Lynne Orozco, M.D.

Family Medicine
General Internal Medicine
Geriatric Medicine

Biography

Lynne Orozco, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Orozco earned her medical degree at the Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University of Buffalo. She completed a residency in family medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020.

Dr. Orozco provides health care to underserved populations, both in the United States and globally. In Dallas, she works with people living within 200% of the federal poverty level guidelines, especially immigrant populations.

Dr. Orozco is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association, the Christian Medical & Dental Associations, the National Health Services Corps, and the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Education & Training

Medical School - Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University of Buffalo (2002-2006)
Internship - University at Buffalo School of Medicine (2006-2007), Family Medicine
Residency - University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine (2007-2009), Family Medicine

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Academy of Family Physicians
American Medical Association
Christian Medical & Dental Associations
National Health Services Corps
Society of Hospital Medicine

Honors & Awards

Hope Clinic Excellence Award 2019
Hardy Bonifant Woodbridge Academic Excellence Award 2009, Superior academic achievement, University of Mississippi
Intern of the Year 2007, Buffalo General Hospital
President’s Award 2006, Academy of Family Physicians
CDC’s Westra Scholarship 2005, International medicine and epidemiology
Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society 2005
Griswold Award 2004, Honoring medical service and scholarship

Books & Publications

Publications
- Uncommon but not rare.
  Orozco LA, Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association 2010 Jan 51 1 11-3
- Prevalence of antibodies against orthopoxviruses among residents of Likouala region, Republic of Congo: evidence for monkeypox virus exposure.
  Lederman ER, Reynolds MG, Karem K, Braden Z, Learned-Orozco LA, Wassa-Wassa D, Moundeli O, Hughes C, Harvey J, Regnery R, Mombouli JV, Damon IK, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007 Dec 77 6 1150-6
- Extended interhuman transmission of monkeypox in a hospital community in the Republic of the Congo, 2003.
  Learned LA, Reynolds MG, Wassa DW, Li Y, Olson VA, Karem K, Stempora LL, Braden ZH, Kline R, Likos A, Libama F, Moudzeo H, Bolanda JD, Tarangonia P, Boumandoki P, Formenty P, Harvey JM, Damon IK, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2005 Aug 73 2 428-34

Clinical Focus

General Internal Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Women's Health
Global Health
Social Determinants of Health