Pooja Prabhakar, M.D.
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Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Orthopedic Surgery
Foot and Ankle Surgery
草榴社区入口
Sugar Land, Texas
Addresses
- 草榴社区入口 Sugar Land Orthopedics (Clinic)
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14090 Southwest Fwy
Suite 130
Sugar Land, TX 77478
United States
Phone: (713) 986-6016
Education
- Fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center
- Dallas, Texas
- Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Residency at University of Washington Medical Center/Harborview Medical Center
- Seattle, Washington
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- MD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
- Dallas, Texas
- BA from University of Texas at Austin
- Austin, Texas
- Economics and Biology Honors
Certifications
- Physician License
- Texas Medical Board
- Physician License
- Washington State Medical Commission
Honors & Awards
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
Professional Interests
- Foot and ankle disorders
- Achilles tendonitis/injury
- Ankle sprain and instability
- Arthroscopic surgery
- Fracture care of the upper and lower extremity
- Foot and ankle arthritis
- Foot and ankle deformity
- Ankle joint replacement surgery
- Lisfranc injuries
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Plantar fasciitis
- Revision surgery
Professional Statement
Dr. Pooja Prabhakar is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in foot and ankle surgery within the Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor Medicine. Dr. Prabhakar grew up in Katy, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Biology with honors. She earned her medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, during which time she completed a research internship at the acclaimed Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. She completed her orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle where she worked at the renowned trauma hospital, Harborview Medical Center. To advance her expertise, she then returned to Texas for specialized fellowship training in foot and ankle reconstructive surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.Selected Publications
- Burns D, Abbas A, Dasari S, Prabhakar P, Hebert-Davies J. "." J Orthop Trauma. 2024 Nov 1;38(11S):S8-S14. Pubmed PMID:
- Sathy A, Prabhakar P, Harirah M, Collett G, Nakonezny P. "." Injury. 2022 Apr; Pubmed PMID:
- Schiffman CJ, Prabhakar P, Hsu JE, Shaffer ML, Miljacic L, Matsen FA 3rd. "." J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2021 May 5; Pubmed PMID:
- Prabhakar P, Pierce WA, Standefer KD, Ho CA. "." J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Jul;34(7):e245-e249. Pubmed PMID:
- Stepan JG, Chen FR, Prabhakar P, Lehman JD, Sacks HA, Fufa DT, Osei DA. "." J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Jun 23;988:e1-988.e6. Pubmed PMID:
- Prabhakar P, Wessel L, Nguyen J, Stepan J, Carlson M, Fufa D. "." J Wrist Surg. 2020 Apr;9(2):141-149. Pubmed PMID:
- Bhatia RK, Narasimhamurthy M, Martei YM, Prabhakar P, Hutson J, Chiyapo S, Makozhombwe I, Feldman M, Kayembe MKA, Cooper K, Grover S. "." Infect Agent Cancer. 2019 Oct;14(28) Pubmed PMID:
- Prabhakar P, Ho CA. "." J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Aug;33(8):e285-e290. Pubmed PMID:
- Sacks HA, Prabhakar P, Wessel LE, Hettler J, Strickland SM, Potter HG, Fufa DT. "." J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Mar 20;101(6):558-566. Pubmed PMID:
- Sathy AK, Prabhakar P, Harirah M, Hay M. "." J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Mar;33(3):e100-e103. Pubmed PMID:
- Steinhaus ME, Hill PS, Yang J, Feuchtbaum E, Bronheim RS, Prabhakar P, Lafage V, Carlson BB, Saville P, Albert TJ, Lafage R, Stein EM, Kim HJ. "." Spine. 2019 Jun 1;44(11):770-776. Pubmed PMID:
- Grover S, Martei YM, Puri P, Prabhakar P, Mutebi M, Balogun OD, Price AJ, Freeman AH, Narasimhamurthy M, Rodin D, Rayne S, Zetola NM. "." J Glob Oncol. 2018 Sep;4:1-11. Pubmed PMID:
- Martei YM, Narasimhamurthy M, Prabhakar P, Hutson J, Setlhako DI, Chiyapo S, Ramogola-Masire D, Makozhombwe I, Feldman M, Kayembe MKA, Grover S. "." J Glob Oncol. 2018 Sep;4:1-7. Pubmed PMID:
- Vanderpuye V, Grover S, Hammad N, PoojaPrabhakar, Simonds H, Olopade F, Stefan DC. "." Infect Agent Cancer. 2017 Feb 14;12(13) Pubmed PMID:
Memberships
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
- American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS)
Languages
Spanish, Tamil
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