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About Yazmin Odia

Yazmin Odia, MD, MS, serves as Chief of Neuro-Oncology at Miami Cancer Institute (MCI) at Baptist Health South Florida (BHSF) since 2016. At BHSF, she also serves on the Scientific Review Committee (SRC) at MCI and Neuroscience Research Fund (NRF) Review Committee.  A Chicago Honor Scholar, she received her bachelor’s of arts and medical degree from the University of Chicago, and her Master of Science in clinical research at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She completed a residency in neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, and a clinical and research fellowship in the Neuro-Oncology Branch of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. As a UCNS board-certified Neuro-Oncologist, she was appointed assistant professor of Neurology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons and an assistant attending neurologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY. Dr. Odia is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN) and serves as Chair of the Diversity Leadership Subcommittee and in the Leadership Development Committee, Health Care Disparities Taskforce, Spanish Language Work Group, and Undergraduate Education Subcommittee. She serves as Editor of the AAN Leadership Alumni Newsletter and previously served on the editorial board of Clinics in Oncology – CNS Tumors and Journal of Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology. Her honors include Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital’s Stephen Q. Shafer Award for Humanism in Neurology and John Hopkins’ Guy M. McKhann Award for Teaching and Communication Excellence; she received the Top Doctor Awards in New York City in 2015-16 and in Miami in 2018 and named a US Castle Connolly Top Doctor (2019).

Positions

August 2016 - Present Lead Physician of Medical Neuro-Oncology, Baptist Health South Florida Miami Cancer Institute
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November 2016 - Present Voluntary Clinical Assistant Professor, Translational Medicine, Florida International University ‐ Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
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November 2016 - August 2019 Voluntary Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosciences, Florida International University ‐ Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
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June 2013 - June 2016 Assistant Attending Neurologist, New York Presbyterian Hospital
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June 2013 - June 2016 Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neuro-Oncology Division, Columbia University ‐ College of Physicians and Surgeons
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August 2010 - June 2013 Neurology Consultation Service and Overnight Call, National Institutes of Health ‐ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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Grants

2018 - Present Phase I/II trial of Oral JP001 Combination Therapy for Newly Diagnosed WHO grade IV Astrocytomas
Investigator Initiate Trial Support
$1,000,000
2017 - Present Phase I/II trial of combination tumor treating fields, nivolumab plus/minus ipilimumab for bevacizumab-naïve, recurrent glioblastoma
Investigator Initiate Trial Support
$900,000
2018 - 2019 Biomarker Correlative Study of ONC014 Trial
Neuroscience Research Fund, Baptist Health Hospital
$40,000
2015 - 2016 Pilot Study for Junior Faculty
Matheson Foundation, Columbia University
$50,000
2010 - 2013 Intramural Loan Repayment Program (LRP)
National Institutes of Health
$35,000
2009 - 2010 NINDS Research Education Program for Residents and Fellows in Neurology and Neurosurgery
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
2003 - 2005 Initiative for Minority Student Development funded by NIH/NIGMS [R25 GM55252]
Mayo Graduate School
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2017 - Present Member, American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
2010 - Present Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2010 - Present Member, Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO)
2008 - Present Member, American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
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Honors and Awards

  • 05/2019 – Present Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN)
  • 2019 Castle Connolly Top Doctors, America's Top Doctors
  • 2018 – 2019 Top Doctor – Patient Reviews, Neuro-Oncology
  • 2015 – 2016 Top Doctor – Patient Reviews, Neuro-Oncology
  • 4/2016 – 9/2016 Diversity Leadership Program, American Academy of Neurology
  • 4/19/2015 Women in Leadership Program, American Academy of Neurology
  • 06/2015 Stephen Q. Shafer Award: For Humanism in Neurology
  • 07/2010 – 07/2013 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bethesda, MD Intramural Loan Repayment Program (LRP)
  • 06/24/2010 Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital Slotkin Award: Best Overall Neurology Chief Research Presentation
  • 06/19/2010 Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD Guy M. McKhann Award: Teaching and Communication Excellence
  • 11/2007 – 06/2010 Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital Neurology Residency Admissions Class Representative
  • REFER TO CV FOR ADDITIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS

Education

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July 2010 - June 2013 Fellowship Program - Neuro-Oncology, National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute of Neurologic Disorders & Stroke (NINDS)
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July 2007 - June 2010 Residency Program - Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospitals
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July 2006 - June 2007 Intership - Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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September 2000 - June 2006 Doctor of Medicine, M.D., University of Chicago ‐ Pritzker School of Medicine
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June 2003 - June 2005 Clinical Research, M.S., Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science ‐ Mayo Graduate School
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September 1996 - June 2000 Biology, B.A., University of Chicago ‐ The College of the University of Chicago
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Contact Information

Miami Cancer Institute
8900 North Kendall Drive
Miami, FL 33176
(786) 596-2000



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