Pamela Joy Okada, MD
- Emergency Medicine Physician, Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Interim Division Director at Children's Health
- Languages spoken: English
- Locations (2)
Biography
Pamela J. Okada, M.D., specializes in pediatric emergency medicine at Children's Health and a Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Okada earned her medical degree at Tulane University School of Medicine, where she was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and received advanced training through a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at UT Southwestern. She also earned a Master of Science in Clinical Science at UT Southwestern and a Healthcare Management Executive M.B.A. at UT Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management.
When she’s not at work, Dr. Okada enjoys playing and running around with her four active grandsons; serving as a board member of various educational boards; reading about topics including coaching, communication, and patient engagement; and exercising, including boxing.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Tulane University School of Medicine (1990)
- Graduate and Post-Graduate Education
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2016)
- Residency
- Harbor General Hospital (1993), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Children's Medical Center Dallas (1996), Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Harbor General Hospital (1994), Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics-Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics
