Dr. Chakradhar Kotaru is the senior vice president of Critical Care & Pulmonary Consultants and has been in practice for past 16 years. Dr. Kotaru is currently the president elect of the medical staff, medical director of the Intensive Care Unit and the lead pulmonologist for the lung nodule and lung cancer programs at the Medical Center of Aurora. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. His professional areas of interest include lung nodule and cancer management, interventional bronchoscopy, interstitial lung disease and pulmonary rehabilitation.

CONTACT                          2779 Syracuse Court

Denver, CO 80238

Email: Chakradhar.Kotaru@ccpcmd.com

Tel: 303-870-5871

WORK EXPERIENCE        2022 – present

                                            Medical Director, Pulmonary Program

                                            The Medical Center of Aurora

2022 – present:

President of the Medical Staff

The Medical Center of Aurora

2020 – present:

Medical Director, ECMO Program

The Medical Center of Aurora

2021 – present:

Senior Vice President

Critical Care and Pulmonary Consultants, P.C.

4200 DTC Parkway, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

2019- present:

Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit

The Medical Center of Aurora

2005 – present:

Pulmonologist and Intensivist

Critical Care and Pulmonary Consultants, P.C.

4200 DTC Parkway, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

2004- 2005:              

Instructor and Research Associate

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Department of Medicine

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Denver, CO

2001-2004:              

Fellow, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Department of Medicine

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Denver, CO

2000-2001:              

Senior Instructor, Department of Medicine.

Case Western Reserve University and University            Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland OH

1998 – 2001:

Research Associate, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care.  Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH

1995-1998:

Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine.

Department of Medicine.

Case Western Reserve University and University            Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland OH

EDUCATION                        1991-1995

                                              Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

                                              University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

                                              Pittsburgh, PA

Undergraduate education

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD

Rangaraya Medical School, Kakinada, India

CERTIFICATION                 Certified in Pulmonary Disease since 2003

                                             Certified in Critical Care Medicine since 2006

LICENSURE                         Licensed by State Medical Board of Colorado

PUBLICATIONS                              

1: Zhou X, Hu H, Huynh ML, Kotaru C, Balzar S, Trudeau JB, Wenzel SE. Mechanisms of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 augmentation by IL-13 on TGF-beta 1-stimulated primary human fibroblasts. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2007. Jun;119(6):1388-97.

2: Kotaru C, Schoonover KJ, Trudeau JB, Huynh ML, Zhou X, Hu H, Wenzel SE. Regional fibroblast heterogeneity in the lung: implications for remodeling. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jun 1;173(11):1208-15.

3: Huynh ML, Malcolm KC, Kotaru C, Tilstra JA, Westcott JY, Fadok VA, Wenzel SE. Defective apoptotic cell phagocytosis attenuates prostaglandin E2 and 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid in severe asthma alveolar macrophages. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Oct 15;172(8):972-9.

4: Kotaru C, Coreno A, Skowronski M, Muswick G, Gilkeson RC, McFadden ER Jr. Morphometric changes after thermal and methacholine bronchoprovocations. J Appl Physiol. 2005 Mar;98(3):1028-36.

5: Winn RA, Chan ED, Langmack EL, Kotaru C, Aronsen E. Dysphagia, chest pain, and refractory asthma in a 42-year-old woman. Chest. 2004 Nov;126(5):1694-7.

6: Kotaru C, Hejal RB, Finigan JH, Coreno AJ, Skowronski ME, Brianas L, McFadden ER Jr. Desiccation and hypertonicity of the airway surface fluid and thermally induced asthma. J Appl Physiol. 2003 Jan;94(1):227-33.

7: Kotaru C, Skowronski M, Coreno A, McFadden ER Jr. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis attenuates thermally induced asthma. J Appl Physiol. 2001 Aug;91(2):703-8.

8: Kotaru C, Coreno A, Skowronski M, Ciufo R, McFadden ER Jr. Exhaled nitric oxide and thermally induced asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001. Feb;163(2):383-8.

9: Coreno A, Skowronski M, Kotaru C, McFadden ER Jr. Comparative effects of long-acting beta2-agonists, leukotriene receptor antagonists, and a

5-lipoxygenase inhibitor on exercise-induced asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2000 Sep;106(3):500-6.

10: McLane ML, Nelson JA, Lenner KA, Hejal R, Kotaru C, Skowronski M, Coreno A, Lane E, McFadden ER Jr. Integrated response of the upper and lower respiratory tract of asthmatic subjects to frigid air. J Appl Physiol. 2000 Mar;88(3):1043-50.