Brandon Oto, PA-C, FCCM
About
Biography
Brandon Oto, PA-C, FCCM is a critical care physician assistant in the Medical ICU at Bridgeport Hospital, and a Clinical Instructor with the Department of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Following his first career as an EMT, he attended the PA program at the University of New England and completed the Post-Graduate Critical Care Residency for Physician Assistants at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has since worked clinically in medical, surgical, trauma, and neurological critical care settings.
He has chaired national committees within the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Society of Point of Care Ultrasound, and serves on the Citizen CPR Foundation's HEARTSafe Program Advisory Committee. He has been an invited speaker for local, regional, and national events and has authored numerous educational reviews and textbook chapters.
For many years, he has taught using a variety of non-traditional digital formats, including podcasts, blogs, and social media. He founded and co-hosts the popular educational podcast Critical Care Scenarios, and manages the educational blog Critical Concepts.
He has interests in mechanical ventilation, medical education, point-of-care ultrasound, and diagnostic challenges among the critically ill.
Appointments
Internal Medicine
Clinical InstructorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Critical Care PA Resident
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (2016)
Research
Research at a Glance
Publications Timeline
Publications
2024
The Approach to Altered Mental Status in the Intensive Care Unit.
Albin CSW, Cunha CB, Glaser TP, Schachter M, Snow JW, Oto B. The Approach to Altered Mental Status in the Intensive Care Unit. Semin Neurol 2024 PMID: 39137901, DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1788894.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsBest Practices for Point of Care Ultrasound: An Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus.
Oto B, Baeten R, Chen L, Dalal P, Dancel R, Fox S, Lange Iv CW, Baston C, Bornemann P, Dugar S, Goldsmith A, Herbst MK, Kirkpatrick JN, Koratala A, Lanspa MJ, Lobo V, Nomura JT, Pustavoitau A, Senussi MH, Sorrell VL, West FM, Sarwal A. Best Practices for Point of Care Ultrasound: An Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus. POCUS J 2024, 9: 95-108. PMID: 38681157, DOI: 10.24908/pocus.v9i1.17240.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2023
The Advanced Practice Provider’s Perspective
Oto B, Asher ZP, Sandor P. The Advanced Practice Provider’s Perspective. In: Lane-Fall M, Shapiro DS, Kaplan L, eds. After the ICU: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Supporting Critical Illness Survivors. 1st ed. McGraw Hill LLC; 2023.Chapters
2021
Patient-ventilator dyssynchrony in the intensive care unit: A practical approach to diagnosis and management.
Oto B, Annesi J, Foley RJ. Patient-ventilator dyssynchrony in the intensive care unit: A practical approach to diagnosis and management. Anaesth Intensive Care 2021, 49: 86-97. PMID: 33906464, DOI: 10.1177/0310057X20978981.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsHemodialysis Catheters
Oto B, Atkins C. Hemodialysis Catheters. In: Taylor DA, Sherry SP, Sing RF, eds. Interventional Critical Care—A Manual for Advanced Practice Providers. 2nd edition. Springer; 2021.Chapters
2020
Peak pressure apnea: An under-recognized, high-risk form of ventilator asynchrony.
Oto B. Peak pressure apnea: An under-recognized, high-risk form of ventilator asynchrony. Heart Lung 2020, 49: 426. PMID: 32051097, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.01.012.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersSudden cardiac arrest survival in HEARTSafe communities: A response.
Oto B, Citizen CPR Foundation HEARTSafe Program Advisory Committee. Sudden cardiac arrest survival in HEARTSafe communities: A response. Resuscitation 2020, 149: 81. PMID: 32087258, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.02.011.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersEmergency General Surgery
Oto B, Mather J. Emergency General Surgery. In: Boling B, Hatton K, Hartjes T, eds. Concepts in Surgical Critical Care. 1st ed. Jones & Bartlett; 2020.Chapters
2018
Prone Positioning of the Burn Patient With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Review of the Evidence and Practical Considerations.
Oto B, Orosco RI, Panter E, Velamuri R, Kar AR, Caffrey J. Prone Positioning of the Burn Patient With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Review of the Evidence and Practical Considerations. J Burn Care Res 2018, 39: 471-475. PMID: 28661978, DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000601.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2015
Early Secondary Neurologic Deterioration After Blunt Spinal Trauma: A Review of the Literature.
Oto B, Corey DJ 2nd, Oswald J, Sifford D, Walsh B. Early Secondary Neurologic Deterioration After Blunt Spinal Trauma: A Review of the Literature. Acad Emerg Med 2015, 22: 1200-12. PMID: 26394232, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12765.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
activity HEARTSafe Program Advisory Committee
Advisory BoardsMemberDetailsCitizen CPR Foundation2019 - Presentactivity SPOCUS iScan 2022
Meeting Planning and ParticipationJudgeDetails05/01/2022 - Presentactivity ICU Liberation Committee
Advisory BoardsCommittee MemberDetailsSociety of Critical Care Medicine2023 - Presentactivity Give it a Name: Reviving the art of diagnosis
Oral PresentationCalifornia APA Virtual Rounds 2024Details04/19/2024 - PresentVirtual conferenceactivity Bias, Hubris, Prognosis: Clinical humility in the ICU
AddressMemorial Sloan Kettering 2024 Critical Care Oncology SymposiumDetails04/15/2024 - PresentNew York, NY, United States