Catherine Mary Otto[1] is an echocardiography specialist who serves as J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology at the University of Washington Medical Center. She has authored echocardiography textbooks. The major fields she works in are valvular heart disease,[2][3][4] adult congenital heart disease, and echocardiography.
Catherine Otto
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| Born | (1953-05-28) May 28, 1953 (age 71) |
| Citizenship | American |
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| Field | Cardiologist |
| Institutions | University of Washington |
| Sub-specialties | Echocardiography |
| Research | Calcific aortic stenosis |
| Website | Official website |
She obtained a B.A. from Reed College in 1975, an M.D. from the University of Washington in 1979, and did her residencyatThe New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center from 1979 to 1982 in internal medicine and a fellowshipincardiology at the University of Washington from 1982 till 1985.
Otto is an expert on calcific (aortic stenosis) and received the 2011 American College of Cardiology Distinguished Scientist Award (Clinical Domain) for her research on this subject. In addition, Otto is the author of several cardiology books.
In January, 2014, she was appointed editor-in-chiefofHeart, the official journal of the British Cardiovascular Society.[5]
On 29 March 1979, Otto married Robert Frederick Leach in King County, Washington.[6]