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Robin T. Cotton, MD, FACS, FRCS(C)

Title

Director, Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery; Director, Aerodigestive and Sleep Center

Appointment

Professor of Pediatrics and Otolaryngology

Email

robin.cotton@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4355

Fax

513-636-8133

Bio

Originally from England, Robin T. Cotton, MD, has been director of the Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center since 1973.

Dr. Cotton has built the world's premiere center for the diagnosis and treatment of airway abnormalities. He was instrumental in developing the Airway Management Unit, which has evolved into the Aerodigestive Sleep Center. The Aerodigestive Sleep Center is now the forefront of the multidisciplinary approach management for children with complex airway disorders.

The Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology has become the busiest surgical subspecialties at Cincinnati Children's, with nearly 33,000 outpatient visits and 11,143 procedures each year. The Pediatric Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery Division was the first to utilize Cincinnati Children's outpatient facilities.

Dr. Cotton has been an invited speaker to many national and international functions each year. Because of his reputation, 70 percent of his patients requiring airway surgery are from outside the Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky area.

Together, Dr. Cotton and his colleagues have developed a world-renowned program to treat primary and specialized ear, nose and throat problems, including swallowing disorders, speech disorders and cochlear implants.

Named one of the "Best Doctors in the United States" in 1998, Dr. Cotton and his staff have built an international reputation for the treatment of hearing and aerodigestive conditions in children.

Credentials

MD: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1966.

Residency: General Surgery, United Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, England, 1968; Otolaryngology Residency, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1971.

Fellowship: Otolaryngology Fellowship, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1972; Head and Neck Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1973.

Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology, 1972.

Awards and Honors

  • Best Doctors in America, 2008
  • Best Doctor's in America 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Cincinnati Top Doctors 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • SENTAC – Presidential Award of Recognition, 2006
  • Robert Ruben Award 2005 – SENTAC
  • Health Care Care Hero Innovator Winner Award – Cincinnati Business Courier, 2005
  • Health Care Care Hero Innovator Nominee Award – Cincinnati Business Courier, 2005
  • Bruce Benjamin Award, 2005
  • Robert Ruben Award for Scientific Advancement in Treatment of Ped ORL Disorders, 2005
  • The James Yearsley Medal, 2005
  • Millennium Society Member -American Academy of Otolaryngology, 2005
  • Ronald McDonald Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004
  • Chevalier Jackson Award, 2004
  • Karl Storz Award, 2004
  • deRoaldes Award, 2003
  • America's Top Doctors, 2002
  • Friend of Children PTA Award, 2002
  • Harris P. Mosher Award 1991

Publications, Most Recent

Johnson LB, Rutter MJ, Shott SR, Cotton RT. Acquired Subglottic Cysts in Preterm Infants.Journal of Otolaryngology 2005 Apr; 34(2):75-8.

Thompson DM, Rutter MJ,Rudolph CD, Willging, JP, Cotton, RT. Altered laryngeal sensation: a potential cause of apnea of infancy.Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2005 Apr; 114(4):258-63.

Bravo M, White D, Miles L, Cotton R. Adenomatoid odotogenic tumor mimicking a dentigerous cyst.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2005 Dec;69(12):1685-8 Epub 2005 Jul 5.

White DR, Preciado DA, Stamper B, Willging JP, Myer CM 3rd, Cotton RT, Rutter MJ. Airway reconstruction in pediatric burn patients.Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Sep;133(3):362-5.

Burkhart CM, Myer III CM, Cotton RT, Rutter, MJ. Management of Incidental Thyroglossal Duct Cysts during Laryngotracheal reconstruction.Intl Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology 2006 May; 70(5):875-8. Epub 2005 Nov 18.

Baker, S., Kelchner, L., Weinrich, B., Lee, L., Willging, P., Cotton, R., Zur, K., Voice assessment and treatment considerations in pediatric larngotracheal Stenosis.J Voice. 2006 Dec;20(4):631-41.Epub 2006 Jan 18.

Vijayasekeran, S., Sances, R., Cotton, R.T., Elluru, R.G. Changes in the cricoarytenoid joint induced by intubation in neonates.Arch otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Dec;132(12):1342-5.

White, D, Cotton, RT, Bean, JA, Rutter, MJ, Pediatric cricotracheal resection: Surgical Outcomes and Risk Factor Analysis, Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Oct;131(10):896-9.

