
Dr. Cándido L. Otero, MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
1687 Nw Hopper St Roseburg OR, 97470About
Dr. Candido L. Otero is a retired pathologist in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Otero is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Otero did two Fellowships, the first Fellowship was Cytopathology, the study of the cell, at Shans Jacksonville, Florida and the second Felllowship, Oncological Surgical Pathology, was done at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Otero can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Otero may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
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Cándido L. Otero Medical Doctor 1962
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The significant of hydrogen atom in the human life.
Hydrogen (H) is the simplest element in the universe. Everything is not made of hydrogen in the universe. However, the elemental mass fraction of hydrogen in the universe is approximately seventy three point nine percent (73.9 %), so almost nothing can get by without a hydrogen molecule in the...
Why to do or not to do autopsies
Autopsies are a diagnostic procedure that gives the families more information about disease processes that caused the patient's demise. It can identify an unknown primary malignancy not taken into consideration as cause of the death. In addition, pathology performs a more thorough examination that...
Leukemia
Leukemia is a cancer of blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow. It reduces the capacity of the body to fight infection. Many types of leukemia exist such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, and chronic lymphoblastic leukemia. Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a...
The Atom
We are fragments of universal light energy, the undetermined consciousness, sub-atomic particles which are creator of the atom. They becomes a determined consciousness, which is the creator of our state of being, and is what and who we are in the universe. We are all entangled with everything...
Intra-ductal Papilloma of the breast
Intraductal PapillomaIntraductal papilloma is a small noncancerous (benign) tumor that grows in the milk ducts of the breast. Abnormal nipple discharge may be identified and most of the time is not associated with lactation. A single papilloma does not raise the risk of breast cancer unless there...
Laboratory Results and Opinion
Laboratory results are variable. They depend on what type of result your physician is looking for based on your symptoms of sign your are presenting at the time of you visit. The laboratory medicine, pathology is composed of two main branches, anatomical pathology(body parts), and clinical...
Consciousness
What is Consciousness? This is an interesting topic to discuss since everyone has different opinions about the issue. The truth is that consciousness is subjective and unique to each and everyone. Consciousness is the individual awareness of your unique thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations and...
Do you know who and what we are!
Are we matter or not? The majority of us believe that what you see is what it is and nothing else. We are entangled with the Universe where we all come from. In other words we are energy originated from the sub-atomic particle which are the backbone of the Atom. Let me start from the DNA. The DNA is...
How to listen to your body before its too late
Our body is a secret tabernacle that we need to understand in other to move on in our life experience here on earth. Most of the times we don't pay attention to the subtle massage which is spoken coming from deep in our being. There are many examples that I can tell you but it's you the one who...
How long is recovery after a bone marrow biopsy?
You will receive IV sedation and after the procedure you will be taken to a recovery area. Plan to have someone to drive you back home. You can continue your daily activities as soon as you feel adequate. However, it is recommended not submerging the skin area of biopsy in water (no swimming or wetting the area), and not strenuous exercises for at least a week. Please, check with your healthcare provider. Thank you. READ MORE
How long till I get a prostate biopsy results?
The prostate biopsies results can take from several days to 2 – 3 weeks. It all depends on the pathology findings and what additional stains and tests needs to be performed for the final diagnosis. Thank you. READ MORE
Can colon biopsy be done under general anesthesia?
They will put you to sleep by giving you sedation. You will be put under deep sedation to general anesthesia. Immediately after the procedure they will take you to the recovery room until you are completely awake. Make sure you have someone will drive you back home. Thank you. READ MORE
Does a colon biopsy hurt?
No, you will be under anesthesia. Some patients may have discomfort the next day, but it is not so common. If your discomfort persists longer than one day, immediately call your gastroenterologist, and tell him/her what’s going on and follow their instructions. Thank you. READ MORE
What test should I have to see kidney function?
