Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Board Certifications
- American Board of Family Medicine
- Association of Ringside Physicians
- Hospice Medical Director Certification Board
Residency
- Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center; Phoenix, AZ
Education
- Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific; Pomona, CA
- Palliative Care Education and Practice, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care; Cambridge, MA
- Biology, Santa Clara University; Santa Clara, CA
Publications
- Segaline N, Wang J, Bethancourt B, Ota KS. The Role of Ultrasound-Guided Therapeutic Thoracentesis in an Outpatient Transitional Care Program: A Case Series. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine. 2019.
- Wang J, Khan S, Wyer P, Vanderwilp J, Reynolds J, Bethancourt B, Ota KS. The Role of Ultrasound-Guided Therapeutic Paracentesis in an Outpatient Transitional Care Program: A Case Series. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine. 2018.
- Ota KS, Lazkani M. Unilateral Weakness of the Muscles of Facial Expression. American Family Physician. 2014.
- Ota KS, Lazkani M, Orme GJ. An Automated Alert System in a Transitional Care Program to Improve Continuity of Care in the Emergency Department: A Strategy for Reducing Rehospitalizations. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2014.
- Ota KS, Beutler DS, Sheikh H, Weiss JL, Parkinson D, Nguyen P, Gerkin RD, Loli AI. Direct telephonic communication in a heart failure transitional care program: an observational study. Cardiology Research. 2013.
- Ota KS, Beutler DS, Gerkin RD, Weiss JL, Loli AI. Physician-directed heart failure transitional care program: a retrospective case review. Journal of Clinical Medicine Research. 2013.
- Ota KS, Beutler DS, Loli AI. Postdischarge transitional care management: a reimbursable service in 2013. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 2013.
- Ota KS, Lazkani M, Stander P. Letter to the Editor: Avoiding hospitalizations for acute heart failure: the infusion room approach. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2013.
- Lazkani M, Ota KS. The Role of Outpatient Intravenous Diuretic Therapy in a Transitional Care Program for Patients with Heart Failure: A Case Series. Journal of Clinical Medicine Research. 2012.
- Sheikh M, Kunka C, Ota KS. Treatment of levator ani syndrome with cyclobenzaprine. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2012.
- Kohanzadeh S, Gaon M, Ota K, Lefrennierre S, Kulber D. Use of a headless compressive screw (Acutrak) for radioulnar joint fusion in the Sauve-Kapandji procedure. Plastis and Reconstructive Surgery. 2012.
- Ota KS. The transitionalist: optimizing inpatient-to-outpatient transitions of care. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2012.
- Patel A, Ota KS. Isolated zygomatic arch fracture in a mixed martial arts fighter. Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche. 2011.
- Ota KS. Corneal abrasions and ulcerations. 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2012 – 20th Edition.
- Perrin E, Ota KS. Tongue lesion with sensation of fullness in the mouth. American Family Physician 2011.
- Naghshineh N, Ota KS, Tang L, O’toole J, Rubin JP. A double-blind controlled trial of polyglytone 6211 versus poliglecaprone 25 for use in body-contouring. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2010.
- Ota KS. Probable valproate sodium-associated hypotension. American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy. 2010.
- Hurwitz DJ, Agha-Mohammadi S, Ota K, Unadkat J. A clinical review of total body lift surgery. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2008.
- Bindingnavele V, Gaon M, Ota KS, Lee DJ, Kulber DA. Use of acellular cadaveric dermis and tissue expansion in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction. Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 2007.
- Ota KS, Farmand F. The five coordinate construct: a new approach to hairline reconstruction in hair restoration surgery. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2006.
- Ota KS. Chronic musculoskeletal dysfunction after massive weight loss. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2006.
- Ota KS, Friedman L, Ashford JW, Hernandez B, Stepp AM, Penner AL, Raam R, and Yesavage JA. The time-cost index: a new method for measuring the efficiencies of recruitment-resources in clinical trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2006.
- Ota KS, Godwin T. Memantine: the next academic performance enhancing agent? Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2006.
- Ota KS. Postmastectomy lymphedema: a call for osteopathic medical research. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2006.
- Kunkel EJ, Dea M, Ebens A, Hytopoulos E, Melrose J, Nguyen D, Ota KS, Plavec I, Wang Y, Watson SR, Butcher EC, Berg EL. An integrative biology approach for analysis of drug action in models of human vascular inflammation. FASEB. 2004.
