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Pamela Okada, MD
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
pamela.okada@utsouthwestern.edu
To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).
Biography
Pamela J. Okada, M.D., F.A.A.P., is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Dr. Okada received her medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1990, and completed her pediatric residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical School (1990-1993), and her pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1993-1996). She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Dr. Okada is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Her research interests include areas in pediatric head injury and neurologic outcome.
Education
| University | UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011) |
| Fellowship | Children's Medical Center - GME (1996) |
| Fellowship | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (1994) |
| Residency | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (1993) |
| Medical School | Tulane University School of Medicine (1990) |
| Graduate School | UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |
Research Interests
Publications
Okada PJ, Hicks B , Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine , March 2002; (3 (1)):3-13
Ma W, Shang-Feaster G, Okada P, Kernie S , Pediatric Critical Care Medicine , 2003; (4(2)):260-1
Okada PJ, Lewis RJ , Illustrated Textbook of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Procedures , 1996; (Textbook)
Okada PJ, Levin D , Essentials of Pediatric Intensive Care , 1996; (Textbook)
Honors/Awards
(1989)