Alex O'Dell

Dr. Alex O'Dell is a board certified pediatrician at Origin Pediatrics in West Bloomfield. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, he came to the University of Michigan for his undergraduate degree and has been a Wolverine ever since. From there he went to Boston University for a Masters of Public Health, then returned to the Midwest for medical school at the University of Toledo and a pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of Michigan.

Residency showed him the gaps in the traditional insurance based system, where prior authorizations and fifteen minute visits left little room for prevention. That experience pointed him toward direct primary care, a model built around individualized attention rather than one size fits all medicine. He sees every child as unique, with health needs that call for a plan built just for them.

At the center of his approach is a strong relationship with each family, built on open communication. Dr. O'Dell believes primary care should do more than treat illness when it shows up. It should help kids build healthy habits that carry them well into adulthood.