Michelle Sibille Senechalle, MD, FACP, SFHM, FAAP, CMQ
Department of Hospital Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2013 | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, US, Doctor of Medicine, MD |
| 2009 | Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, US, Biomedical Engineering, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2017-2018 | Chief Residency, Quality and Patient Safety, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2013-2017 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2024 | ACLS |
| 2024 | BLS |
| 2023 | DEA |
| 2019 | American Board of Medical Quality |
| 2017 | American Board of Pediatrics |
| 2017 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 2016 | Texas Medical Board Physician License |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2018 - 2025
Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2018
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Program Co-Chair, Challenging Cases Conference RSS, Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2021 - Present
Physician Lead, Nuance IPG and CDE Implementation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Physician Lead, Documentation Improvement Team, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Inpatient Medical Director, Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2025
Program Chair, Challenging Cases Conference RSS, Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2019 - 2021
Interviewer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Hospital Medicine, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Deputy Quality Officer, Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2022
Co-Creator and Mentor, New Hire Clinical Onboarding and Peer Mentorship Program, Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2018 - Present
Founder, Program Chair, Faculty Mentor, Internal Medicine Residency High Value Care Morning Report, Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2018 - Present
Interviewer, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Diagnostic Imaging Division Head - Search Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2026 - Present
Mentoring Connector, Academic Mentoring Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present
Member, Hospital Medicine Chair Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - 2023
Member, EHR Officer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Member, Division of Internal Medicine Quality and Safety Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - Present
Member, CPR Subcommittee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - 2022
Member, Inpatient Steering Committee, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2017 - 2018
Member, Interfacility CLER Workgroup, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2017 - 2018
Member, Executive Patient Safety Committee, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2017 - 2018
Member, Length of Stay Committee, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2017 - 2018
Member, GME Housestaff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Council, Baylor College of Medicine, 2016 - 2018
Resident Physician Member, Clinical Executive Board, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2015 - 2016
Honors & Awards
| 2026 - Present | Senior Fellow of Hospital Medicine, Society of Hospital Medicine |
| 2023 | Fellow of Hospital Medicine, Society of Hospital Medicine |
| 2021 | Certificate in Physician Leadership for Hospital Medicine, American College of Physicians and American Association for Physician Leadership |
| 2020 | Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Physicians |
| 2019 | Certified in Medical Quality, American Board of Medical Quality |
| 2018 | Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics |
| 2017 | Certificate of Distinction in Medical Education, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2012 | Gold Humanism Honor Society, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2023. Department of Hospital Medicine Documentation Improvement 2.0. Invited. Department of Hospital Medicine Quality Value Safety Experience Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Department of Hospital Medicine Documentation Improvement. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Division of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2020. Vizient: It Takes a Village. What the Division of Internal Medicine Needs to Know about Documentation Improvement. Invited. Division of Internal Medicine Quality and Safety Council. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2016. Workshop on Supervision and Professionalism. Invited. Baylor College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Orientation. Houston, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2026. From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: How Timely Discharge Initiatives at a Cancer Institution Positively Impacted Inpatient Flow Effectiveness Within a Complex Medical Oncology Population. Poster. SHM Converge. Nashville, TN, US.
- 2021. Concordant Care and the Cancer Continuum. Invited. Onco-Hospital Medicine Conference. Houston, TX, US.
- 2020. Acute Complications of Head and Neck Cancers for the Hospitalist. Invited. Annual Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Conference: Bridging Oncology and Primary Care 2020. CANCELLED due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. High-Value Care Morning Report: A Team-Based, Interdisciplinary Conference to Teach Cost-Effective Care. Conference. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, US.
- 2018. Morbidity and Mortality Conference: An Innovative Strategy to Teach Quality and Safety in the Outpatient Setting. Conference. Association of American Medical Colleges Integrating Quality Annual Conference. Arlington, VA, US.
