{"id":133828,"date":"2025-05-06T09:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=133828"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:57:30","slug":"pulmonologist-darrell-kotton-is-bus-innovator-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/pulmonologist-darrell-kotton-is-bus-innovator-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulmonologist Darrell Kotton Is BU\u2019s Innovator of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Kotton-Innovator-of-the-year.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Kotton in suit in lab front of a lab bench\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Kotton-Innovator-of-the-year.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Kotton-Innovator-of-the-year-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Kotton-Innovator-of-the-year-270x360.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Kotton-Innovator-of-the-year-384x512.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Kotton-Innovator-of-the-year-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Kotton-Innovator-of-the-year-540x720.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Kotton-Innovator-of-the-year-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by Cydney Scott.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Awards &amp; Honors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPulmonologist Darrell Kotton Is BU\u2019s Innovator of the Year\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">May 6, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The regenerative medicine researcher is recognized for his work in pioneering lung disease treatments with stem cell technology and accelerating scientific discovery with open-access resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an unexpected honor,\u201d says <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Darrell.Kotton\" target=\"_blank\">Kotton<\/a>, the David C. Seldin Professor of Medicine at the BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to our team that helped innovate, and for an environment like BU where I have complete support from colleagues and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An attending physician and scientist, Kotton is a founding director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/crem.bu.edu\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM)<\/a> of Boston University and Boston Medical Center, BU\u2019s primary teaching hospital. 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