EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.A., Reed College, Portland, OR, 1975.
M.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1979 (with Honors).
Residency in Internal Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1979-1982.
Fellowship in Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1982-1985.
Catherine M. Otto M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P., F.A.H.A.
Professor of Medicine
J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Professorship in Cardiology
Director, Training Programs in Cardiovascular Disease
1959 N.E. Pacific Street
Box 356422
Seattle, WA 98195-6422
Fax: (206) 616-4847
BOARD CERTIFICATION
ABIM, Cardiovascular Diseases, 1985.
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1982.
AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE
Valvular heart disease
Adult congenital heart disease
Echocardiography
Inherited cardiac diseases
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Marfan Syndrome: Prevention of aortic root dilation
Bicuspid aortic valve disease
Aortic stenosis: Etiology and prevention of disease progression
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Otto, C.M., Valvular Heart Disease, Saunders, 2nd edition, 2004.
Oxorn, D, and Otto, CM. Atlas of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: Surgical and Radiologic Correlations, Elsevier, 2006.
Otto, C.M., Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography, Elsevier, 3rd edition, 2004.
Otto, C.M., Ed., The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, 3rd edition, Elsevier, 2007.


