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6th Floor Dept. Otolaryngology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
United States
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Fellowship trained head and neck surgeon specializing in thyroid and parathyroid disease with a focus on advanced and aggressive thyroid cancers. Surgical Director of Jefferson Thyroid & Parathyroid Center and Residency Program Director.

 

1. Beiriger J, Estephan LE, Zuberi L, Gargano S, Cottrill E. Multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma with RET p.V804M, EML4-ALK fusion, and BRAF V600E positivity. JCEM Case Rep. 2026 Apr 24;4(5):luag072. doi: 10.1210/jcemcr/luag072. PMID: 42039113; PMCID: PMC13107181. 

1. Ravin E, Alshalalfa M, Jiang R, Hao Y, Klopper JP, Cottrill E. The Molecular Heterogeneity of NRAS Variants in Thyroid Nodules. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2026 Jun 17. doi: 10.1002/ohn.70298. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42307992. 

1. Gao H, Liu D, Levy BB, Shapiro J, Higgins KM, Khalil DE, Cottrill EE, Poon C, Kamalraj P, Philteos J, Eskander A. Early Adoption of Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation in Canada: Physician Experiences, Barriers, and Facilitators to Implementation. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2026 Jan-Dec;55:19160216261451820. doi: 10.1177/19160216261451820. Epub 2026 Jun 18. PMID: 42316949; PMCID: PMC13305619. 

1. Palmer WJ, Bertoni D, Cottrill EE, Huntley CT. Training Apart, Together: Team Dynamics in Individual Sports and Surgical Residency. Acad Med. 2026 Mar 23:wvag079. doi: 10.1093/acamed/wvag079. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41871451. 

1. Beiriger J, Estephan LE, Campbell D, Dhillon VK, Goldenberg D, Noel J, Orloff LA, Russell M, Russell JO, Sinclair CF, Cottrill EE. Evaluating Artificial Intelligence Chatbots for Patient Education on Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation: An Analysis of Accuracy, Quality, and Readability. Thyroid. 2026 Feb;36(2):162-168. doi: 10.1177/10507256251414974. Epub 2026 Jan 13. PMID: 41791887. 

1. Samarah H, Moroco AE, Liu K, Nunes K, Thal AG, Curry JM, Cottrill EE. Impact of Multimedia on Patient Comprehension in Thyroid Surgery: A Randomized Trial. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2026 Feb;174(2):375-385. doi: 10.1002/ohn.70111. Epub 2026 Jan 8. PMID: 41503824. 

1. Russell M, Wu CW, Huang TY, Tuttle RM, Kopp PA, Baek JH, Orloff LA, Noel J, Scharpf J, Angelos P, Tae K, Park JS, Cottrill E, Banuchi V, Cunnane M, Deandrea M, Liddy W, Tolley N, Volpi EM, Urken ML, Kuppersmith RB, Abdelhamid Ahmed AH, Randolph GW. Scholarly Dialogue on Risk to the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve with Thermal Ablation Procedures: A Reflection on Empirical Practices. Thyroid. 2025 Nov;35(11):1221-1229. doi: 10.1177/10507256251390376. PMID: 41247169. 

1. Palmer WJ, Bertoni D, Thal A, Cottrill EE, Huntley CT. Optimizing Otolaryngology Training Through Sports Psychology-The Mental Game. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Nov 1;151(11):1086-1090. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2025.2896. PMID: 41037290. 

1. Cottrill EE. Dropping Radioiodine Doesn’t Drop Outcomes in Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer. Clinical Thyroidology. 2025;37(3):19-112. doi:10.1089/ct.2025;37.109-112 

1. Cottrill EE. Highlights from the Surgical Symposium at the ATA Annual Meeting. Clinical Thyroidology, 2025-01, Vol.37 (1), p.8-9 

1. Schlegel LE, Brill-Edwards M, Wang ZX, McNair C, Gargano S, Cottrill EE. Detection of PTEN Mutations in Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies of Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules: Impact on Diagnosis and Prognosis. Head Neck. 2025 Mar 8. doi: 10.1002/hed.28127. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40055996. 