Formal Peers
- 2021. Department of Hospital Medicine Documentation Improvement: What We Can Do to Improve Our Vizient Ranking. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2019. Metastatic Malignancy with Residual Pheochromocytoma. Houston, Texas, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2006 - 2009 |
| Title: | Patterned Nanofilm Substrate Environments for Investigating Brain Cell Growth and Repair |
| Funding Source: | LaSPACE Undergraduate Research Assistantships Grant (LURA) |
| Role: | Undergraduate Research Assistant |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Manzano JM, Sahar H, Aldrich J, Lu M, Shoukier M, Peterson CB, Dickson K, Koom-Dadzie K, Kheder E, Franco Vega MC, Mohammed A, Muthu M, Simbaqueba C, Senechalle MS, Brito-Dellan N. Treatment patterns and outcomes of high-grade immune checkpoint inhibitor-related pneumonitis in an oncology hospitalist service. Support Care Cancer 32(3):160, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38366007.
- Manzano, JM, Muthu, M, Kheder, E, Mohammed, AD, Halm, J, Dickson, KB, Ali, N, Leung, CK, Koom-Dadzie, K, Rubio, D, Odaro, OE, Sibille, M, Etchegaray, M, Wilson, K, Lin, Y, George, MC. Hospitalization characteristics and outcomes of patients with cancer and COVID-19 at a comprehensive cancer center. Supportive Care in Cancer 30(9):7783-7788, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35705751.
Abstracts
- Muthu M, Vesho D, George M, Flowers C, Slusser K, Rivera J, Revis A, Alousi A, Russell C, Wilson K, Halm J, Dickson KB, Rubio D, Senechalle MS, Ong Y, Vaughann-Adams N, Odityo J, Bruno J, Geaslin M, Philip P. From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: How Timely Discharge Initiatives at a Cancer Institution Positively Impacted Inpatient Flow Effectiveness Within a Complex Medical Oncology Population. SHM Converge, 2026.
- Manzano JG, Mohammed A, Muthu M, Edelkamp P, Ali N, Lin H, Dickson K, Kheder E, Koom-Dadzie K, Leung C, Odaro O, Rubio D, Sibille-Senechalle M, George M, D3CODE Team, Halm J. Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Disease and Mortality among Patients with Cancer. MASCC/JASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting 31(399). e-Pub 2023.
- Ali N, Kheder E, Dickson K, Rubio D, Koom-Dadzie K, Edelkamp P, Lin H, Muthu M, Mohammed A, Leung C, Odaro O, Senechalle MS, George M, Halm J, Manzano JG. Association of Presenting Symptoms with COVID-19 Disease Severity and Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients with Cancer and COVID-19. ASCO Annual Meeting 41. e-Pub 2023.
- Sibille M, McNamara J, DeCoster M. CNS Glial Injury and Inflammatory Response in Normal and Cancer Cells. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting(10/2008).
- Sibille M, Lantz R, Musher D, Young E. A Modified Austrian Triad. Texas Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, American College of Physicians.
- Sibille M, Lacour-Chestnut F. Transforming M&M: Implementation of an Ambulatory Quality Improvement Conference. Baylor College of Medicine Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference.
- Sibille M, Lacour-Chestnut F. Transforming M&M: Implementation of an Ambulatory Quality Improvement Conference. American College of Physicians Associates Day.
- Sibille M, Lacour-Chestnut F. Transforming M&M: Implementation of an Ambulatory Quality Improvement Conference. Baylor College of Medicine Department of Medicine Research Symposium.
- Sibille M, Lantz R, Musher D, Young E. A Modified Austrian Triad. Baylor College of Medicine Department of Medicine House Staff Research Symposium.
- Sibille M, Lacour-Chestnut F. Morbidity and Mortality Conference: An Innovative Strategy to Teach Quality and Safety in the Outpatient Setting. Baylor College of Medicine Department of Medicine Research Symposium.
