarnasky, P. R.; Fogel, E. L.; Jagganath, S. B.; Kozarek, R. A.; Freeman, M. L.; Romagnuolo, J.; Robuck, P. R. (2010). "Challenges in planning and initiating a randomized clinical study of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 72 (5): 986–991. PMID 21034899. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2010.08.022.
Cotton, P. B. (2010). "Twenty more ERCP lawsuits: Why? Poor indications and communications". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 72 (4): 904. PMID 20883872. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2010.01.058.
Lawrence, C.; Siddiqi, M. F.; Hamilton, J. N.; Keane, T. E.; Romagnuolo, J.; Hawes, R. H.; Cotton, P. B. (2010). "Chronic Calcific Pancreatitis: Combination ERCP and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Pancreatic Duct Stones". Southern Medical Journal. 103 (6): 505–508. PMID 20710131. doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181d993ef.
Lawrence, C.; Romagnuolo, J.; Payne, K. M.; Hawes, R. H.; Cotton, P. B. (2010). "Low symptomatic premature stent occlusion of multiple plastic stents for benign biliary strictures: Comparing standard and prolonged stent change intervals". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 72 (3): 558–563. PMID 20638060. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2010.05.029.
Corazziari, E. S.; Cotton, P. B. (2010). "Gallbladder and Sphincter of Oddi Disorders". The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 105 (4): 764–769. PMID 20372128. doi:10.1038/ajg.2010.67.
Cotton, P. B.; Eisen, G. M.; Aabakken, L.; Baron, T. H.; Hutter, M. M.; Jacobson, B. C.; Mergener, K.; Nemcek Jr, A.; Petersen, B. T.; Petrini, J. L.; Pike, I. M.; Rabeneck, L.; Romagnuolo, J.; Vargo, J. J. (2010). "A lexicon for endoscopic adverse events: Report of an ASGE workshop". Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 71 (3): 446–454. PMID 20189503. doi:10.1016/j.gie.2009.10.027.
Faigel, D.; Cotton, P.; World Organization of Digestive Endoscopy (2009). "The London OMED position statement for credentialing and quality assurance in digestive endoscopy". Endoscopy. 41 (12): 1069–1074. PMID 19899028. doi:10.1055/s-0029-1215279.
Borak, G. D.; Romagnuolo, J.; Alsolaiman, M.; Holt, E. W.; Cotton, P. B. (2009). "Long-Term Clinical Outcomes After Endoscopic Minor Papilla Therapy in Symptomatic Patients with Pancreas Divisum". Pancreas. 38 (8): 903–906. PMID 19672208. doi:10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181b2bc03.
Lawrence, C.; Cotton, P. (2009). "Gadolinium as an alternative contrast agent for therapeutic ERCP in the iodine-allergic patient". Endoscopy. 41 (6): 564–567. PMID 19533564. doi:10.1055/s-0029-1214709.