1. Bertoni D, Schlegel L, Gillmore K, Brill-Edwards M, Armache M, Cottrill EE. Significance of Incidental Thyroid Findings in a Large Community-based Lung Cancer Screening Cohort. Laryngoscope. 2025 Feb;135(2):964-968. doi: 10.1002/lary.31789. Epub 2024 Sep 23. PMID: 39311410. 

1. Barrera S, Agarwal A, Cabrera-Muffly C, Groves M, Cottrill EE, Allen A, Koehn H, Megow L, Cognetti D, Stringer S, Kane AC. Otolaryngology Applicant Perspectives on In-person and Virtual Residency Interviews. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Apr;170(4):1074-1080. doi: 10.1002/ohn.645. Epub 2024 Jan 27. PMID: 38279960. 

1. Cottrill EE. Avoiding Complications of Thyroidectomy: Preservation of Parathyroid Glands. Otolaryngologic clinics of North America. 2024;57(1):63-74. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2023.07.009 PMID: 37659862. 

1. Sina EM, Han CJ, Cottrill EE. Undescended superior parathyroid: A case report. Clin Case Rep. 2023 Oct 10;11(10):e7987. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7987. PMID: 37830070; PMCID: PMC10565088. 

1. Campbell DJ, Estephan LE, Sina EM, Mastrolonardo EV, Alapati R, Amin DR, Cottrill EE. Evaluating ChatGPT Responses on Thyroid Nodules for Patient Education. Thyroid. 2023 Dec 26. doi: 10.1089/thy.2023.0491. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38010917. 

1. Miller A, Stevens MN, Tang A, Cottrill EE, Yang SF, Rohde SL. Characterizing gender trends in head and neck fellowship graduates from 2008 to 2018. Head Neck. 2023;10.1002/hed.27523. doi:10.1002/hed.27523 

1. Landers K, Hwang M, Cottrill EE. A Narrative Review of Scars After Surgery: What to Expect. Annals of Thyroid. 2023. https://aot.amegroups.org/article/view/7324/html. 

1. Schlegel L, Perry R, Cottrill EE. Improving Surgeon-patient communication in thyroid cancer diagnosis and treatment discussions: A narrative review. Annals of Thyroid. https://aot.amegroups.com/article/view/7287/html. 

1. Patel J, Klopper J, Cottrill EE. Molecular diagnostics in the evaluation of thyroid nodules: Current use and prospective opportunities. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Feb 24;14:1101410. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1101410. PMID: 36909304; PMCID: PMC9999006. 

1. Banoub RG, Crippen MM, Fiorella MA, et al. Variance in 3D anatomic localization of surgical margins based on conventional margin labeling in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncol. 2023;139. 

1. Urdang, Zachary D., et al. Federated Electronic Health Record Database via a Public-Private Partnership to Enhance Health Care Equity by Disparity Discovery and Equitable Clinical Trial Recruitment. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, vol. 33 no. 5, 2022, p. 124-137. doi:10.1353/hpu.2022.0162. 

1. Lin R, Wang ZX, Cottrill EE, Badjatia N, Gargano SM. Patient with multiple genetically distinct thyroid nodules including papillary thyroid carcinoma harboring novel YWHAG-BRAF fusion. Cancer Genet. 2022;266-267:51-56. doi:10.1016/j.cancergen.2022.06.006 

1. Sinclair CF, Buczek E, CottrilL EE, Angelos P, Barczynski M, Ho AS, Makarin V, Musholt T, Scharpf J, Schneider R, Stack BC Jr, Tellez MJ, Tolley N, Woodson G, Wu CW, Randolph G. Clarifying optimal outcome measures in intermittent and continuous laryngeal neuromonitoring. Head Neck. 2022 Feb;44(2):460-471. doi: 10.1002/hed.26946. Epub 2021 Dec 1. PMID: 34850992. 

1. Rana T, Daniels K, Dang S, et al. Postoperative opioid-prescribing practices in otolaryngology: Evidence-based guideline outcomes. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2022;8(1):313-321. doi:10.1002/lio2.990 

1. Buczek E, Hicks M, Moroco A, Cottrill EE. Neuroanatomy and Monitoring of the External Branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve. Curr Otorhinolaryngol Rep. 2021;9(3):309-315. doi:10.1007/s40136-021-00349-3 

1. Wang S, Xu J, Tahmasebi A, Daniels K, Liu J, Curry J, Cottrill EE, Lyshchik A, Eisenbrey J. Incorporation of a Machine Learning Algorithm with Object Detection Within TIRADS Improves the Diagnosis of Genetic Risk. Frontiers in Oncology. 2020 Nov 12;10:591846. Doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.591846 

1. Daniels K, Xu J, Liu J, Chen X, K Huang, Patel J, Cottrill EE, Eisenbrey J, Lyshchik A. Diagnostic value of TI-RADS Classification System and Next Generation Sequencing in Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules. Academic Radiology. 2020 Aug 21;S1076-6332(20)30460-8. Doi:10.1016/j.acra.2020.07.037. 