Vijayasekaran S, White DR, Hartley BE, Rutter M, Elluru R, Cotton, RT, Open Excision of Subglottic Hemangiomas to Avoid Tracheostomy, Arch of Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg 2005 Feb 132:195-163.

Boston M, Rutter M, Myer CM 3rd, Cotton RT, Airway reconstruction in children with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2006 Jun;70(6):1097-101.

Olutoyee OO, Shulman RJ, Cotton RT, Mitomycin C in the management of pediatric caustic esophageal strictures: a case report.J Pediatr Surg. 2006 May;41(5):3l-3.

Azizkhan, R., Cotton, R, Lymphatic Malformations of the Tongue Base.Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2006 Jul; 41(7)1279-84.

Stern Y. Felipovich A. Cotton RT. Segal K. Immunocompetency in children with Respiratory papillomatosis: prospective study.Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology 2007 Mar. 116(3): 169-71.

Johnson LB, Cotton RT, Rutter, MJ. Management of symptomatic tracheal pouches.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2007 Apr;71(4):527-31 2007 Feb 6

Schraff SA, Zur KB, Jacobs I, Darrow DH, Cotton RT,Rutter MJ. The clinical relevance of the submucosal cricoid cleft.Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2007 Jul;71(7):1099-104,2007 May 7.

Johnson RA, Rutter M, Cotton R, Vijayasekaran S, White D. Cricotracheal Resection in Children 2 years old and younger.Editorial Board of the Annals of Otology,Rhinology & Laryngology. In publication Sept 2007.

Fricke BL, Abbott MB, Donnelly LF, Dardzinski BJ, Poe SA, Kalra M, Amin RS, Cotton RT. MR Volume segmentatin anaylsis comparing cine MRI date in children with tracheotomy tubes capped and uncapped.Korean Journal of Radiology In publication. March 2007.

Chapters and Books

"Estenosis Glotica Posterior (EGP) En Ninos." Estenosis Laringotraqueales Ponencia Oficial De La Seorly PCF 2005, Robin T. Cotton, Chapter 14, 249-257.

"Foreign Body Aspiration." Kendig's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children. 7th Edition, Cotton, RT, Rutter, MJ, Chernick, Boat, Wilmott, Bush.
41: 610-615, 2006.

"Laryngeal Stenosis." Head & Neck Surgery-Otolaryngology 4th Edition, Michael J. Rutter, Robin T. Cotton, Volume 1, 80:1133-1145, 2006.

"Pediatric Malignancies." Head & Neck Surgery-Otolaryngology 4th Edition, Mark E. Gerber, Robin T. Cotton, Volume 1, 98:1359-1369, 2006.

"Lesions of the Larynx, Trachea and Upper Airway in Pediatric Surgery" 6th Edition Cotton, RT., Thompson, DM Volume 1, 63: 983-1000, 2006.

Presentations, Most Recent

National University Hospital – Otolaryngology – Head &Neck Surgery Conference, Singapore – January 27 – 30, 2005.

  • Face of Pediatric ENT"
  • "Cincinnati Experience with Pediatric Airway Surgery/Reconstruction"
  • "Difficult Airway Cases"
  • "Current Management of Pediatric Airway"

Alexandria 23rd International Combined ORL Congress, Alexandria, Egypt – April 13-15, 2005.

  • "Adult Airway Update"
  • "Evaluation of the Deaf Child"
  • "Pediatric Airway Update"
  • "Sinus Disease in Children"

Airway Meeting in Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany – June 3-5, 2005.

  • "The Cincinnati Approach"

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology – ASPO, Las Vegas, NV – May 27-30, 2005.

26th John F. Daly Visiting Professor Lecture, NYU School of Medicine – June 16-18, 2005.

  • "Syndrome spotting in Pediatric ORL"
  • "The Face of Pediatric ORL"

XVIII IFOS World Congress, Rome, Italy – June 25-30, 2005.

  • "Larngeal Congenital Malformations"
  • "Management of Recurrent Laryngeal Papillomatosis"
  • "Tracheal Stenosis"

Australasian Society of Paediatric Oto-rhino-laryngology, Sheraton Denarau Island Resort, Fiji – July 11-13, 2005.

