Professor Emeritus
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Dr. Michael W. O'Dell received his Medical Degree in 1985 from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. In 1991, he completed a Fellowship in Brain Injury and Trauma Rehabilit. He is Professor Emeritus of Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. He joined NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in 2001, prior to which he held several academic appointments, medical directorships and administrative positions. He is nationally recognized in the rehabilitation of brain injury and neurological diseases. Dr. O'Dell is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR) and American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. He served on the Editorial Boards of both the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation and the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is the co-editor of Cancer Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, published by Demos in 2009. Dr. O'Dell has published over 15 book chapters, nearly 90 neurological scientific papers, dozens of abstracts, given professional presentations throughout the world in the area of neurological rehabilitation medicine.