Odette M. Zero, MD

I aim to provide comprehensive and compassionate healthcare to individuals of all ages. I am bilingual in English and Spanish and enjoy working with Spanish-speaking patients. My pronouns are She/Her/Hers.” I am from Indianapolis, Indiana and am the daughter (and granddaughter) of several generations of dentists. I grew up living between Indiana and Guatemala, my mother’s home country and my second home. I studied Anthropology and Global Health at Northwestern University and worked abroad in Guatemala and rural India. I also co-founded and directed a volunteer organization that trained students as health information navigators at public libraries. Following this, I was a Global Health Corps Fellow in the Bronx, NY, where I discovered the beauty of longitudinal primary care as a program coordinator of prenatal and well-baby group care for underserved Latina mothers. I pursued a MD-ScM in Primary Care Population Medicine at Brown University, focusing my thesis and advocacy work on the healthcare experiences of undocumented Latinx survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). At Brown, I co-ran a mental health clinic for uninsured immigrants, organized medical evaluations and wrote affidavits for asylum seekers, and volunteered at a IPV prevention non-profit. As a family medicine physician, I aim to provide comprehensive and compassionate care for the underserved of all legal statuses, skin colors, and gender and sexual identities. I envision a career that incorporates advocacy for Latinx patients through community-based research and partnership, human rights work, global health, and full-spectrum patient-centered care. In my free time, I enjoy reading, writing, tennis, yoga, traveling and tending to my house plants. My partner and I are excited for a new adventure in the PNW!