Uma Thakur, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Uma Thakur, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Musculoskeletal Radiology Division.

Dr. Thakur received a bachelor's degree in neuroscience and behavior from Columbia College of Columbia University in New York, where she was on the dean's list all four years. She then obtained a medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey, where she remained for radiology residency training. Dr. Thakur received advanced training in musculoskeletal radiology through a fellowship program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020, Dr. Thakur served as musculoskeletal imaging division chief in private practice, where she set imaging protocols and maintained quality assurance, and served as head orthopedic radiologist for a professional football team for four seasons, including attending the NFL Scouting Combine.

Education

Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (2008)
Internship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2009), Internal Medicine
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (2013), Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2014), Musculoskeletal Radiology

Publications

Multiparametric whole-body MRI of patients with neurofibromatosis type I: spectrum of imaging findings: Thakur U, Ramachandran S, Mazal AT, Cheng J, Le L, Chhabra A Skeletal radiology 2025 Mar 54 407-422
Advances in Musculoskeletal Tumor Imaging: Murthy S, Thakur U, Ghasemi A, Ahlawat S Seminars in Roentgenology 2024 Oct 59 477-488
MSKI-RADS: An MRI-based Musculoskeletal Infection Reporting and Data System for the Diagnosis of Extremity Infections: Chhabra A, Alaia EF, Ashikyan O, Wong PK, Eajazi A, Taneja AK, Colucci P, Bajaj G, Vossen JA, Pezeshk P, Simpfendorfer C, Cardoso FN, Komarraju A, Subhawong T, Pandey T, Samet J, de Souza FF, Lee KS, Thakur U, Chalian M, Silva FD, Rajamohan N, Guirguis M, He A, Salhadar K, Bhavan K, Raspovic K, Wukich DK, Xi Y, Morrison WB RADIOLOGY 2024 Aug 312
Flexed elbow, abducted shoulder, forearm supinated (FABS) reconstruction from three-dimensional elbow MRI: diagnostic performance assessment in biceps head anatomy and pathology: Aggarwal VA, Thakur U, Silva FD, Ray G, Weinschenk C, Gandy M, Xi Y, Chhabra A Clinical Radiology 2024 Apr 79 e567-e573
Single-Plane 3-Dimensional Isotropic Spin-Echo Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reconstructions of Shoulder Exhibit Superior Correlation to Surgical Findings Than 2-Dimensional Dixon Multiplanar Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Haider S, Cabrera A, Thakur U, Xi Y, Chhabra A Journal of computer assisted tomography 2024 Mar 48 273-282
Diffusion weighted imaging of extremity bone tumors— inter-reader analysis and incremental value over conventional MR imaging: Guirguis M, Gupta A, Thakur U, Pezeshk P, Weatherall P, Sharan G, Xi Y, Chhabra A British Journal of Radiology 2023 Nov 96
Osseous-Tissue Tumor Reporting and Data System With Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Bone Tumors - An Interreader Analysis and Whether It Adds Incremental Value on Tumor Grading Over Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Guirguis M, Gupta A, Thakur U, Pezeshk P, Weatherall P, Sharan G, Xi Y, Chhabra A Journal of computer assisted tomography 2023 Mar 47 255-263
Functional outcomes are preserved in adult acetabular dysplasia with radiographic evidence of lumbosacral spine anomalies: an investigation in hip-spine syndrome: Shi A, Sun J, Chhabra A, Thakur U, Xi Y, Kohli A, Wells J BMC musculoskeletal disorders 2022 Dec 23
Neuropathy Score Reporting and Data System: A Reporting Guideline for MRI of Peripheral Neuropathy With a Multicenter Validation Study: Chhabra A, Deshmukh SD, Lutz AM, Fritz J, Andreisek G, Sneag DB, Subhawong T, Singer AD, Wong PK, Thakur U, Pandey T, Chalian M, Mogharrabi BN, Guirguis M, Xi Y, Ahlawat S, Nacey NC, Budovec JJ, Mautz A American Journal of Roentgenology 2022 Aug 219 279-291
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction related complications: 2D and 3D high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging evaluation: Thakur U, Gulati V, Shah J, Tietze D, Chhabra A Skeletal radiology 2022 Jul 51 1347-1364