The blood test done for kidney function, to check how well the kidney are filtering the blood is called, GFR (Glomerular Filtration Rate). Also, a urine test to check your Albumin which is a protein that can go through the urine if there is a damage. This test is called urine albumin-creatinine ratio (uACR). Both tests are needed to have an accurate picture. Thank you. READ MORE
Do you need anesthesia for a thyroid biopsy?
I will have a thyroid biopsy. Do you need anesthesia for a thyroid biopsy? For an FNA procedure (Fine needle aspiration biopsy) local anesthesia isn’t needed. Sometimes there is a minimal discomfort. Now, if you are having an open biopsy, you will get general anesthesia and be asleep during the procedure. Please, ask your doctor. Thank you. READ MORE
How long does it take to get liver biopsy results?
Liver biopsies results usually takes from 12 to 24 hours even a week, depending on the findings an any additional tests that might be needed to be performed for the final diagnosis. Thank you. READ MORE
How long will it take to get biopsy results?
Biopsies results usually takes from 12 to 24 hours even a week, depending on the findings and if there is any additional tests that might be needed to be performed for the final diagnosis READ MORE
When can I go back to work after a kidney biopsy?
You can go back to work after 24 hours unless your healthcare provider tells you otherwise. Also, you can return to all your normal activities after two to three days after the procedure. Thank you. READ MORE
Do you stay overnight for a colon biopsy?
No, colonoscopy is usually done as an outpatient procedure. There is no need for an overnight stay in the hospital. They will put you to sleep by giving you sedation. You will be put under deep sedation to general anesthesia. Immediately after the procedure they will take you to the recovery room until you are completely awake. Make sure you have someone will drive you back home. Thank you. READ MORE
How long is recovery from kidney biopsy?
The recovery is 24 hours. You can go back to work after 24 hours unless your healthcare provider tells you otherwise. Also, you can return to all your normal activities after two to three days after the procedure. Thank you. READ MORE
Is it normal to have pain 5 days after a prostate biopsy?
Yes, pain in the area between the anus and the scrotum is common from few days to several weeks. Also, blood in the urine can be found for a few days to few weeks. Fever, pain or burning sensation during urination could be an indication of infection. Consult your healthcare provider. Thank you. READ MORE
What type of anesthesia is used for thyroid biopsy?
For an FNA procedure (Fine needle aspiration biopsy) local anesthesia isn’t needed. Sometimes there is a minimal discomfort. Now, if you are having an open biopsy, you will get general anesthesia and be asleep during the procedure. Please, ask your doctor. Thank you. READ MORE
Child's blood test?
Anemia is a low red blood cell count or low hemoglobin level. This is a common encounter in children. I can tell you that there are many different types of anemia. There are many risk factors for anemia in children. The most common symptoms of anemia are pale (lips, skin, hands, under the eyelid); increased heart rate (tachycardia); breathlessness (difficult to breath); lack of energy or vertigo, specially upon standing; headaches, irritability among others. Blood tests. For anemia is hemoglobin and hematocrit to measure the amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cell. This is often the first screening test for anemia. Complete blood count (CBC) is used to count the number of blood cells, called hematocrit and the level of hemoglobin in blood. CBC for iron deficiency anemia includes the following: low mean corpuscular volume (MCV), low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), elevated platelet count (greater than 450,000 uL) in many cases. The RBC count for a 7 years old child range from 11.9 – 15.0 for hemoglobin and 35% - 44% for hematocrit. Please, get in-touch to your pediatrician and or a child healthcare provider. Thank you READ MORE
Is anesthesia risky for a lung biopsy?
A needle or transbronchial lung biopsy is performed under light sedation and local anesthesia. Any procedure hav e their risk, however, the risk of lung biopsy is relatively low. You will be awake during the procedure. For open lung biopsy you will get general anesthesia. Thank you. READ MORE
How long after the liver biopsy I will get results?
