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Voluntary rank detailsJorge 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
Last Updated on July 01, 2024.
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Internal Medicine
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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)
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Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Jorge Otero's published research.
Bernardo Lombo, MD
Lissa Sugeng, MD, MPH
Publications
2021
Patient Awareness and Clinical Inertia: Obstacles to Hypertension Control in Rural Communities in the Dominican Republic
Castro-Dominguez Y, Paredes M, Mones P, Spatz ES, Lombo B, Sepulveda P, Reyes-Uribe O, Otero J, Ramirez G, Urena P, Lopez E, Dominguez B, McNamara RL. Patient Awareness and Clinical Inertia: Obstacles to Hypertension Control in Rural Communities in the Dominican Republic. American Journal Of Hypertension 2021, 34: 939-947. PMID: 33822861, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpab054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPrimary care clinicsUncontrolled blood pressureBlood pressureClinical inertiaHypertension controlMedical historyAdequate hypertension controlHealth care visitsTherapeutic intensificationUndiagnosed hypertensionCare visitsHypertension prevalenceCare clinicsPharmacological treatmentFemale sexPatient awarenessPCC patientsHypertensionClinical actionsHealth care informationPhysician actionPrivate insuranceCI rateRural communitiesPopulation awareness
2018
MS04.3 Tablet Echocardiography: A New Frontier In Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening In Rural Population
Chowdhury M, Wibhuti R, Saraswati O, Chowdhury J, Olejnik K, Bouman E, Otero J, Sugeng L, Lombo B. MS04.3 Tablet Echocardiography: A New Frontier In Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening In Rural Population. Global Heart 2018, 13: 378. DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.09.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIsolated right atrial appendage rupture following blunt chest trauma Rakesh Hegde⁎, Nathan Lafayette, Michael Sywak, Gregory Ricketts, Jorge Otero, Scott Kurtzman, Zhongqiu Zhang
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honor Teacher of the Year Award- General Surgery
07/01/2013Regional AwardDepartment of SurgeryDetailsUnited Stateshonor AMA Leadership Glaxo Welcome Leadership Award
06/15/1995National AwardAMADetailsUnited States
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