Primary Areas of Expertise:
Anesthesiology Malpractice and Defense
Interventional Pain Management
Medication Management Adverse Outcomes – Plaintiff and Defense
Over-billing & Over-utilization in Pain Management
Expert Witness – Pain Management & Anesthesiology
Dr. Robert Odell is a Stanford and UCLA trained practicing anesthesiologist and pain management physician, board certified in both. As a fellow of the Medical Scientist Training Program, he received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Stanford University in 1974 and his MD degree from Stanford in 1976. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at UCLA, and served as chief resident at Harbor/UCLA Medical Center in 1982. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology (1983), American Academy of Pain Management (2001), the American Board of Pain Medicine (2007) and the World Institute of Pain (2008) as a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice.
As an active clinician, Dr. Odell has been practicing anesthesiology since 1982, and pain management in the Las Vegas and Phoenix areas since 2001. His clinical practice is a mixture of clinical anesthesiology, interventional pain management, and a revolutionary approach to neuropathic pain (including peripheral neuropathies) using a combined electrochemical block technique which he helped to develop. He has also been retained as an expert witness in the anesthesia and pain management fields and has consulted in a wide variety of cases.
He assisted in the development of a neurodiagnostic test used in the clinic to detect the level of the pain generator in neck and low back pain. He has extensive experience with a wide variety of non-interventional and interventional acute and chronic pain management techniques, including vertebral axial decompression and electroanalgesia. His most recent publications include the “Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Electronic Signal Treatment”; Pain Physician 2008; 11:891-907 (Nov/Dec edition), an abstract presentation to the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) on “Combination Electrochemical Therapy (CET) to treat Patients with Diabetic Neuropathy”, and “New Technique Combines Electrical Currents and Local Anesthesia for Pain Management”, Practical Pain Management 2011; 11 (5): 52-68 (June 2011).
Curriculum Vitae
Personal
Date of Birth: December 26, 1946
Place of Birth: Bryn Mawr, PA
Certifications
Diplomat, American Board of Anesthesiology; 1983
Diplomat, American Academy of Pain Management; 2001
Diplomat, American Board of Pain Medicine; 2007
Competency Certification in Fluoroscopy & Radiation Safety, Administered by American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians; 2007
Fellow of Interventional Pain Management (FIPP); 2008
Education & Residency
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania, Phila, PA, 1965 – 70; B.S. E.E., A.B. (Chemistry); Summa cum laude, Class of 1946 Award
Medical School & Post Graduate: Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, 1970- 1976; M.S. E.E., Ph. D. Biomedical Engineering (1974); M.D. 1976
Internship: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, Flexible; 1976 – 77
Residency: UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, Orthopedic Surgery, 1977-78
Residency: UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, Anesthesiology; 1980 – 82
Chief Resident Harbor General/UCLA Medical Center 1982
Clinical Practice
Anesthesiology, 1982 – Present
Interventional Pain Management, 2001 – Present
Expert Witness – Cases as treating expert, plaintiff expert, defense expert in anesthesiology (except pediatrics and cardiac), and interventional pain management
Licensure
California (6/77) G34242
Georgia (2005) 057229
Nevada (12/88) 5774
Arizona (9/99) 27848
New York (2001) 219653
Florida (2007) ME 99099
Tennessee (2008) MD43044
Texas (2011) P0646
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