Liver biopsies results usually takes from 12 to 24 hours even a week, depending on the findings an any additional tests that might be needed to be performed for the final diagnosis. Thank you. READ MORE
What type of anesthesia is used for a colon biopsy?
General anesthesia. They will put you to sleep by giving you sedation. You will be put under deep sedation to general anesthesia. Immediately after the procedure they will take you to the recovery room until you are completely awake. Make sure you have someone will drive you back home. Thank you. READ MORE
Serum overnight storage before shipping?
Refresh me again, do you refer to HSV (HSV) Herpes simplex virus? It is okay, but if it was not adequate, the lab will require additional sample. The serum should be stored at 4-7*C until shipment take place for a max of seven days. But it is in the laboratory where their refrigerators are set at that temperature to avoid degradation. Thank you. READ MORE
What is the best time of day to get a PSA test?
PSA can be taken either in the morning or afternoon. However, men should restrain from sexual activity at least 48 hrs. before the test are done because will give transit elevation of the PSA levels. Also, make sure that you don’t exercise vigorously 48 hours before the test. Thank you. READ MORE
What blood tests show Celiac disease?
The new test for Celiac disease that healthcare may use is called EMA-IgA Test. After the tTG-IgA test to help make the diagnosis of Celiac Disease. The most accurate test is tTG-IgA (tissue Transglutaminase IgA antibody) IgA = Immunoglobulin A. The two definitive diagnostic blood tests are: Serology testing for antibodies in your blood. Elevated levels of certain antibody proteins indicate an immune reaction to gluten. As well as genetic testing for human leukocyte antigens located in the Human locus antigen (HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DC8) can be used to rule out Celiac disease. Thank you. READ MORE
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Chief of Pathology & Diagnostics VA Healthcare System - Roseburg Oregon 2004 - 2009
- Chief of Diagnostics & Acting Chief of Staff VA Healthcare System - Roseburg Oregon 2008 - 2009
- Chief of Pathology & Diagnostics VA Healthcare System - West Texas VA 2009 - 2014
- Chief of Pathology & Diagnostics & Acting Chief of Staff VA Healthcare System - West Texas VE 2011 - 2014
- Medical Retirement due to Leukemia From: West Texas VA 2014 - Present
- Leukemia Remission Florida 2018 - Present
- Individual Investigational Research in Quantum Physics and Metaphysic Florida 2018 - Present
- Writter - Book in Process to be Published - Title: Do You Know Who We Are! Newman Springs Publishing Co. 2023 - Present
Professional Memberships
- American Medical Association
- American Society of Cytopathology
Fellowships
- Moffit Cancer Center Tampa Fl
What do you attribute your success to?
- positive frame of thinking. always do something for the good of yourself and others. A positive attitude can move mountains.
Areas of research
Individual Research Study in Quantum Physics and Metaphysics. A book is in the process to be published. The title of the book is: "Do You Know Who We Are" The manuscript is in revision by Newman Spring Publishing Co.
My goal in writing this humble and informative pages, is to make you aware of who you are, and realize that everything and anything you’ve learned about life is a concept that can disappear the same very moment that it cames into existence. The universe as we know it, is only a creation of our consciousness. The only tangible concept are our thoughts that lights up as a bright light bulb, whenever we accept them, but they can disappear just at once when we aren’t conscious about it. The creation of consciousness is like a small light in the horizon that if you are not paying attention, you do not see it and your life will be the same as it had been since you were born, influenced by your surroundings and everyone in your circle, instead of being created by you.
Humanity and life are not a complicated issue if we follow the Universal law and apply it. But first, since we do not come to this material world with instructions or guidance to complete our mission of life, we need to find the purpose of our terrestrial life deep in ourselves to accomplish our mission.
