Odette A. Harris '91

Dr. Harris manages the care of patients suffering from traumatic brain injury implementing treatment algorithms aimed at improving outcomes.

She majored in Biology at Dartmouth and received her MD degree from Stanford University School of Medicine where she also completed Residency. She earned a Master of Public Health, Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Harris has won numerous academic, research and humanitarian awards. Most recently, she was recognized in 2019 by Forbes and Ebony Magazine Power 100 List Award as one of 100 most influential African Americans and received the National Medical Fellowships (NMF) Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine. She was appointed a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network in 2018. In 2022 and 2024, Dr Harris was recognized by Stanford University as one of Stanford's 13 women's history makers. Dr Harris' Endowed Professorship further distinguishes her as the first African American woman in neurosurgery and the first woman in neurosurgery at Stanford to receive this honor.

As a Dartmouth volunteer, she has served as an Admissions Interviewer, on the Dartmouth Alumni Council and Mentor to undergraduates and alumni pursuing STEM.

Dr. Harris lives in Silicon Valley with her husband and two daughters.