Creator of Site
Matthew J. Stotts, MD MPH, is a liver specialist who practices in Colorado. He has a background in Nutrition (receiving a graduate degree from Columbia University in New York) and has served as an editor and peer reviewer of several medical journals. His specific interests include caring for patients with a wide range of liver disorders, including viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, Wilson’s disease, hemochromatosis, alcohol-related liver disease, autoimmune liver disease, PSC and PBC, and cirrhosis.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Fellowship, Advanced Hepatology and Transplant Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
M.P.H., Master of Public Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
M.D., Doctor of Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
M.Sc., Master of Science in Nutrition, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, NY
B.A., Physics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
BOARD CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING EXAMINATIONS
American Board of Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology
American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Clinical Research Award, American College of Gastroenterology, 2015
Magna Cum Laude, Vanderbilt University, 2005
LEADERSHIP/CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS/EDITORIAL BOARDS
Practice Guideline Committee Member, AASLD, 2019 – 2023
Associate Editor, American College of Gastroenterology Education Universe, Esophageal, Pediatrics, Small Bowel, Obesity, and Hepatology sections, 2016 – present
Associate Editor, ACG Case Report Journal, 2015 – 2016
Chief Fellow, Gastroenterology, Saint Louis University
RESEARCH SUPPORT
Principal Investigator, 2015 American College of Gastroenterology Clinical Research Award, “Evaluation of Serum-Derived Bovine Immunoglobulin in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis with Ascites”
PUBLICATIONS
Stotts MJ, Risbano MG, Gorham JD, D'Alessandro A. Red Blood Cell Transfusion as a Potential Source for False-Positive Phosphatidylethanol Levels. Transfusion. 2022 Feb;62(2):506-508. PMID: 35146766
Budnick IM, Davis JPE, Sundararaghavan A, Konkol SB, Lau CE, Alsobrooks JP, Stotts MJ, Intagliata NM, Lisman T, Northup PG. Transfusion of cryoprecipitate for Very Low Fibrinogen Levels Does Not Affect Bleeding or Survival in Critically Ill Cirrhosis Patients. Thromb Haemost. 2021 Oct;121(10):1317-1325. doi: 10.1055/a-1355-3716. .PMID: 33450778
Mort JF, Davis JPE, Mahoro G, Stotts MJ, Intagliata NM, Northup PG. Rates of Bleeding and Discontinuation of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jul;19(7):1436-1442. PMID: 32777555
Peterson BD, Stotts MJ. Beyond the Banana Bag: Treating Nutritional Deficiencies of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome. Practical Gastroenterology. 2021 Jun; 48-58.
Doshi SD, Stotts MJ, Hubbard RA, Goldberg DS. “The Changing Burden of Alcoholic Hepatitis in the United States: Rising Incidence and Associations with Age, Gender, Race, and Geography.” Dig Dis Sci. 2021 May;66(5):1707-1714. PMID 32436122
Shenoy A, Jarava D, Stotts MJ, Intagliata NM. Anticoagulation Management in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Cirrhosis. Clin Liver Dis. 2021 May 1;17(4):277-281. PMID 33968389.
Stotts MJ, Wentworth BJ, and Northup PG. Management of Portal Vein Thrombosis in Cirrhosis. Semin Liver Dis. 2021 Jan;41(1):79-86. PMID 3764487.
Martin EM, Stotts MJ. Nutrition Considerations in the Cirrhotic Patient. Practical Gastroenterology. 2020 Nov;14-19.
Stotts MJ, Intagliata N, Lisman T. The Spectrum of Disease Severity in Cirrhosis and Its Implications for Hemostasis. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2020 Sep;46(6):716-723. PMID 32820482.
Wentworth BJ, Stotts MJ. Wilson’s Disease: The Copper Connection. Practical Gastroenterology. 2020 Aug;10-20.
Stotts MJ, Wilkinson M, Goldberg DS, Fortuna D, Reddy KR. “Oral Contraceptive-Induced Hepatic Sinusoidal Dilatation and Potential Implications for Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Reason for Non-Use of Right Lobe Grafts.” Liver Transpl. 2020 May;26(5):722-725. PMID: 32190964
Stotts MJ, Davis JPE, Shah NL. Coagulation testing and management in liver disease patients. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2020 May;36(3):169-176.
Stotts MJ, Grischkan JA, Khungar V. “Improving cirrhosis care: the potential for telemedicine and mobile health technologies.” World J Gastroenterol. 2019 Aug 7;25(29):3849-3856.
Stotts MJ, Cheung A, Hammami MB, Westrich D, Anderson E, Counts L, Befeler A, Di Bisceglie AM, Prather C. “Evaluation of Serum Derived Bovine Immunoglobulin in Individuals with Decompensated Cirrhosis and Ascites.” Cureus. 2021 Jun 2;13(6):e15403. PMID: 34249551
Stotts MJ, Opoku, Kaplan DA. A Psoriasiform Drug Eruption Secondary to Nivolumab for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case Report. Hepatology. 2019 Oct:70(4):1477-1479. PMID: 31004512
Stotts MJ. “Choosing a Post-Fellowship Path.” ACG Case Rep J. 2016 Jan; 3(2): 74-75. Published online 2016 Jan 20. Doi:10.14309/crj.2016.1. PMID 2695847.
Stotts MJ, Hung KW, Benson A, Biggins SW. “Rate and Predictors of Successful
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in End-Stage Liver Disease.” Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Aug;59(8):1983-6. PMID 24599771.
Wedd J, Bambha KM, Stotts MJ, Laskey H., Colmenero J, Gralla J, Biggins SW.
“Stage of Cirrhosis Predicts Risk of Liver Related Death in Low MELD Patients
with Cirrhosis Awaiting Liver Transplant.” Liver Transplantation. 2014 Oct
20(10):1193-201. PMID 24916539.
Stotts MJ, Chisholm P, Maddur H. “A Case of Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension
associated with Chronic Didanosine Therapy.” ACG Case Rep J 2015:2(2):119-120. PMID 26157933.
Gremida A, Stotts MJ, Gill B, Maddur H. “Intraduodenal hematoma presenting with small bowel obstruction, pancreatitis, and subsequent obstructive jaundice in a hemophiliac.” Int J Case Rep Images 2015:6(1):39-41.
TEXT BOOK CHAPTERS:
Stotts MJ, Intagliata EM. “Classification Systems of Portal Vein Thrombosis.” Portal Vein Thrombosis. Edited by Kipra Guruprasad. Springer Publishing 2020.
Stotts MJ, Bacon BR. “Metabolic and Genetic Liver Diseases: Hemochromatosis.” Liver Disorders: A Point-of-Care Clinical Guide. Edited by Kia Saeian and Reza Shaker. Springer Publishing 2017.
Stotts MJ. “Gastrointestinal Bleeding.” Decision Support in Medicine, 2nd edition. Available online.