Kemi Olaiya, DO, FAAP

Dr. Oluwaseun ‘Kemi' Olaiya is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center. Dr. Olaiya is board certified in internal medicine, pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology. Dr. Olaiya cares for children with general hematology conditions and nutritional anemias. She aims to to improve clinical outcomes for people with sickle cell disease, hemostatic and thrombotic blood disorders, particularly women, girls, and adolescents. Dr. Olaiya recognizes the role that physicians play in health advocacy and plans to continue to pursue opportunities to address health inequities and patient-centered outcomes through research, community involvement and clinical care.

She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Texas A&M University and her medical degree from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC-TCOM). She completed a 4-year combined internal medicine-pediatrics residency training at the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP) and served as one of the IM/Peds chiefs. She subsequently completed a 3-year fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO.

Education

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors and awards

2021

Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society Scientific Symposium Abstract Award

2018

Roland BScot Travel Award for American Society of Hematology

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Olaiya O, Hyatt T, Mathew A, Staudaher S, Bachman Z,. Zhao Y. Building connections between biomedical sciences and ethics for medical students. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Dec 1;22(1):829. doi: 10.1186/12909-022-03865-y. PMID: 36456922; PMCID: PMC9714188.

Ansteatt KT, Unzicker CJ, Hurn ML, Olaiya OO, Nugent DJ, Tarantino MD. The Need for comprehensive care for persons with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura. J Blood Med. 2020;11:457-463. doi:10.2147/JBM.S289390.

Farooki S, Olaiya O, Tarbell L, Clark NA, Linebarger JS, Stroh ,J Elis K, Lewing .K Aquality improvement project ot increase palliative care team involvement ni pediatric oncology patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 Nov 19:28804. doi:10.1002/pbc.28804.

Olaiya, O, and W. Li. Frequent Erythrophagocytosis by Leukemic Blasts ni B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Blood 131.19 (2018): 2178. Print.