Orhue Odaro, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine
About Dr. Orhue Odaro
As a Clinician Educator, I have made it my goal to invest in and demonstrate excellence in the pillars of Clinical Educator development: Clinical Expertise, Administrative competence and leadership, Scholarly Activity, and Teaching and Education. These pillars also support and complement MD Anderson’s four areas of activity.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Hospital Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Clinical Faculty, Department of Arts and Sciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor NTT, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Assistant Professor, Department of Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Department of Pre-Medicine Program, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, US, MD |
| 2011 | Baylor University, Waco, Texas, US, Biochemistry, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2024-2027 | Virtual Interprofessional Teaching and Learning Training, Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2022-2023 | Health Educators Fellowship Program, The University of Texas, Houston, Texas |
| 2018-2019 | Chief Medical Residency, Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 2015-2018 | Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2025 | BLS |
| 2025 | ACLS |
| 2023 | DEA |
| 2018 | Internal Medicine |
| 2018 | Texas Medical License |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Instructor, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2021
Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2019
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Site Director, Baylor College of Medicine-MD Anderson Internal Medicine Residency program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Education Director, Department of Education and Training, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Graduate Medical Education Council, Department of Office of Graduate Medical Education, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Assistant Site Director, Baylor College of Medicine-MD Anderson Internal Medicine Residency program, Department of Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2023
Rotating Resident program supervisor- Hospital Medicine Admitting Rotation, Department of Hospital Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Education Task Force, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2020
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Committee, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (BSLMC), Houston, TX, 2018 - 2019
Chief Medical Resident, Department of Medicine Student Subcommittee for the Medicine Clerkship Transition, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2019
Chief Medical Resident, Department of Residency Standards and Evaluation Committee (RSEC), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2019
Other Professional Positions
Associate Program Director Leadership, Baylor MD Anderson Center Internal Medicine Residency, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Chief Medical Resident, Clinical Instructor, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2019
Chief Medical Resident; Clinical Instructor, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2018
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Reviewer, Readmissions Work Group, Utilization Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - 2022
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Regent, Baylor University Board of Regents, Baylor University, 2025 - Present
Chair, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, Division of Internal Medicine Education Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - 2023
Vice Chair, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, Division of Internal Medicine Education Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - 2021
Honors & Awards
| 2025 - Present | Alumni Elected Regent, Baylor University |
| 2024 | Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), American College of Physicians (ACP) |
| 2022 | MD Andersons's President's Faculty Honoree in Education and Mentorship Advancement, MD Anderson |
| 2018 | Certificate of Appreciation for facilitating Interprofessional Patient Safety Discussions, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2016 | Certificate of Excellence, Jeopardy Grand Rounds Champion, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2016 | Intern of the Month, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2015 | Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society |
| 2011 | Alpha Chi Medal, Alpha Chi Honors Society; Baylor University |
| 2010 | Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Honors Society, Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Honors Society |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2024. Stepping Into the Fight: Innovating Cancer Care through Residency Training. Invited. MedTalk: Today's Innovation, Tomorrow's Medicine. Waco, Texas, US.
- 2024. Developing an Educator Portfolio. Invited. Educators' Forum. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Getting Started on your Educator Portfolio. Conference. Education Week. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. Don't Pass on the History. Invited. Grand Rounds- Clinicopathologic Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2019. Joint Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference. Conference. Joint Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. End of Life Care in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients. Conference. End of Life Care in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2023. A Needs Assessment Survey to Identify Barriers to and Perceptions of Educational Effort as a Pathway to Promotion Among Clinician Educators. Conference. A Needs Assessment Survey to Identify Barriers to and Perceptions of Educational Effort as a Pathway to Promotion Among Clinician Educators, US.
- 2023. In the Know: Understanding Key DEI Terms. Conference. In the Know: Understanding Key DEI Terms, US.
- 2022. A Curious Case of Acute Liver Injury. Accepted abstract and oral presentation. Conference. A Curious Case of Acute Liver Injury. Accepted abstract and oral presentation, US.
