Dr. José Otero mentors Ph.D. students in biomedical sciences and serves as a medical student preceptor. He is a board-certified pathologist and physician-scientist with more than 20 years of experience in academic medicine.
Otero leads an active academic laboratory focused on translational neuropathology.
Research Interests
- Translational neuropathology with emphasis on reactive gliosis and neuroinflammation
- Molecular mechanisms by which neuroinflammation disrupts neural circuit and systems-level function
- Brainstem inflammation and its impact on respiratory control and physiology
- Circuit- and systems-level pathology resulting from distinct inflammatory processes
- Murine models of neurologic disease
- Molecular, physiological and microscopy-based analyses of neural tissue
- Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to biological data
- Development and use of AI-driven tools to improve medical decision-making in surgical neuropathology
See research publications and more on FIU Discovery.
Honors & Awards
- Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award, Ohio State University College of Engineering, 2023
- Kirschstein Memorial Keynote Lecture, Pathobiology for Investigators, Students, and Academicians, The American Society for Investigative Pathology, 2022
- Building Bridges Award, The Ohio State University College of Engineering, 2017
- Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor, The Ohio State University, 2015
- Maximizing Access to Research Careers Program Travel Award, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2014
Committees & Professional Organization
- Member, American Association of Neuropathologists, American Society of Investigative Pathology
Education
- Clinical Fellowship, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, HHMI, and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 2012
- Fellowship, Combined Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 2010
- M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 2006
- Ph.D., Northwestern University Graduate School, Chicago, IL 2005
- BSc, The University of Miami, Miami, FL 1997
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pathology
- Anatomic Pathology/Neuropathology, Clinical Informatics