Olethia E. Chisolm, M.D., FACP, FAHA, is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine. She is an internal medicine physician with more than 25 years of clinical experience and extensive background in medical education, population health, and chronic disease management. Her work centers on improving health outcomes for underserved communities, with a focus on hypertension, diabetes and complex chronic conditions. In her role at the college, she mentors and instructs medical students in longitudinal primary care, oversees didactic instruction, and provides clinical supervision grounded in evidence-based practice and health equity.

Her professional interests include developing innovative care models, advancing integrated chronic disease management, and addressing disparities through culturally responsive clinical care. She is deeply committed to active learning, cultural humility, and training future physicians in their clinical reasoning. She has also contributed to institutional efforts in population health integration, quality improvement and learner development.

Previously, Chisolm spent more than two decades as a staff physician and clinical educator at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, a major multi-specialty health care system in Houston. She served in multiple leadership roles, including chair of the cardiac care committee, physician lead for the Target BP initiative, and coordinator for the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring program. She helped design and launch the clinic’s Virtual Hypertension Clinic, enrolling and managing care for 150 African American men to reduce chronic disease disparities. She also developed and delivered annual hypertension education for primary care physicians and served as a subject matter expert in hypertension, diabetes and complex chronic care. Earlier in her career, she served as a managing physician at the Palm Center Clinic, where she led operations and provided care in a medically underserved community.