Pamela Okada, M.D. Titles and Appointments Chief, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Professor & Division Chief Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Pamela J. Okada, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.E.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). In 2016, Dr. Okada completed a Master of Science in Clinical Science at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and in 2018, completed a Certificate for the Alliance of Medical Management Education at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Texas Pediatric Society, and on the Editorial Board for the Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas. Dr. Okada is the Medical Director and Service Chief of the Plano Children's Emergency Department. She has served as the President of the Children’s Health Plano Medical Staff and Chair of the Credential’s Committee. Dr. Okada is one of the Associate Program Director’s for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Children’s Health Pediatric Residency Program. She has a passion for mentoring the next generation of pediatricians and cultivating relationships with practicing pediatricians in the Greater Dallas Fort Worth community. Her research interests include neurologic emergencies from traumatic brain injury, infection, and seizures. Education 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 Dallas (1996), Pediatric Emergency Medicine Other Post Graduate Training University Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1996) Graduate School UT Southwestern Medical School (2011), Clinical Science Research Interest Neurologic Emergencies Pediatric Seizures Pediatric Trauma Outcomes Research Traumatic brain injury Publications Factors Associated with Pediatric Drowning-Associated Lung Injury Author Collaboration PE, Shenoi RP, Crowe JE, Dorfman SR, Bergmann KR, Mistry RD, Hariharan S, Tavarez MM, Wai S, Jones JL, Langhan ML, Ward CE, McCallin TE, Sethuraman U, Shah N, Mendez D, Wolpert KH, Santos-Malave C, Ruttan T, Quayle KS, Okada P, Bubolz B, Buscher JF, McKee R, Mangold K, Wendt WJ, Thompson AD, Hom J, Brayer AF, Blackstone MM, Brennan C, Russell WS, Agarwal M, Khanna K, Louie J, Sheridan D, Camp EA Journal of Pediatrics 2025 Apr 279 Drowning prevention information: Identifying channels and disparities – a survey of a level 1 paediatric trauma centre Orajiaka N, Nesiama JA, Abbe M, Reisch J, Okada P Injury Prevention 2025 Stratification of risk for emergent intracranial abnormalities in children with headaches: a Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) study protocol Tsze DS, Kuppermann N, Casper TC, Barney BJ, Richer LP, Liberman DB, Okada PJ, Morris CR, Myers SR, Soung JK, Mistry RD, Babcock L, Spencer SP, Johnson MD, Klein EJ, Quayle KS, Steele DW, Cruz AT, Rogers AJ, Thomas DG, Grupp-Phelan JM, Johnson TJ, Dayan PS BMJ Open 2023 Nov 13 Factors Associated With Improved Pediatric Resuscitative Care in General Emergency Departments Auerbach MA, Whitfill T, Montgomery E, Leung J, Kessler D, Gross IT, Walsh BM, Hamilton MF, Gawel M, Kant S, Janofsky S, Brown LL, Walls TA, Alletag M, Sessa A, Arteaga GM, Keilman A, Van Ittersum W, Rutman MS, Zaveri P, Good G, Schoen JC, Lavoie M, Mannenbach M, Bigham L, Dudas RA, Rutledge C, Okada PJ, Moegling M, Anderson I, Tay KY, Scherzer DJ, Vora S, Gaither S, Fenster D, Jones D, Aebersold M, Chatfield J, Knight L, Berg M, Makharashvili A, Katznelson J, Mathias E, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S, Burns B, Padlipsky P, Lee J, Butler L, Alander S, Thomas A, Bhatnagar A, Jafri FN, Crellin J, Abulebda K Pediatrics 2023 Aug 152 Comprehensiveness of Testing Among Herpes Simplex Virus Infected Infants: A Multicenter Cohort Study Pruitt CM, Nigrovic LE, Freedman SB, Bradin SA, Curtis SJ, Lyons TW, Miller AS, Okada PJ, Schmidt SM, Schnadower D, Thomson JE, Cruz AT Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2022 Oct 41 851-853 Predictors of invasive herpes simplex virus infection in young infants Cruz AT, Nigrovic LE, Xie J, Mahajan P, Thomson JE, Okada PJ, Uspal NG, Mistry RD, Garro A, Schnadower