- 2022. Putting the Power back in PowerPoint: creating dynamic and engaging presentations for virtual audiences. Conference. Putting the Power back in PowerPoint: creating dynamic and engaging presentations for virtual audiences, US.
- 2021. Using social media to promote learning, community and belonging in a residency program. Accepted abstract and oral presentation. Conference. Using social media to promote learning, community and belonging in a residency program. Accepted abstract and oral presentation, US.
- 2019. Social Media Use in Millennial Learners. Conference. Social Media Use in Millennial Learners, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. Bridging the Gap: Building an Evidence-based Interprofessional Education Infrastructure in an Oncology-focused Academic Medical Center. Conference. Nexus Summit. virtual, US.
- 2025. Developing a clinician-educator pathway at a research-focused institution. Poster. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Nashville, Tennessee, US.
- 2019. Social Media in Medical Education and Faculty Development. Conference. Social Media in Medical Education and Faculty Development. Denver, CO, US.
Formal Peers
- 2025. Clinical Educator Professional Development. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Don't Pass on the History. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Simbaqueba Clavijo, CA, Odaro, OE, Gandhi, A, Koom-Dadzie, K, Musaelyan, A, Dickson, KB, Chua, R, Bhise, VR, Amoateng, MD, Tomy, S, Leal Alviarez, DJ, Phyu, EM, Bogdanich, I, Andersen, C, Sheshadri, A, Palaskas, NL, Halm, J, Manzano, JM. Immunotherapy-Related Adverse Events and Clinical Outcomes in Adult Solid-Tumor Patients Admitted to an Onco-Hospitalist Medicine Service. Cancers 17(3), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39941771.
- Odaro O, Lim, J. Using a Chat-Based Trivia Activity to Foster Community in Residency. Southern Medical Journal 117(7):365-368, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38959963.
- Ali N, Kheder E, Dickson K, Rubio D, Koom-Dadzie K, Edelkamp P, Lin H, Muthu M, Mohammed A, Leung C, Odaro O, Sibille M, 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. Accepted to the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting abstracts for online publication to the Journal of Clinical Oncology Supplement. Journal of Clinical Oncology Supplement, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Manzano JM, 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 at a comprehensive cancer center. Support Care Cancer 30(9):7783-7788, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35705751.
Abstracts
- Manzullo E, Faiz S, Hamill R, Tweardy D, Sembera C, Lahoti A, Odaro O. Preparing for the Future: Outcomes of an Oncologic Focused Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Odaro O. Identifying Barriers to and Perceptions of Educational Effort as a Pathway to Promotion Among Clinician Educators. The International Association For Health Professions Education (AMEE) Ottawa Conference, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- 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, Team D, Halm J. Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Disease and Mortality among Patients with Cancer. Annual Meeting of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, Nara, Japan, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Lim J, Odaro O. Internal Medicine Trivia Thursdays. Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Odaro O, Gross D. Making the D(IgA)gnosis: A Case of Vancomycin-Induced Bullous Disease. Associates Day of the American College of Physicians (ACP), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Chen N, Orhue Odaro. Talk Isn't Cheap: Comparison of Direct and Indirect Hand Offs on Inpatient Medicine Ward Teams. Associates Day of the American College of Physicians, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Sohail M, Odaro O, et al DK. A Winter Case of West Nile Encephalitis. Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Odaro O. A Diarrheal Dilemma. Presentation at: Citywide Hematology Grand Rounds; Houston, TX, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Pillai AB, Sadiq N, Simbaqueba C, Sahar HN, Brito-Dellan N, Mohammed A, Odaro O, Pham O, Tijani A, Phyu EM, Ann AGU, Chua RE, Hechter S, Millan J, Tierce H, Singhal R, Lin HY, Leung CH, Manzano JM, Franco-Vega MC. Risk factors of developing Multisystem immunotherapy-related adverse events among patients with breast cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified November 11, 2025