Pamela Okada, M.D.

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.

Graduate School	UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas ()
Medical School	Tulane University School of Medicine (1990)
Residency	Harbor - UCLA Medical Center (1993), Pediatrics
Fellowship	Harbor - UCLA Medical Center (1994), Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship	Children's Medical Center - GME (1996), Pediatric Emergency Medicine
University	UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011)

• Emergency Care
• Pediatrics

• Primary Interests
• Neurologic Emergencies
• Pediatric Trauma Outcomes
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

• Pediatric trauma outcomes research
• Traumatic brain injury

Featured Publications

Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Glutamate in Children with Bacterial Meningitis as a Predictor of the Development of Seizures or Other Adverse Outcomes

Ma W, Shang-Feaster G, Okada P, Kernie S Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2003 4(2) 260-1

Surgical Emergencies in the Neonate

Okada PJ, Hicks B Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine March 2002 3 (1) 3-13

Drowning and Near Drowning

Okada PJ, Levin D Essentials of Pediatric Intensive Care 1996 Textbook

The Pneumatic Antishock Garment

Okada PJ, Lewis RJ Illustrated Textbook of Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Procedures 1996 Textbook

• Alpha Omega Alpha
  (1989)

• Ambulatory Pediatric Association
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• Society of Academic Emergency Medicine