D, Kulik DM, Curtis SJ, Miller AS, Fleming AH, Lyons TW, Balamuth F, Arms JL, Louie J, Aronson PL, Thompson AD, Ishimine PT, Schmidt SM, Pruitt CM, Shah SS, Grether-Jones KL, Bradin SA, Freedman SB Pediatrics 2021 Sep 148 Early Neurologic Recovery, Practice Pattern Variation, and the Risk of Endotracheal Intubation Following Established Status Epilepticus Rosenthal ES, Elm JJ, Ingles J, Rogers AJ, Terndrup TE, Holsti M, Thomas DG, Babcock L, Okada PJ, Lipsky RH, Miller JB, Hickey RW, Barra ME, Bleck TP, Cloyd JC, Silbergleit R, Lowenstein DH, Coles LD, Kapur J, Shinnar S, Chamberlain JM Neurology 2021 May 96 E2372-E2386 Improving Pediatric Readiness in General Emergency Departments: A Prospective Interventional Study Author Collaboration IP, Abulebda K, Whitfill T, Montgomery EE, Thomas A, Dudas RA, Leung JS, Scherzer DJ, Aebersold M, Van Ittersum WL, Kant S, Walls TA, Sessa AK, Janofsky S, Fenster DB, Kessler DO, Chatfield J, Okada P, Arteaga GM, Berg MD, Knight LJ, Keilman A, Makharashvili A, Good G, Bingham L, Mathias EJ, Nagy K, Hamilton MF, Vora S, Mathias K, Auerbach MA, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S, Berrens ZJ, Burns B, Reid J, Fenstermacher S, Lavoie M, Tay KY Journal of Pediatrics 2021 Mar 230 230-237.e1 Pediatric stroke in the emergency department Baldovsky MD, Okada PJ JACEP Open 2020 Dec 1 1578-1586 The Champagne Tap: Time to Pop the Cork? Author Collaboration ft, Green RS, Cruz AT, Freedman SB, Fleming AH, Balamuth F, Pruitt CM, Lyons TW, Okada PJ, Thompson AD, Mistry RD, Aronson PL, Nigrovic LE Academic Emergency Medicine 2020 Nov 27 1194-1198 Results 1-10 of 38 1 2 3 4 Next Last Books Featured Books The Adolescent Pregnant Patient. In Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Just the Facts, 2nd edition, G. Strange, W. Ahrens, R. Schafermeyer, R. Wiebe, H. Prendergast, V. Dobiesz, eds. Okada PJ, Rodriguez AM, Sheffield JS (2012). McGraw-Hill Dysmenorrhea and Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding. In Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Just the Facts, 2nd edition, G. Strange, W. Ahrens, R. Schafermeyer, R. Wiebe, H. Prendergast, V. Dobiesz, eds. Okada PJ, Uribe M (2012). McGraw-Hill Submersion Injury. In Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22nd edition, C. Rudolph, A. Rudolph, G. Lister, A. Gershon, eds. Okada PJ, Baker MD (2011). McGraw-Hill Nontraumatic Surgical Emergencies. In APLS: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource, 5th edition, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, eds. Okada PJ, Hicks B (2011). Jones & Bartlett Learning Approach to the Acutely Ill Patient: Seizures. In Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1st edition, J. Baren, S. Rothrock, J. Brennan, L. Brown, eds. Marr J, Okada PJ (2008). Philadelphia, Saunders Elsevier Reduction of Common Joint Dislocations and Subluxations. In Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures, 2nd edition, C. King, F. Henretig, B. King, J. Loiselle, R. Ruddy, J. Wiley, eds. Johnson FC, Okada PJ (2008). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Gastrointestinal Emergencies. In Current Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatric Emergency Medicine, C. Stone, R. Humphries, D. Drigala, M. Stephan, eds. Okada PJ, Minkes RK (2015). McGraw-Hill Education; 413-442. Honors & Awards UT Southwestern Leaders in Clinical Excellence, Patient and Family Recognition Award (2019) Alpha Omega Alpha (1989) Family Medicine Teaching Award Professional Associations/Affiliations Ambulatory Pediatric Association (1997) American Academy of Pediatrics (1997) American College of Emergency Physicians (2003) Co-Director Pediatric Trauma Course, Istanbul Turkey (2012) Dallas County Medical Society (2003) Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas, Editorial Board (2010) PEMQBook Board Review Course 2019 Course Co-Director, Dallas, Texas (2018-2019) PEMTalks Course Director, Plano Children's Medical Center (2017) Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (1998-2006) Texas Pediatric Society, Section of Emergency Medicine and Child Abuse (2003)
