Olufolarin Oke, M.D. Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Internal Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Olufolarin Oke, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Hospital Medicine. Originally from Nigeria, Dr. Oke earned his medical degree at Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai in New York. He then completed internal medicine residency training at Stanford University Hospital in California. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Oke joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020. Dr. Oke’s interests include providing mentorship to medical students and residents; high-quality care delivery to socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals and ethnic minorities; quality improvement research in high-value care and resource utilization in the inpatient setting. Personal Note Dr. Oke’s interests outside of medicine include soccer, ping-pong, tennis, and golf. Education Medical School Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2017) Residency Stanford Health Care (2020), Internal Medicine Research Interest Clinical Outcomes / Followup Care in Patients of Low Socio-economic Status and Ethnic Minorities Quality Improvement / High Value Care / Elimination of Waste Publications Featured Publications Quality improvement project to reduce medicare 1-day write-offs due to inappropriate admission orders. Oke O, Sullivan KM, Hom J, Svec D, Weng Y, Shieh L, BMC Health Serv Res 2024 Feb 24 1 204 Implementing Patient-Directed Cancer Education Materials Across Nigeria. Dickerson JC, Ibeka P, Inoyo I, Oke OO, Adewuyi SA, Barry D, Bello A, Fasawe O, Garrity P, Habeebu M, Huang FW, Mulema V, Nwankwo KC, Remen D, Wiwa O, Bhatt AS, Roy M, JCO Glob Oncol 2021 09 7 1610-1619 Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced bleb-niche formation in epithelial cells is independent of actinomyosin contraction and enhanced by loss of cystic fibrosis transmembrane-conductance regulator osmoregulatory function. Jolly AL, Takawira D, Oke OO, Whiteside SA, Chang SW, Wen ER, Quach K, Evans DJ, Fleiszig SM, mBio 2015 Feb 6 2 e02533 Results 1-3 of 3 1 Honors & Awards Clinical Decision Making AwardStanford University (2018) Professional Associations/Affiliations Society of Bedside Medicine (2019) Society of Hospital Medicine (2020) Texas Medical Association (2020)
