James Trotter, M.D.
Specialty
Hepatology
Medical School
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Residency
Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Fellowship
Gastroenterology and Hepatic Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Memberships
International Liver Transplantation Society
American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
American Society of Transplantation
American Gastroenterolgoy Association
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Professional Interests
Dr. James Trotter is the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. Before joining Liver Consultants of Texas, Dr. Trotter served as the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at the University of Colorado in Denver.
Dr. Trotter's primary interests include end-stage liver disease and the management of liver transplant candidates and recipients. Dr. Trotter specializes in hepatitis C, ascites, complications of portal hypertension, including esophageal varices and hepatic encephalopathy. He also has vast experience in the management of medical complications after liver transplantation including immunosuppression in liver transplant recipients and the treatment of hepatitis C before and after liver transplantation. Dr. Trotter is the principal investigator in numerous national research studies. He is the author of Controversies in Liver Transplantion and has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles on liver disease and transplantation.