Dr. Odonkor is Vice-Chair of Research in Division of Physiatry, Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation at Yale. He is a Yale (medical school), Johns Hopkins (residency) and Harvard (fellowship)-trained physician with specialty training in Physiatry, Anesthesia Pain Medicine, Advanced Interventional Spine & Regenerative Medicine. He is double-board certified in Interventional Pain and Physiatry. Dr. Odonkor's lab is interested in utilizing insights from quantitative analytics and bioinformatics: To develop tools for precision health and pain medicine To bridge the gap between subjective qualitative versus objective quantitative approach to treatment, prevention and management of orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions. From a population health perspective, the lab is working together with collaborators at Stanford: To help establish safe prescriptive and diagnostic physical activity parameters for persons with spine and pain conditions to encourage a more active and healthy patient population. In partnerships with researchers at Harvard, the lab is also studying: The long-term clinical impact of neuromodulation therapies such as spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation in the treatment of chronic pain disorders. Health care resource utilization, disparities in health outcomes and access to neuromodulation therapies. He is a member of AAPM, AAPMR, NANS, NASS and IPSIS.
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Orthopedics & Rehabilitation
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Pain
Boston Scientific Scope Trial Research Grant 2024
Boston Scientific
Biowave Corporation, Research Grant for Clinical Trial
Biowave Corporation
North American Neuromodulation Society Travel Award
North American Neuromodulation Society
American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine Travel Award
American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
National Center of Excellence Award for the Intracept Procedure
Boston Scientific
Doximity Top 10% of most published clinicians 2022
Doximity
Doximity Top 10% of most cited clinicians 2022
Doximity
1st Place, Best of Meeting Research Paper Award 2017
American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
President’s Citation Award for Best Research Paper
American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
1st Place, Best Research Paper Award, Resident Category 2017
Association of Academic Physiatrists
Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Community Service 2017
Johns Hopkins University, 35th Commemoration
Johns Hopkins Medicine Outstanding Leadership Award
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator
Yale University, New Haven, USA
01 Sep 2019 - 01 Apr 2025