Dr. Caitlin Otto, PhD, D(ABMM)
Clinical microbiology • CLIA laboratory direction • Diagnostic microbiology • Metagenomics validation • Antimicrobial and laboratory stewardship • Molecular diagnostics • NGS quality management
Dr. Caitlin Otto is the Clinical Laboratory Director at Biotia, a board-certified clinical microbiologist who oversees CLIA-certified laboratory operations, quality assurance, and validation of metagenomic infectious disease diagnostics.
Dr. Caitlin Otto, PhD, D(ABMM)
Dr. Caitlin Otto is the Clinical Laboratory Director at Biotia, a board-certified clinical microbiologist who oversees CLIA-certified laboratory operations, quality assurance, and validation of metagenomic infectious disease diagnostics.
Clinical microbiology • CLIA laboratory direction • Diagnostic microbiology • Metagenomics validation • Antimicrobial and laboratory stewardship • Molecular diagnostics • NGS quality management
About Dr. Caitlin Otto
Dr. Caitlin Otto is the Clinical Laboratory Director at Biotia, where she oversees all clinical laboratory operations, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance for the company's CLIA-certified diagnostic laboratory in New York. She leads laboratory validation and ongoing quality of Biotia's metagenomic diagnostic assays, including the BIOTIA-DX assay and the BIOTIA-ID Urine and Joint Fluid tests.
Dr. Otto is a board-certified clinical microbiologist (D(ABMM)). She completed her Clinical Microbiology Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2016, and earned her PhD in Microbiology from Arizona State University in 2014. She holds a BS in Biology and a BA in Spanish from Boise State University (2009).
She is active in the clinical microbiology community, serving on councils for the New York branch of the American Society for Microbiology and the Pan-American Society for Clinical Virology. Her peer-reviewed work spans complementary and alternative medicine, antimicrobial and laboratory stewardship, and the performance of molecular clinical microbiology diagnostics.
Education
- PhD in Microbiology, Arizona State University, 2014
- Clinical Microbiology Fellowship D(ABMM), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2016
- BS in Biology and BA in Spanish, Boise State University, 2009
Board certifications & licenses
- D(ABMM) — Board-certified Clinical Microbiologist
Affiliations
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (former fellow)
- Arizona State University (alumna)
- Boise State University (alumna)
Professional societies
- American Society for Microbiology (NY branch council)
- Pan-American Society for Clinical Virology (council)