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Office
805 15th St Nw
Suite 601
Washington, DC 20005Phone+1 202-728-2462Fax+1 202-974-7892- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Eric Ottesen, MD is a board certified pediatrician in Washington, District of Columbia. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in District of Columbia.
Education & Training
- Duke University HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1970 - 1972
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1970
Certifications & Licensure
- DC State Medical License 1981 - 2024
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Clinical Trials
- A 24 Month Study, to Compare the Efficacy of Doxycycline vs. Placebo for Improving Filarial Lymphedema in Mali Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 19
- A 24 Month Study to Compare Efficacy of Doxycycline vs Placebo for Improving Filarial Lymphedema in India Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 15
- A 24 Month Study to Compare Efficacy of Doxycycline vs Placebo for Improving Filarial Lymphedema in Sri Lanka Start of enrollment: 2018 Feb 16
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 26 citationsThe Health and Economic Burdens of Lymphatic Filariasis Prior to Mass Drug Administration Programs.Christopher G Mathew, Alison A. Bettis, Brian K. Chu, Mike English, Eric A. Ottesen, Mark Bradley, Hugo C. Turner> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020 Jun 10
- 8 citationsThe Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Case Study Exemplifying How Foreign Assistance Funding Can Be Catalytic in Reducing the Burden of Major Global Health...Emily C. Wainwright, Darin Evans, Lisa Rotondo, Bolivar Pou, Violetta Yevstigneyeva, Kathryn L. Zoerhoff, Eric A. Ottesen, Richard Reithinger> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2019 Aug 12
- 22 citationsOnchocerciasis: shifting the target from control to elimination requires a new first-step-elimination mapping.Maria P. Rebollo, Honorat G. M. Zouré, Kisito Ogoussan, Yao K. Sodahlon, Eric A. Ottesen, Paul T. Cantey> ;International Health. 2018 Mar 1
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Press Mentions
- Setting the Stage for a Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: The First 125 Years (1875–2000)December 22nd, 2020
- A Case for Using Genomics and a Bioinformatics Pipeline to Develop Sensitive and Species-Specific PCR-Based Diagnostics for Soil-Transmitted HelminthsSeptember 23rd, 2019
- Dr. V. Kumaraswami Wins Kyelem Prize for Contributions to Eliminating Neglected Tropical DiseasesNovember 11th, 2016