Pooja Prabhakar, M.D.

Assistant Professor

(281) 491-7111

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Email

pooja.prabhakar@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Orthopedic Surgery
Foot and Ankle Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Sugar Land, Texas

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine Sugar Land Orthopedics (Clinic): 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.. " Development of a Surgical Difficulty Score for Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Pilon Fractures " J Orthop Trauma. 2024 Nov 1; 38 (11S) : S8-S14.
Pubmed PMID: 39431809.
Sathy A, Prabhakar P, Harirah M, Collett G, Nakonezny P.. " Low rate of malalignment using the tibial traction triangle for infrapatellar nailing of distal tibia fractures " Injury. 2022 Apr ;
Pubmed PMID: 35180998.
Schiffman CJ, Prabhakar P, Hsu JE, Shaffer ML, Miljacic L, Matsen FA 3rd.. " Assessing the Value to the Patient of New Technologies in Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty " J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2021 May 5;
Pubmed PMID: 33587515.
Prabhakar P, Pierce WA, Standefer KD, Ho CA.. " Can We Estimate the Amount of Malrotation in Supracondylar Humerus Fractures After CRPP? " J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Jul ; 34 (7) : e245-e249.
Pubmed PMID: 32555040.
Stepan JG, Chen FR, Prabhakar P, Lehman JD, Sacks HA, Fufa DT, Osei DA.. " Level of Evidence and Publication Rates of Abstracts Presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meetings: Comparison Over 23 Years " J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Jun 23; 988 : e1-988.e6.
Pubmed PMID: 32591176.
Prabhakar P, Wessel L, Nguyen J, Stepan J, Carlson M, Fufa D.. " Factors Associated with Scaphoid Nonunion following Early Open Reduction and Internal Fixation " J Wrist Surg. 2020 Apr ; 9 (2) : 141-149.
Pubmed PMID: 32257616.
Bhatia RK, Narasimhamurthy M, Martei YM, Prabhakar P, Hutson J, Chiyapo S, Makozhombwe I, Feldman M, Kayembe MKA, Cooper K, Grover S.. " Report of clinico-pathological features of breast cancer in HIV-infected and uninfected women in Botswana " Infect Agent Cancer. 2019 Oct ; 14 (28)
Pubmed PMID: 31649747.
Prabhakar P, Ho CA.. " Delaying Surgery in Type III Supracondylar Humerus Fractures Does Not Lead to Longer Surgical Times or More Difficult Reduction " J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Aug ; 33 (8) : e285-e290.
Pubmed PMID: 31022068.
Sacks HA, Prabhakar P, Wessel LE, Hettler J, Strickland SM, Potter HG, Fufa DT.. " Generalized Joint Laxity in Orthopaedic Patients: Clinical Manifestations, Radiographic Correlates, and Management " J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Mar 20; 101 (6) : 558-566.
Pubmed PMID: 30893238.
Sathy AK, Prabhakar P, Harirah M, Hay M.. " Use of a Novel Tibial Traction Triangle for Intramedullary Nailing of Tibia Fractures " J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Mar ; 33 (3) : e100-e103.
Pubmed PMID: 30562249.
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.. " Urinary N-Telopeptide Can Predict Pseudarthrosis After Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion: A Prospective Study " Spine. 2019 Jun 1; 44 (11) : 770-776.
Pubmed PMID: 30475338.
Grover S, Martei YM, Puri P, Prabhakar P, Mutebi M, Balogun OD, Price AJ, Freeman AH, Narasimhamurthy M, Rodin D, Rayne S, Zetola NM.. " Breast Cancer and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Complex Relationship " J Glob Oncol. 2018 Sep ; 4 : 1-11.
Pubmed PMID: 30241185.
Martei YM, Narasimhamurthy M, Prabhakar P, Hutson J, Setlhako DI, Chiyapo S, Ramogola-Masire D, Makozhombwe I, Feldman M, Kayembe MKA, Grover S.. " Breast Cancer Pathology Turnaround Time in Botswana " J Glob Oncol. 2018 Sep ; 4 : 1-7.
Pubmed PMID: 30241141.
Vanderpuye V, Grover S, Hammad N, PoojaPrabhakar, Simonds H, Olopade F, Stefan DC.. " An update on the management of breast cancer in Africa " Infect Agent Cancer. 2017 Feb 14; 12 (13)
Pubmed PMID: 28228841.

Memberships

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS)

Languages

Spanish, Tamil