Emory Neurosurgery Faculty:
Odette Harris, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Chief of Neurosurgery Service, Grady Memorial Hospital
80 Jesse Hill Dr. SE
Faculty Office Building #339
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-778-1398
Dr. Odette Harris is Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Emory and Chief of Neurosurgery Service at Grady Memorial Hospital where she specializes in peripheral nerve and head trauma. Dr. Harris graduated from Dartmouth College and received her MD degree from Stanford University School of Medicine. She did her internship and residency at Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, California. She also earned a Masters of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley.
Upon completing her neurosurgical residency, Dr. Harris was awarded the William VanWagenen Fellowship from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. She completed her research related to this fellowship at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica where she also served as Visiting Consultant in Neurosurgery. Dr. Haris has also completed a fellowship with Dr. David Kline at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Peripheral Nerve Surgery.
Dr. Harris has authored several scientific articles and has won many research awards including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Clinical Fellowship Award, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Spinal Cord/Spinal Column Injury Award and the Western Neurosurgical Society Resident Award for research on minor traumatic brain injury. Her research efforts have been recognized by the government of Jamaica; where she was awarded the National Road Safety Council Award for outstanding contribution in traumatic brain injury.
Dr. Harris is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. She holds a joint appointment in Neurosurgery at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica.
Her research focus is epidemiology of neurotrauma in developing countries and urban communities.
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Areas of Clinical Interest:
- peripheral nerve
- head trauma
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