Pamela Joy Okada, MD $$

Emergency Medicine Physician

Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Interim Division Director at Children's Health

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine (1990)
Residency: Harbor General Hospital (1993), Pediatrics
Fellowship: Children's Medical Center Dallas (1996), Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Harbor General Hospital (1994), Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Graduate School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2016)
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine

Research Interests
- Pediatric trauma outcomes research
- Traumatic brain injury
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
Professional Activities
- Ambulatory Pediatric Association
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
Awards and Honors
- Alpha Omega Alpha - (1989)