James Robert O'dell MD

James R. O’Dell, M.D. is the Stokes Shackleford Professor of Internal Medicine, Vice-Chairman of Internal Medicine and Chief of the Section of Rheumatology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha. He also has served as Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program at UNMC for the last 31 years where he has directed the training of over 700 internal medicine residents.

Dr. O’Dell received his undergraduate degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in electrical engineering. He received his medical degree and completed a residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. Dr. O’Dell completed a clinical and research fellowship in Rheumatology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver in 1984 and is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.