Elizabeth Cottrill
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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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 including well-differentiated, medullary, and anaplastic.
1. Daniels K, Xu J, Liu J, Chen X, K Huang, Patel J, Cottrill E, Eisenbrey J, Lyshchik A. Diagnostic
valcue of TI-RADS Classification System and Next Generation Sequencing in Indeterminate
Thyroid Nodules. Acad Radiology 2020 Aug 21;S1076-6332(20)30460-8.
Doi:10.1016/j.acra.2020.07.037.
2. Wang S, Xu J, Tahmasebi A, Daniels K, Liu J, Curry J, Cottrill E, 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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;
6. Ghias AF, Epps G, Cottrill EE, Mardekian SK. Multifocal Metastatic Breast Carcinoma to the
Thyroid Gland Histologically Mimicking C Cell Lesions. Case Rep Pathol. 2019 Mar
10;2019:9890716. Doi: 10.1155/2019/98907
7. 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 Arch. 2019, Jan 15. PMID:30645670
8. 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
9. Rimmer RA, Cottrill EE. Multifocal Warthin’s Tumor: An Uncommon Presentation of Bilateral
Cervical Lymphadenopathy. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2018 Sep 3;2018:3791825. 30254781
10. 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.
11. Goldenberg D, Joshi M, Malysz J, Claxton D, Cottrill EE. Myeloid Sarcoma of the Thyroid. Ear
Nose and Throat Journal. 2017;96(12):460-461.12. 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.
13. 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
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Weiss EC, Zielinska A, Beenken KE, Spencer HJ, Daily SJ, Smeltzer MS. Impact of sarA on
daptomycin susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in vivo. Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy. 2009 Oct; 53(10):4096-102. Epub 2009 Aug 3. PubMed. PMID: 19651914;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2764180.
17. Weiss EC, Spencer HJ, Daily SJ, Weiss BD, Smeltzer MS. Impact of sarA on antibiotic
susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus in a catheter-associated in vitro model of biofilm
formation. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jun;53(6):2475-82. Epub 2009 Mar 16. PubMed
PMID: 19289527; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2687244.
18. Weiss BD, Weiss EC, Haggard WO, Evans RP, McLaren SG, Smeltzer MS. Optimized elution of
daptomycin from polymethylmethacrylate beads. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009
Jan;53(1):264-6. Epub 2008 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 18955530; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC2612151.
19. Rice KC, Mann EE, Endres JL, Weiss EC, Cassat JE, Smeltzer MS, Bayles KW. The cidA murein
hydrolase regulator contributes to DNA release and biofilm development in Staphylococcus
aureus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 8;104(19):8113-8. Epub 2007 Apr 23. PubMed
PMID: 17452642; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1876580.
20. Zhu Y, Weiss EC, Otto M, Fey PD, Smeltzer MS, Somerville GA. Staphylococcus aureus biofilm
metabolism and the influence of arginine on polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis,
biofilm formation, and pathogenesis. Infect Immun. 2007 Sep;75(9):4219-26. Epub 2007 Jun 18.
PubMed PMID: 17576756; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1951195.
21. Tsang LH, Daily ST, Weiss EC, Smeltzer MS. Mutation of traP in Staphylococcus aureus has no
impact on expression of agr on biofilm formation. Infect Immun. 2007 Sep;75(9):4528-33. Epub
2007 Jun 4. PubMed PMID: 17548479; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1951201.