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Jorge Otero, MD, MS, RDMS

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Biography

  • Lead the development of high quality and efficient health care delivery systems through implementation of education in innovative methods, decentralization of care, and cost effective technologies.
  • Enhance health care services by strengthening professional networks leveraging a multidisciplinary approach through evidence based management.
  • Global Health Initiative with Yale Cardiovascular Section

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Education & Training

MS
NYU-Wagner School of Public Service (2004)
Residency Internal Medicine
Hospital St Raphael- Yale School of Medicine (1998)
MD
Universidad Javeriana School of Medicine (1991)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Jorge Otero's published research.

Publications

2021

2018

  • Isolated right atrial appendage rupture following blunt chest trauma Rakesh Hegde⁎, Nathan Lafayette, Michael Sywak, Gregory Ricketts, Jorge Otero, Scott Kurtzman, Zhongqiu Zhang
    [1] W.A. Schiavone, B.K. Ghumrawi, D.R. Catalano, D.W. Haver, A.J. Pipitone, R.H. L'hommedieu, ... A.R. Tsai, The use of echocardiography in the emergency management of nonpenetrating traumatic cardiac rupture, Ann. Emerg. Med. 20 (11) (1991) 1248–1250. [3] G.M. Press, S. Miller, Utility of the cardiac component of FAST in blunt trauma, The J. Emerg. Med. 44 (1) (2013) 9–16. [4] R.I. Shalaby, U. Rajendran, R. Regunathan, Blunt traumatic rupture of the heart: case report and selected review, Ann. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 5 (2) (1999 Apr) 123–129. [5] Y. Nan, M. Lu, K. Liu, Y. Huang, F. Tsai, J. Chu, P.J. Lin, Blunt traumatic cardiac rupture: therapeutic options and outcomes, Injury 40 (9) (2009) 938–945. [6] A. Namai, M. Sakurai, H. Fujiwara, Five cases of blunt traumatic cardiac rupture: success and failure in surgical management, Gen. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 55 (5) (2007) 200–204. [8] N. Kutsukata, Y. Sakamoto, K. Mashiko, M. Ochi, Morphological evaluation of areas of damage in blunt cardiac injury and investigation of traffic accident research, Gen. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 60 (1) (2012) 31–35. [9] T. Hakuba, N. Minato, T. Minematsu, K. Kamohara, Surgical management and treatment of a traumatic right atrial rupture, Gen. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 56 (11) (2008) 551–
    Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes

Academic Achievements and Community Involvement

  • honor

    Teacher of the Year Award- General Surgery

    Regional AwardDepartment of Surgery
  • honor

    AMA Leadership Glaxo Welcome Leadership Award

    National AwardAMA

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