When we moved here from Kentucky 2 yrs ago we had no idea of where to turn for our family physician. We have not been disappointed with Dr. Odom, Caitlin Michalak, PA, or any of his staff. They have always been professional with both my husband and I (my husband has several medical conditions and each has been well addressed by Dr. Odom or his staff, or we have been recommended to specialists who have also met or exceeded our expectations). The staff is young, very friendly and refreshing. We do not dread going to see our doctors at this office as we have some in the past. read more

I'm spoiled by my previous doctors. I'm spoiled by having grown up in the midwest where hospitality seems to come more easily. This place weirds me out when I go. You have to be buzzed in and out of the door. I guess maybe that's normal with most doctors? The practice that I've always gone do never had that. It was very open and friendly. I only saw Dr. Odom twice. He seems like a very nice man. He took pretty good care of both my husband and I. Overall, I don't see much problem with him. His PA, Dr. Meadows, is a different story. I saw her one multiple occasions. She seemed pretty decent, not as personable as doctors I've had before, but at this point I hope to never visit her again. I had a skin tag on my calf. I thought nothing of it, it was a skin tag and showed no negative signs. Then one day, out of the blue, after having had it for months, I started cutting it with my razor when I shaved. Okay, annoying, but nothing big. So when i went to the doctor the next time, I mentioned it. I just wanted to make sure I didn't need to worry about it. She suggested freezing it off. Okay, sounds great. So she does. She warns me it'll get worse before better, but that's all she says, and I am not thinking, so I don't ask more. Two weeks later it still looks awful. I call to ask if it's suppose to look that bad for that long...they say it's fine, give it another week. The next week it's still awful. It's the size of a dime, which the tag was like the size of the head of a nail, and I read online that you're not suppose to freeze much, if any, of the surrounding tissue. Dr. Odom decides he wants to look at it. He tells me that it's fine and if it gets worse, come back, after having stared at it for a lot longer than I would have thought it would take to think it's fine. Now it's 4-5 months later and I still have a dine sized purpley-grey scar on the middle of my calf. If I would have known that would have happened I would have kept the tiny skin colored skin tag that you couldn't even see! Oh, and this office has a tendency to have LONG waits. I once waited 20 minutes in the lobby, was brought back to a room, and waited 45 minutes before the doctor even came in...and then the "exam" was only 5 minutes long. They charge you if you are late to an appointment because you are wasting their time and appointments....but they have NO problem wasting YOUR time. read more

If I could give a zero I would. Stay far away from this practice. My daughter drove to Tampa from Lakeland for a critical appointment only to be told that her appointment was cancelled by the Dr. She never received a call. The office manager Joann was incredibly rude. When asked if their patients were charged if they missed an appointment she said yes. When asked if we could speak to Dr. Odom about this issue, he refused. If their lack of professionalism is this terrible, I can only imagine what his treatment would be like. Run! read more

I've seen Dr Odom since he's been in Tampa. He's a great guy and very thorough with his examinations and treatment. I don't get the negativity in the other 2 reviews about the wait time. Has anyone on earth seen a Dr at the exact time the appointment was for? I would rather wait a bit longer and know that the Dr is being thorough. If you are looking for a great and caring Dr, this is your man. read more

This was my 81 year old mother's primary care physician. Long waits. Ridiculously long. In the 3 or so years my mother went to Odom's office..she saw the actual doctor 3x. Even when we requested to see him specifically..they would make up some reason why he wasn't there that day,..or otherwise engaged. Staff seemed to rotate every time we visited. No one ever knew what the other one was doing. Every time except one (10 or so visits not counting early appointments for blood draws/labwork) they would ask for her prescriptions list (13 meds in all) even though Dr Odom was the only prescribing physician. When asked "why?".. they would say they don't have her prescriptions on record. Twice an appointment was made and written on a card.. sometimes months in advance) and then we get there and are told she has no appointment scheduled and to schedule one for another time ... even when the appointment card was shown to them. Once it was shown to the very person that wrote it down in her handwriting and she denied she did it. We were told that she hadn't had recent lab work a few times and once I was chastised and told it had been over a year with no blood work,,yet I told them we have had it drawn and done at their office on a Friday every 4-6 months. They had no record of the results in their computer ..I was told. The last time this occurred I was told we needed recent blood work by the assistant . I informed her we had had it drawn...at their office..2 weeks prior. Suddenly a record appeared after 10 minutes of "but's" and "I dont see"s. My mother does not remember new info well. In most cases she forgets soon after she is told. Despite experiencing and being told this fact, the office staff continued to call her with results..instructions...reminders etc even after I provided them with my phone number several times and requested they call me with ANY info since I have been approved to access her records. The last time she saw Dr Odom ..i mean ..his nurse practitioner as was the norm..we waiting 3 hours. you see they required a urine sample when we arrived .I was not told she needed to providde one ahead of time but no biggie right? Wrong...my mother could not produce one and we were told after waiting 2 hours that he would not see my mother until he had a urine sample.(?) I asked the desk nurse why they didn't tell prior to today so I could have facilitated by preventing her from using the restroom before hand or giving her plenty of water. I was told it would violate HIPPA law. This is where I showed my irritation. I told her that she should brush up on Hippa before she tries to shine me on with that crap. Telling me my mother needs to provide a urine sample is not a HIppa violation..how else would I know that it was needed then? That's like saying I can't know when to bring her to the Doctor for an appointment because it violates Hippa. I told her that telling me what it was for might violate hippa...telling me the results of a urine test would violate hippa in most cases..but telling me My mother will have to pee in a cup is not crucial health information. That aside,.I have been on file for years as having permission to access her medical charts/info...etc. So it is all her excuses are moot . The nurse must have complained to the doctor (for being wrong or ignorant?) because after being told my mother needed more blood work and an ultrasound and given the proper requisition forms I received a letter in the mail the next day (which was the most prompt action the office had taken in 3 years). It basically said that Dr Odom could no longer be my Mother's primary care physician and we had 30 days of emergent care with his office only and then we must find a new doctor. So...Dr Odom's solution to an incompetent and misinformed crew was not to get his office in ship-shape or investigate any of our issues but to get rid of the patient that complained. Great work guys. It would be nice to put some positives in here. My mother didn't pass away under his care so I guess that's good for him. I'd say excellent bedside manner but we never saw the actual doctor enough to make that call. Good riddance to them. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS DOCTOR IF YOU HAVEN"T ALREADY GUESSED read more