- Sibille M, Lacour-Chestnut F, Horstman M, Stewart D. Morbidity and Mortality Conference: An Innovative Strategy to Teach Quality and Safety in the Outpatient Setting. Baylor College of Medicine Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference.
- Sibille M, Horstman M, Stewart D. Morning Report: An Opportunity for Teaching High Value Care. Baylor College of Medicine Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference.
- Sibille M, Stewart D. High Value Care Morning Report. Teaching for Quality (Te4Q) Workshop, AAMC.
- Sibille M, Horstman M, Stewart D. Morning Report: An Opportunity for Teaching High Value Care. Baylor College of Medicine Department of Medicine Research Symposium.
- Sibille M, Lacour-Chestnut F, Horstman M, Stewart D. Morbidity and Mortality Conference: An Innovative Strategy to Teach Quality and Safety in the Outpatient Setting. Association of American Colleges Integrating Quality Annual Conference.
- Hayward C, Sibille M. Head Above Water. Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference.
- Hayward C, Sibille M. Head Above Water. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Conference.
- Kampangkaew J, Nowalk N, Stewart D, Kulkarni P, Sibille M. High-Value Care Morning Report: A Team-Based, Interdisciplinary Conference to Teach Cost-Effective Care. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting.
- Kampangkaew J, Nowalk N, Horstman M, Kulkarni P, Stewart D, Sibille M. High-Value Care Morning Report: A Team-Based, Interdisciplinary Conference to Teach Cost-Effective Care. Association of American Medical Colleges Integrating Quality Annual Conference(6/2019).
- Simmons K, Podany E, Sibille M. Debilitation After Cancer Remission: The Devastating Consequences of Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes. Society of Hospital Medicine Converge.
- Yang M, Goswami R, Patel A, Sibille M. Abdominal Pain as an Unusual Presentation of Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in the Setting of Pancreatic Cancer. Society of Hospital Medicine Converge.
- Goswami R, Yang M, Sibille M. Acute Myasthenic Crisis Induced by Pembrolizumab. Society of Hospital Medicine Converge.
- Varghese, Sigi APRN, Best, Conor MD, Lavis, Victor MD, Walton, Natalie C. MD, Sibille Senechalle, Michelle MD, Rizk, Michael MSN, APRN, FNP-C, BC-ADM, Ortiz, Marjorie APRN, Brady, Veronica PhD, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES, Wilson, Mara APRN, Levesque, Celia APRN, Crowder, Vivian APRN, John, Benzy APRN, Saji, Lijo DNP, APRN, Williams, Jessica PA, Thosani, Sonali MD. Meeting Inpatient Glycemic Targets Through Increased use of Basal Bolus Insulin Therapy. MD Anderson Cancer Center APRN Week.
- Sahar H, Aldrich J, Peterson C, Brito-Dellan N, Lu M, Shoukier M, Dickson K, Koom-Dadzie K, Kheder E, Franco-Vega M, Mohammed A, Muthu M, Simbaqueba C, Sibille M, Manzano JG. Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-related pneumonitis among patients with lung cancer admitted to an Oncology Hospitalist Service: Treatment patterns and hospitalization outcomes. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting 39(15).
- Manzano J, Muthu M, Kheder E, Mohammed A, Halm J, Dickson K, Ali N, Leung C, Koom-Dadzie K, Rubio D, Odaro O, Sibille M, Etchegaray M, Wilson K, Lin H, George M. Hospitalization Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Cancer and COVID-19. Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Annual Meeting.
- Walton, NC, Senechalle MS, Terrell K, Dickson K, Nortje N, George M. Using the Electronic Health Record to Improve Code Status Reconciliation on Admission to an Academic Cancer Center. MD Anderson Cancer Center Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat.
- Walton, NC, Senechalle MS, Terrell K, Dickson K, Nortje N, George M. Using the Electronic Health Record to Improve Code Status Reconciliation on Admission to an Academic Cancer Center. MD Anderson Cancer Center Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified August 06, 2026