Our Providers

Jeffrey G. Odel, MD
  • Professor of Ophthalmology at CUMC

Dr. Jeffrey Odel is a Professor of Ophthalmology at CUMC and specializes in the field of Neuro-Ophthalmology.

Dr. Odel is active in both clinical and research arenas. His present research interest is in developing efficient clinical tools to distinguish vision loss and visual field loss of optic nerve origin from that of retinal origin. He works with Donald C. Hood, Ph. D., of the department of psychology, in a weekly conference where visual fields are correlated with multifocal electroretinography, multifocal visual evoked potentials and spectral domain optical coherence tomography. He will be addressing with Dr. Hood the most cost effective diagnostic pathway of the work-up of visual loss under different clinical scenarios.

Board Certifications

  • Ophthalmology

Areas of Expertise

  • Neuro-Ophthalmology

    Education & Training

  • University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Internship: Henry Ford Hospital
  • Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
  • Fellowship: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Locations

  • Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute

    635 West 165th Street
    New York, NY 10032
    Phone:
    (212) 305-5415
    For new and current patient appointments, call:
    (212) 305-5415
    Fax:
    (212) 305-3389

Provider Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia

Insurance Programs

Please contact the provider's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

  • Aetna [EPO, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, NY Signature, NYP Employee Plan, POS, PPO, Signature Administrators, Student Health]
  • Cigna [EPO, Great West, HMO, POS, PPO]
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield [Blue Access (Exchange), EPO, Gatekeeper (Exchange), HMO, Medicare Managed Care, Pathway (Exchange), POS, PPO]
  • MagnaCare [MagnaCare]
  • Medicare [Traditional Medicare (NY)]
  • Oxford Health Plans [Freedom, Liberty, Medicare Managed Care]
  • TRICARE [TRICARE]
  • UnitedHealthcare [Columbia University Employee Plan, Compass (Exchange), Essential Plan, HMO, Medicaid (Community Plan), Medicare Managed Care, POS, PPO]

This provider accepts new patients

Appointment Phone Number: (212) 305-5415

Honors & Awards

1992 The Philip Knapp Memorial Teaching Award, NYPH

Publications

Xu L, Winn BJ, Odel JG. Lyme-associated Orbital Inflammation Presenting as Painless Subacute Unilateral Ptosis. J. Neuroophthalmol. September:32(3):246-248:2012.

Levin F, Schubert HD, Merriam JC, Blume RS, Odel JG. Occult Temporal Arteritis in a 54 year old Man. J. Neuroophthalmol. June:31(2):153-4:2011.

Hood DC, Raza AS, DeMoraes CG, Odel JG, Greenstein VC, Liebmann JM, Ritch R. Initial Arcuate Defects within the Central 10 Degrees in Glaucoma. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. Feb 16:52(2):940:2011.

Dale EA, Hood DC, Greenstein VC, Odel JG. A Comparison of Multifocal ERG and Frequency Domain OCT Changes in Patients with Abnormalities of the Retina. Doc. Ophthalmol. Apr; 120(2):175-186:2010.

Ghadiali Q, Hood DC, Lee C, Manns J, Llinas A, Grover LK, Greenstein VC, Liebmann JM, Odel JG, Ritch R. An Analysis of Normal Variations in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Profiles Measured with Optical Coherence Tomography. J. Glaucoma. Aug;17(5)333-340:2008.

Chan P, Odel JG. Delayed Dark Adaptation Caused by Nilutamide. J. Neuroophthalmol. Jun;28(2):158-159:2008.

Grover LK, Hood DC, Ghadiali Q, Grippo TM, Wenick AS, Greenstein VC, Behrens MM, Odel JG. A Comparison of Multifocal and Conventional Visual Evoked Potential Techniques in Patients with Optic Neuritis/Multiple Sclerosis. Doc. Ophthalmol. Sep;117(2):121-128:2008.Epub 2008 Jan. 18.

Hood DC, Anderson S, Rouleau J, Wenick AS, Grover LK, Behrens MM, Odel JG, Lee AG, Kardon RH. Retinal Nerve Fiber Structure Versus Visual Field Function in Patients with Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. A Test of a Linear Model. Ophthalmology. May;115(5):904-910:2008. Epub 2007 Sep. 17.

Yang EB, Hood DC, Rodarte C, Zhang X, Odel JG, Behrens MM. Improvement in Conduction Velocity After Optic Neuritis Measured with the Multifocal VEP. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. Feb;48(2)692-698:2007.

Semela L, Yang EB, Hedges TR, Vuong L, Odel JG, Hood DC. Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential in Unilateral Compressive Optic Neuropathy. Br. J. Ophthalmol. April;91(4):445-448. Epub 2006 Oct. 31.

Hood DC, Chen JY, Yang EB, Rodarte C, Wenick AS, Grippo TM, Odel JG, Ritch R. The Role of the Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential (mfVEP) Latency in Understanding Optic Nerve and Retinal Diseases.Trans. Am. Ophthalmol. Soc. 104:71-77:2006.

Chen JY, Hood DC, Odel JG, Behrens, MM. The Effects of Retinal Abnormalities on the Multifocal Visual Evoked Potential. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. Oct;47(10):4378-4385:2006.

Wenick AS, Odel JG. Serpiginous Choroiditis by Any Other Name. Arch Ophthalmol. Nov;123(11):1616-1618.2005.

Hood DC, Xu L, Thienprasiddhi P, Greenstein VC, Odel JG, Grippo TM, Liebmann JM, Ritch R. The Pattern Electroretinogram in Glaucoma Patients with Confirmed Visual Field Deficits. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. Jul;46(7):2411-2418:2005.

Hargitai J, Mackay C, Behrens MM, Odel JG, Hood DC, Gouras P. Auto-immune-like Cone Dystrophy. Doc. Ophthalmol. Nov;109(3):215-221:2005.