Dr Ode is a board certified Internist and a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. He graduated from medical school in 1985 and carried out post graduate training in pathology. He obtained a masters degree in Toxicology from the University of Surrey, U.K in 1995 and crossed over to the United States where he completed his internal medicine residency program at Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan. He moved to Atlanta in the year 2000 and has since been practicing as a sole practitioner of Internal medicine while also working part time in a weight loss clinic.