Dr. Cotter is a transplant and general hepatologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, having joined on faculty in 2021. He has a strong clinical interest in all aspects of liver diseases and liver transplantation, with a particular focus on alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). In tandem with his clinical practice, Dr. Cotter has developed a strong clinical research aimed at improving outcomes of patients with ALD and currently has active society (AASLD CTORA) and NIH (NIAAA – K23AA031310) funding. He is also a co-investigator and steering committee member of the Alcoholic Hepatitis Network (AlcHepNet) and has published several papers in high-impact journals such as Hepatology, Gut American Journal of Transplantation and Liver Transplantation. Dr. Cotter has been an active AASLD member since 2018 and serves on the AASLD Practice Guidelines committee.