It is funny, because when you are born, your parents tell you who you are, they give you a name that maybe you don’t like, and during primary and secondary education, your parents, family and friends are still influencing your character and telling you who and what you are to a point that you begin to believe it. Later, when you start to become more independent, you start questioning everything and anything happening in your present journey here on earth. Wow, now you start realizing what are your likes and dislikes. The fact that you are bombarded by all these pressures, there are no room for thoughts and nevertheless time to stand still to find yourself or character that molds you to be who you are and what your life purpose is. Then, later in life you say, hmm, this is not me and all things you are trying to accomplish in life, are either wrong or never realized.
Now, one day you wake up on the right side of your bed and say, in off. I am going to do what feels right, which go along with my personality and purpose in life. Then, from that day on, everything starts going well for you and your family.
The book starts with scientific and non-scientific descriptions and definitions, that are important for you to know to have a basic knowledge that is designed to support the truth of who we really are in what we call life.
No matter who tells you who or what you are in this life, only you know the answer of that truth. You just need to seat down and meditate. By showing love, humility and thankfulness for everything you are and asking what you need to know, you will get the answers you are looking for.
Once you discover your purpose in life and stay on that path, everything will come on your way. The universal law will take care of all those things. Just be in the present and be always aware of your I am in the present when asking. Most of all, be thankful for what you have received in the present time. Believe me, everything will fall into place. We can create something from nothing. The only thing you need is to ask in the present, even though has not been yet conceived, be thankful, love, feelings of contentment and believing that what you are asking for, it had been received. Believing without any doubt in your consciousness that what you asked its already yours.
Let’s start this journey with a warm welcome and do not forget that everything is tailored for you to become more successful and assertive. There is a world to be discovered, waiting for you and if you are willing to explore and discover, you will find what you are looking for.
Remember, the possibilities are endlessly, waiting to be discovered. What you must do is to knock at the door, it will be opened as you wish, but you must be the one who must pass through that door. The answers and discoveries in this book are for you and yours only.
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Get to know Pathologist Dr. Cándido L. Otero, who served patients in Florida.
Dr. Otero is a seasoned pathologist who is retired from practice and currently living in Florida.
During his active years helping others, he served as Chief of Pathology & Diagnostics and Acting Chief of Staff VA Healthcare System – West Texas VA (2011 – 2014); Chief of Pathology & Diagnostics at VA Healthcare System – West Texas VA (2009 – 2014); Chief of Diagnostics & Acting Chief of Staff at VA Healthcare System – Roseburg, Oregon (2008 – 2009); and Chief of Pathology & Diagnostics at VA Healthcare System – Roseburg, Oregon (2004 – 2009).
The doctor’s acclaimed career in medicine began in 1986 when he graduated with his Medical Degree from the Eastern Central University School of Medicine in the Dominican Republic. He then relocated to the United States, performing his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 2000, and an additional residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville in 2002.
Furthering his training, Dr. Otero completed a fellowship in cytopathology at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville in 2003, after which he served as a Fellow within the Oncology Surgical Pathology Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Among his professional affiliations, he is an active member of the American Medical Association and the American Society of Cytopathology.
Pathology is a branch of medical science that involves the study and diagnosis of disease through the examination of surgically removed organs, tissues, bodily fluids, and in some cases, the whole body. Pathologists are physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and management of diseases by laboratory methods.
Dr. Otero has a book that is in the process of being published. The title of the book is: “Do You Know Who We Are” and the manuscript is in revision by Newman Spring Publishing Co.
“My goal in writing these humble and informative pages is to make you aware of who you are, and realize that everything and anything you’ve learned about life is a concept that can disappear the same very moment that it comes into existence. The universe as we know it, is only a creation of our consciousness. The only tangible concept is our thoughts that light up as a bright light bulb, whenever we accept them, but they can disappear just at once when we aren’t conscious about it. The creation of consciousness is like a small light in the horizon that if you are not paying attention, you do not see it and your life will be the same as it had been since you were born, influenced by your surroundings and everyone in your circle, instead of being created by you” expressed Dr. Otero.
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