Dr. Odell is a Stanford and UCLA trained practicing anesthesiologist and pain management physician, board certified in both. He also holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Stanford and has published in the electromedicine literature. He has actively been practicing pain medicine for the past six years, and a large percentage of his practice has involved medical-legal cases.
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
Dr. Robert H. Odell, Jr. 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.MD, PhD (Biomedical Engineering) Stanford Univ School of Medicine 1976
State medical licenses in AZ, CA, NV, NY, GA, FL, TN (pending)
Board certified in pain medicine (American Board of Pain Medicine)
Board certified in anesthesiology (American Board of Anesthesiology)
Certification of American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians in Fluoroscopy and Radiation Safety
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.
His experience includes more than 30 depositions and trials. His goal as a treating expert is to provide an accurate assessment of a patient's condition, to treat if possible, and to enable attorneys to make reasonable, informed decisions about the case. As a non-treating (outside) expert, his goal is to provide an accurate and honest assessment of a case regardless of for which "side" he has been hired.