  • "Pediatric sinusitis – It's not all snot"
  • "Pediatric voice disorders and management"
  • "Velopharyngeal Insufficiency in children"
  • "Pediatric airway reconstruction"

Pediatric Airway Medical and Surgical Challenges, Luis Calvo Mackenna Children's Hospital Santiago, Chile – August 18-19-2005.

  • "Tracheaomalacia"
  • "Stents in Pediatric Airway"
  • "Cogenital Stridor"
  • "Management of Laryngomalacia"
  • "Mitmoycin: Myth or Realty"
  • "Vocal Cord Disease – What do we need to know"

Joint ENT UK, RSM and the Scottish Otolaryngology, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – September 7-8, 2005.

  • "Syndrome Spotting in Pediatric ORL"

British Association for Paediatric Otorhnolaryngology, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – September 9, 2005.

  • "The Face of Paediatric ORL"
  • "The 2005 John Evans Annual Lecture"

American Academy of Otolaryngolgology (AAO) - September 25-28, 2005. Los Angeles, CA.

  • "The Management of Complications of Pediatric Airway Surgery"
  • "Adult Laryngotracheal Stenosis: Pearls & Pitfalls"

SENTAC 33rd Annual Meeting – December 1-4, 2005 - Baltimore, MD.

  • "Airway Surgery: Past, Present and Future"

Second Tracheostomy Pediatric Conference – June 1-3, 2006 – St. Louis, MO.

  • "Airway Update: Where We've Been and Where we are going."

ESPO 2006 - June 18 – 21, 2006 – Paris, France.

  • "Innovative Therapeutics in the Airway"
  • "Post-op Management and follow-up of a slide tracheoplasty"

Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society – 90th Annual Meeting – June 23-27, 2006. Los Cabos Resort, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

  • "The History of the Tracheotomy"
  • "Pediatric Airway Evaluation and Surgery"
  • "Management of Pediatric Airway Emergencies"
  • "Pediatric Airway Case Discussions"

AAO 2006 – September 17-20, 2006 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

  • "Personal Choices – Physician Career and Family Balance"

V IAPO Congress – October 26-28, 2006 – Cartagena, Columbia.

  • "Assessment of Stridor of Infants"
  • "Airway in Children"
  • "Stents in Pediatric Upper Airway"

SENTAC – November 30-December 3, 2006 – San Francisco, CA.

The Triological Society – Combined Sections Meeting – February 14-18, 2007-Marco Island, FL.

Chicago Laryngological and Otological Society – March 5-6, 2007 – Chicago, IL.

  • "Innovative Therapies in Pediatric Airway Surgery"


2007 Pediatric Anesthesiology – March 8-11, 2007 – Phoenix, AZ.

  • "Reconstructing the Airway"

IX Argentinean Congress – May 24-26, 2007 – Cordoba.

  • "Airway Surgery in Children"
  • "Pediatric Laryngotracheal Stenosis"
  • "Laser for Laryngeal Pathology"
  • "Laryngeal Paralysis"
  • "Laryngeal Trauma"

Pediatric Otolaryngology Congress – May 31-June 2, 2007 – Wisla, Poland.

  • "Laryngotracheoplasty in Children"
  • "Surgical Treatment of Vocal Cord Paralysis in Children"

Professional Organization Memberships

Offices Held

  • United States Delegate, European Working Group in Pediatric Otolaryngology, 1981 to present
  • Program Chair, Cincinnati Society of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery Cincinnati, OH, 1979 to present
  • Member of Cleft Lip and Palate Committee. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1988 to present
  • Board of Governors, American Bronchoesophageal Association, 1988 to present
  • Chair, Nominating Committee, American Society of
    Pediatric Otolaryngology, 1989 to present

Special Interests

Editing

  • Editorial Board of Archives of Otolaryngology
  • Editorial Advisor, International Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • Editorial Advisor, The Laryngoscope
  • Editorial Advisor, Journal of Respiratory Diseases
  • Editorial Advisor, Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery
  • Editorial Advisor, Journal of Otolaryngology
  • Editorial Advisor, American Journal of Otolaryngology
  • Editorial Advisor, Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
  • Editorial Advisor, Head and Neck Surgery
  • Editorial Advisor, Cleft Palate Journal
  • Examiner for American Board of Otolaryngology: September 1979, 1998, 1999

Related Areas

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