UT Health San Antonio

Pamela M Otto, MD, FACR

Pamela M Otto, MD, FACR is a fellowship trained breast imager and interventionalist.   For the past 6 years she has served as Chair of the Department of Radiology at UTHSCSA.  Dr Otto continues to serve patients in the Breast Health Center.  Dr Otto serves as Supervising Radiologist for University Health System’s (UHS) Breast Cancer Screening Program and Chair of the Multidisciplinary Breast Tumor Board.  Dr Otto’s research interests are in the area of breast cancer detection.  In the past, Dr Otto served as Interim Chair of Radiology, Director of Radiology for UHS, Chief of Staff for UHS,  Director of Radiology for the Texas Center for Infectious Diseases, Director of Breast Imaging and Intervention and Director of the Breast Imaging Fellowship Program.

Publications

Li, S., Goins, B., Phillips, W. T., Saenz, M., Otto, P. M. & Bao, A.  Post-lumpectomy intracavitary retention and lymph node targeting of ((9)(9)m)Tc-encapsulated liposomes in nude rats with breast cancer xenograft.  Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 130, 97-107 (2011). PMID:21181436; PMCID:PMC318421

Hrycushko, B. A., Li, S., Shi, C., Goins, B., Liu, Y., Phillips, W. T., Otto, P. M. & Bao, A.  Postlumpectomy focal brachytherapy for simultaneous treatment of surgical cavity and draining lymph nodes.  Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 79(3):948-55 (2011). PMID:20864271; PMCID:PMC3031997

Hrycushko, B. A., Gutierrez, A. N., Goins, B., Yan, W., Phillips, W. T., Otto, P. M. & Bao, A.  Radiobiological characterization of post-lumpectomy focal brachytherapy with lipid nanoparticle-carried radionuclides.  Phys. Med. Biol.  56(3):703-19 (2011). PMID:21299006; PMCID:PMC3169207