Charles Amoatey Odonkor

Prof. Charles Amoatey Odonkor

Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Biography

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.

Affiliations

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Orthopedics & Rehabilitation

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Pain

Honors and Awards

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Boston Scientific Scope Trial Research Grant 2024

Boston Scientific

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Biowave Corporation, Research Grant for Clinical Trial

Biowave Corporation

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North American Neuromodulation Society Travel Award

North American Neuromodulation Society

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American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine Travel Award

American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine

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National Center of Excellence Award for the Intracept Procedure

Boston Scientific

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Doximity Top 10% of most published clinicians 2022

Doximity

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Doximity Top 10% of most cited clinicians 2022

Doximity

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1st Place, Best of Meeting Research Paper Award 2017

American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine

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President’s Citation Award for Best Research Paper

American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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1st Place, Best Research Paper Award, Resident Category 2017

Association of Academic Physiatrists

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Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Community Service 2017

Johns Hopkins University, 35th Commemoration

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Johns Hopkins Medicine Outstanding Leadership Award

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Experience

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

Yale University, New Haven, USA

01 Sep 2019 - 01 Apr 2025