Surendra Barshikar, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor Schools Medical School Departments Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Surendra Barshikar, M.D., MBA, FAAPMR, is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center. He is double board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Medicine. He is currently the vice chair of clinical operations for the Department of PM&R and serves as the medical director of ambulatory clinics at Parkland hospital. He earned his medical degree in Dr. V M Medical College, India and then completed his PM&R residency at the New York Medical College/Metropolitan Hospital Center program in NY. He later earned his MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas, Jindal School of Management in healthcare management and organizational leadership. Dr. Barshikar specializes in brain injury medicine and has interest in neurorehabilitation, spasticity management and taking care of patients with concussion and other brain injuries. He is the director of the multidisciplinary concussion program at UTSW and was also involved in creating and developing the UTSW COVID Recover program which has treated more than 4,000 patients to date. Dr. Barshikar has presented and published nationally in the field of rehabilitation and management of patients with concussion and Long COVID. He also contributes expertise to the CDC funded Long COVID and Fatiguing illness ECHO program. His national recognition is evident through his presentation at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), where he shared his expert insights on development of care models for management of mild Traumatic Brain Injury. He is a proud graduate of AAPM&R’s Future Leaders Program and continues to be involved in the Academy as a committee member and a volunteer, most recently as a STEP oral examiner as well as a member representative in AAPM&R’s Day on the Hill in Washington D.C, advocating for the treatment and research for Long COVID. Education Medical School Dr Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College (2005) Internship Wayne State University (2009), General Surgery Residency New York Medical College Metropolitan Hospital Center (2012), Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research Interest Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Long COVID/ Post Acute Sequalae of COVID Spasticity Management Publications Featured Publications A Survey of Dedicated PASC Clinics: Characteristics, Barriers and Spirit of Collaboration. Dundumalla S, Barshikar S, Niehaus WN, Ambrose AF, Kim SY, Abramoff BA, PM R 2022 Jan Models of Care for Postacute COVID-19 Clinics: Experiences and a Practical Framework for Outpatient Physiatry Settings. Verduzco-Gutierrez M, Estores IM, Graf MJP, Barshikar S, Cabrera JA, Chang LE, Eapen BC, Bell KR, Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2021 12 100 12 1133-1139 Sleep Disturbance After TBI. Barshikar S, Bell KR Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2017 Sep 17 11 87 Heart Failure and Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the United States-1999 to 2018: Data From National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Seo Y, Wang J, Barnes D, Barshikar S, Clin Nurs Res 2021 Dec 10547738211061620 Rehabilitation providers experiences with rapid telerehabilitation implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Unites States Rupali Kumar, Candice Osborne, Robert Rinaldi, Jason A.D. Smith, Shannon B. Juengst, Surendra Barshikar Scientific archives, Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2021 Volume 3 Issue 2 Imaging Acute Metabolic Changes in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Using Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Pyruvate. Hackett EP, Pinho MC, Harrison CE, Reed GD, Liticker J, Raza J, Hall RG, Malloy CR, Barshikar S, Madden CJ, Park JM, iScience 2020 Dec 23 12 101885 REHABILITATION OF A PATIENT WITH SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY Constance Li, BS, and Surendra Barshikar, MD AJPMR 2017 Volume 96 Issue 3 - p 84 Impact of evaluating antibiotic concentrations in abdominal abscesses percutaneously drained. Zimmerman LH, Tyburski JG, Glowniak J, Singla R, Lavery T, Nailor M, Stassinopoulus J, Hong K, Barshikar S, Dolman HS, Baylor AE, Wilson RF Am. J. Surg. 2011 Mar 201 3 348-52; discussion 352 Results 1-8 of 8 1 Books Featured Books Practical Guide for Botulinum Toxin Injections. Surendra Barshikar, Fatma Gul, Merrine Klakeel, Amy Mathews. (2020). NewYork, NY, Demos Medical Publication Sleep Disturbance and Fatigue.. In Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury- Third Edition Surendra Barshikar, Risa Nakase-Richardson, Kathleen R.Bell. (2019). American Psychiatric Association Publishing Honors & Awards PM&R Awareness and Value Award (2025) Future Leaders ProgramSelected for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Future Leaders Program (2019-2022) Teaching Faculty of the Year 2017- PMR UTSW (2016-2017) Award for Academic Excellence (2011-2012) Chief Resident (2011-2012) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation (2012) American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2012) Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) (2009) Texas Medical Association (2016)
