Shelby Plastic Surgery & Cotter MedSPA

Text Box: Dr. Cotter was born in Galveston, Texas in 1956.  With his father serving as a general surgeon in the Public Health Service, he moved with his family to New Orleans, then Memphis and finally to Huntsville, Alabama.  Growing up in Huntsville, he graduated from Huntsville High School.  He completed degrees in Physical Anthropology and Chemistry from the University of Alabama where he was named as a Distinguished Undergraduate Scholar.  After Medical School at UAB he trained in general surgery at Carraway Methodist Medical Center and completed his Plastic Surgery training at the University of Louisville.  He was certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc in 1989.  His practice began in Pensacola, Florida and he subsequently returned to Shelby County in the Birmingham area.  In 1990, he  set up his practice at the facility now known as Shelby Baptist Medical Center where he worked as a medical student while at UAB.
Text Box:     Leadership Positions
	Chief of Surgery Shelby Baptist Medical Center  2006—present
	Trustee, Baptist Health Systems Board  2008—present
	Chairman of the Board Shelby Ambulatory Surgery Center  2007– 2008
	Executive Committee Shelby Baptist Medical Center 2000-present
	Recent Past Chair & Current Member Allied Health Professions Committee
	
    Board Certifications
	American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1989

    Education
	B.S. - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1974 - 1978
	Distinguished Undergraduate Scholar
	M.D. - University of Alabama, Birmingham 1978 -1982
	Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honorary
	General Surgery Residency Training
		 Carraway Methodist Medical Center 1982 -1985
	2 peer-reviewed papers published
		Journal of Trauma - “Rapid Peritoneal Lavage”
		American Family Physician  “Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injuries”
	Plastic Surgery Residency University of Louisville 1985—1987
	Brohm Award for Surgical Excellence

Memberships
	American Society of Plastic Surgeons
	Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
	American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery
	American Medical Association
	Alabama Society of Plastic Surgery
	Medical Association of the State of Alabama
	Shelby County Medical Society

 Dr. Cotter

A SKILLED SURGEON & COMPASSIONATE PHYSICIAN