1. Dang S, Duffy A, Li C, Gandee Z, Rana T, Gunville B, Zhan T, Curry J, Luginbuhl A, Cottrill EE, Cognetti D. Postoperative opioid-prescribing practices in otolaryngology: A multiphasic study. Laryngoscope. 2020 Mar;130(3):659-665. doi: 10.1002/lary.28101 PMID: 31225905 

1. Saadi R, Brandt A, Kim Y, Cottrill EE, Saunders B, Schaefer E, Goldenberg D. Degree of technical difficulty of thyroidectomy for autoimmune thyroid disease. Head Neck. 2020 Feb;42(2):262-268. doi: 10.1002/hed.25991. PMID: 31651072 

1. Daniels K, Gummadi S, Zhu Z, Wang S, Patel J, Swendseid B, Lyshchik A, Curry J, Cottrill EE, Eisenbrey J. Machine Learning by Ultrasonography for Genetic Risk Stratification of Thyroid Nodules. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Oct 24:1-6. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2019.3073. PMID:31647509; 

1. Ghias AF, Epps G, Cottrill EE, Mardekian SK. Multifocal Metastatic Breast Carcinoma to the Thyroid Gland Histologically Mimicking C-Cell Lesions. Case Reports in Pathology. 2019 Mar 10;2019:9890716. Doi: 10.1155/2019/98907 

1. Pool C, Walter V, Bann D, Goldenberg D, Broach J, Hennessy M, Cottrill EE, Washburn E, Williams N, Crist H, Imamura Y, Warrick JI. Molecular characterization of tumors meeting diagnostic criteria for the non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP). Virchows Archiv. 2019, Jan 15. PMID:30645670 

1. Cottrill EE, Funk E, Goldenberg D, Goyal N. Transoral Thyroidectomy Using a Flexible Robotic System: A Preclinical Cadaver Feasibility Study. Laryngoscope. 2018 Oct 4. PMID: 30284264 

1. Rimmer RA, Cottrill EE. Multifocal Warthin’s Tumor: An Uncommon Presentation of Bilateral Cervical Lymphadenopathy. Case Reports in Otolaryngology. 2018 Sep 3;2018:3791825. 30254781 

1. Chen Y, Tuan A, Cottrill EE, Nointin D, Huang J, Kearney J, Learned K. Zebra Lymphoepithelial Cysts: Mimicker of Diffuse Bilateral Thyroid Gland Colloid Cysts. Neurographics. 2018; 8(1):52-55. 

1. Goldenberg D, Joshi M, Malysz J, Claxton D, Cottrill EE. Myeloid Sarcoma of the Thyroid. Ear Nose and Throat Journal. 2017;96(12):460-461. 

1. Baker A, Cottrill EE, Munizza O, McGillen K, McKinnon T, Goldenberg D. Intrathyroidal carotid artery and nonrecurring right recurrent laryngeal nerve: a case report. Head Neck. 2017; 39(12): E123-E126. 

1. Cottrill EE, Chen B, Adappa ND, Palmer JN, Kennedy DW, Lee RJ, Cohen NA. Expression of Dermcidin in Human Sinonasal Secretions. International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. 2017; 7(2): 154-159 PMID: 27650261 

1. Cottrill EE, Lioy J, Elshenawy S, et al., A Five-Year Retrospective Study of Short-Term Respiratory Support Outcomes for Infants Who Received Tracheostomy Before One Year of Age. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2015 Jan; 79(1):15-7. 

1. Cottrill EE, Becker SS, DeLaurentis D. Pearls and pitfalls: medico-legal considerations for sinus surgery. Current Opinions in Otolaryngology Head Neck Surg. 2014 Feb;22(1):75-9.