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Yazmin Odia

Chief of Neuro-Oncology

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    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).

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    Education/Academic qualification

    Fellowship Program - Neuro-Oncology, National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute of Neurologic Disorders & Stroke (NINDS)

    2010 → 2013

    Residency Program - Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospitals

    2007 → 2010

    Intership - Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

    2006 → 2007

    Pritzker School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, M.D., University of Chicago

    2000 → 2006

    Mayo Graduate School, Clinical Research, M.S., Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

    2003 → 2005

    The College of the University of Chicago, Biology, B.A., University of Chicago

    1996 → 2000

    External positions

    Voluntary Clinical Assistant Professor, Translational Medicine, Florida International University

    Nov 1 2016 → …

    Voluntary Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosciences, Florida International University

    Nov 1 2016 → Aug 1 2019

    Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neuro-Oncology Division, Columbia University

    Jun 1 2013 → Jun 1 2016

    Assistant Attending Neurologist, New York Presbyterian Hospital

    Jun 1 2013 → Jun 1 2016

    Neurology Consultation Service and Overnight Call, National Institutes of Health

    Aug 1 2010 → Jun 1 2013

    Disciplines

    • Medicine and Health Sciences
    • Neurosciences
    • Neurology
    • Oncology
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    • 18F-Fluciclovine for Detection of Recurrent Brain Metastases After Radiation Therapy: Image Interpretation Criteria and Diagnostic Performance From the PURSUE Study

      PURSUE Study Group, 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

      Open Access

    • A framework for using DNA methylation-based modelling for the clinical management of cranial meningioma

      Landry, A. P., Wang, J. Z., Patil, V., Ajisebutu, A., Gui, C., Yefet, L. S., Ellenbogen, Y., Liu, J., Mamatjan, Y., Wei, Q., Singh, O., Mansouri, S., Ehret, F., Capper, D., Cohen-Gadol, A., Tabatabai, G., Tatagiba, M., Behling, F., Barnholtz-Sloan, J. & Sloan, A. E. & 139 others, Chambless, L. B., Mansouri, A., Makarenko, S., Yip, S., Tsang, D. S., Gao, A., Aldape, K., Nassiri, F., Zadeh, G., Santarius, T., Selman, W., Couce, M., Sloan, A. E., Brastianos, P. K., Shih, H. A., Linda Bi, W., Huang, R. Y., Wen, P. Y., Walbert, T., Lee, I., Felicella, M., Brodie, C., Malta, T., Castro, A. V. C., Noushmehr, H., Snyder, J., Dimeco, F., Saladino, A., Pollo, B., Schichor, C., Tonn, J. C., Kaufmann, T. J., Lachance, D., Giannini, C., Galanis, E., Raghunathan, A., Hanemann, C. O., Au, K., Goldbrunner, R., Galldiks, N., Timmer, M., Ole Schimdt, N., Herold-Mende, C., Sahm, F., Jungk, C., Jungwirth, G., Von Deimling, A., Jenkinson, M. D., Millward, C. P., Islim, A. I., Drummond, K., Morokoff, A., Tabatabai, G., Behling, F., Renovanz, M., Tatagiba, M., Santacroce, A., La Fougere, C., Schittenhelm, J., Raleigh, D. R., Perry, A., Butowski, N., Westphal, M., Lamszus, K., Ricklefs, F., Mawrin, C., Horbinski, C. M., Ng, H. K., Snuderl, M., Kurz, S., Sulman, E. P., Zada, G., Cohen-Gadol, A., Yip, S., Makarenko, S., Zherebitskiy, V., Hnenny, L., Dunn, I. F., Moliterno, J., McDermott, M. W., Vogelbaum, M., Javadpour, M., Fountain, D., Mathiesen, T. I., Aldape, K., Barnholtz-Sloan, J., Pathmanaban, O., Boutros, P. C., Alkividias, T., Fountas, K. N., Walsh, K. M., Short, S. C., Carvalho, B., Maas, S. L. N., Bos, E. M., Dincer, A., Kurz, S., Passlack, P., Deng, M., Ehret, F., Mehta, M. P., Odia, Y., Everson, R., Balogun, J. A., Lopez, C., Calabrese, E., Karschnia, P., Teske, N., Fariselli, L., Greve, T., Arvaniti, C., Benjamin, C., Ivan, M., Jackson, C., Jeyaretna, S., Scartoni, D., Amelio, D., Palmer, J., Ivanidze, J., Ostrom, Q., Trung Kien, D., Youngblood, M., Millareschavez, M., Althgafi, M., Emerson, S., Weller, M., Lerhun, E., Martínez-Pérez, R., Smee, R., Mukherjee, R., Cervio, A., Turner, C., Muirhead, W., Molina, E. S., Julius, V., Chen, J., Karmur, B., Mrugala, M. & Neth, B., Feb 1 2026, In: Neuro-Oncology. 28, 2, p. 430-439 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

      Open Access

    • Emerging therapies for glioblastoma

      Sarfraz, Z., Ranjan, T., Mustafayev, F. N. A., Jaramillo, M., Odia, Y., Venur, V. A. & Ahluwalia, M. S., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 176, 1, 116.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

    • Feasibility and utility of a tablet-based digital neurocognitive assessment following radiosurgery for brain metastases

      Akdemir, E. Y., DiStefano, J., Reyes, T. C., Odia, Y., Press, R. H., Hall, M. D., Wieczorek, D. J., Lee, Y. C., Tolakanahalli, R., Gutierrez, A. N., McDermott, M. W., Mehta, M. P. & Kotecha, R., Apr 14 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scientific Reports.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    • Advances in stem cell-based therapeutic transfers for glioblastoma treatment

      Bardhan, M., Muneer, M. A., Khare, A., Minesh Shah, R., Kaur, A., Vasipalli, S. S., Suresh, V., Podder, V., Ahluwalia, M., Odia, Y. & Chen, Z., 2025, In: Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 25, 6, p. 699-715 17 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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