James Trotter, MD

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.