Pooja Venkatesh, MD

Year 

• PGY-1

Hometown 

• Chicago, Illinois

Professional Interests

• Pediatrics
• Trauma

Future Plans

• Fellowship
• Academics

Awards/Honors

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2024
• Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2024
• President’s Volunteer Award, 2023
• American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Experience Award & Scholarship, 2023
• University of Texas Southwestern Summer Research Scholar, 2022     

Memberships

• American Academy of Neurology
• American Association for Neurological Surgery
• American Epilepsy Society
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Women in Neurosurgery

Hobbies

• Art
• Photography
• Watching Formula One
• Thrift shopping
• Travel

• BS, Northwestern University, 2021
• MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 2025

• Venkatesh P, Lega B, & Rubin M. (2024). Exploring Patient Perspectives: A Structured Interview Study on Deep Brain Stimulation as a Novel Treatment Approach for Mild Cognitive Impairment. AJOB Neuroscience, 1–12. 
• Barrie U, Ramirez C, Venkatesh P, Lout E, Neerukonda SV, Bah MG, AlDallal U, Kenfack YJ, Tao J, Reddy R, Anand S, Naik A, Detchou D, & Whittemore BA. (2024). Pediatric cerebral cavernous malformations: Clinical features, management, and critical summary of currently available evidence. Pediatric Stroke. Pediatric Stroke Journal. 2025;11: 1-50.
• Darko K, Guirguis M, Kakulamarri S, Farid M, Venkatesh P, Osei Adjei E, Abu-Bonsrah N, Whittemore B, Aoun S, Braga B, Banson M, & Totimeh T. (2024). Presentation, Management and Outcome of Pediatric Hydrocephalus in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 12,381 Patients. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.  
• Traylor J, Venkatesh P, Fabiano A, Plitt A, Patel A, Isaacson B, Kutz WJ, Mickey B, & Barnett S. (2024). Labyrinthectomy improves dizziness in patients with vestibular schwannoma. Journal of Neurological Surgery B: Skull Base.
• Boi-Dsane NAA*, Venkatesh P*, Tenkorang P, Omoba O, Limann B, Opara A, Osunjimi A, Barrie U, Totimeh T, Emmanuel I., & Banson, M. (2024). African Women in Neurosurgery: An Exploration of Historical Perspectives, Current Realities, and Future Prospects. World Neurosurgery.
• Aziz A, Pham N, Vora N, Reynolds C, Lehnen J, Venkatesh P, Yao Z, Harvey J, Vu T, Ding K, & Nguyen P. (2024). An Unobtrusive and Lightweight Ear-worn System for Continuous Epileptic Seizure Detection. arXiv.
• Annapureddy D, Venkatesh P, Azam F, Olivier T, Thakur B, Sloan E, Wingfield S, Bagley C & Lopez M. (2024). Predictors of Admission to Post-Acute Rehabilitation Following Multi-Level Spinal Decompression and Fusion Surgery and its Associated Outcomes. World Neurosurgery.
• Lehnen J, Venkatesh P, Yao Z, Aziz A, Nguyen PVP, Harvey J, Alick-Lindstrom S, Doyle A, Podkorytova I, Perven G, Hays R, Zepeda R, Das RR, & Ding K. (2024). Real-Time Seizure Detection Using Behind-the-Ear Wearable System. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 10-1097.
• Alick-Lindstrom S, Venkatesh P, Perven G, Wabulya A, Yang Q-Z, Sirsi D, & Podkorytova I. (2024). Back to basics: Care of the SEEG implanted patient. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 41(5):p 415-422.
• Venkatesh P, Wolfe C, Lega B, & Illustrations by Corbyn BeachCorbyn.Beach@UTSouthwestern.edu (2023). Neuromodulation of the anterior thalamus: Current approaches and opportunities for the future. Current research in neurobiology, 5, 100109.
• Traylor JI, Venkatesh P, Fabiano AS, Beach C, & de Oliveira Sillero R. (2023). Clip Ligation of a Recurrent Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm After Treatment With Woven EndoBridge: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 26(2), 229. 
• Venkatesh P, Yao Z, Lehnen J, Ding K, Nguyen VP, & Harvey J. (2023). Provider and patient opinions on real-time seizure detection via over-the-ear device. Neurology, 100(17 S2), 3478.
• Jenkins A, Venkatesh P, Tissot MIJ, Detchou D, Barrie U, & Aoun SG. (2023). Madeline Earle Stanton (1898-1980): Librarian and Consultant of the Medical Historical Library at Yale University, Research Assistant in Bibliography in the Yale Department of the History of Medicine, Associate Editor of the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, and Secretary and Protégé of Harvey Cushing. World neurosurgery, 179, 60–65. 
• Venkatesh P, Barrie U, Covell MM, Tissot MIJ, Bah MG, Detchou D, Aoun SG, & Bagley CA. (2023). Alexa Irene Canady: First Female African American Neurosurgeon of the United States. World neurosurgery, 177, 26–30. 
• Hamideh N, Venkatesh P, Zhao S, Ariza AJ, Bolanos L, Necheles J, & Fishbein AB. (2023). Perceptions on Management of Atopic Dermatitis in Children Under 2 Years by Community Pediatricians: A Focus Group Study. Clinical pediatrics, 62(10), 1176–1185. 
• Darko K, Kenfack YJ, Venkatesh P, Bah MG, Tissot MIJ, Barrie U, Detchou D, Jabang JN, & Totimeh T. (2023). Emanuel Olatunde Alaba Olanrewaju Odeku (1927-1974): First African Neurosurgeon Trained in the United States and Establisher of the National and West African Postgraduate Medical Colleges. World neurosurgery, 176, 98–105. 

Conference Presentations

• Assessing the Implications of Patient Age in the Management and Outcomes of Acute Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Scientific Meeting. September 2024. Houston, TX.  Poster Presentation.
• African Women in Neurosurgery: An Exploration of Historical Perspectives, Current Realities, and Future Prospects. UT Southwestern Annual Surgery Forum. May 2024. Dallas, TX. Poster Presentation.
• Evaluating the Significance of Intervention Timing in Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome for Adult Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting. May 2024. Chicago, IL. Poster Presentation.
• Impact of Patient Age on Length of Surgery and Blood Loss During Microsurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma. North American Skull Base Society 33rd Annual Meeting. February 16-18, 2024. Atlanta, GA. Podium Presentation. 
• Surgical and Conservative Treatment Approaches in Cases of Central Cord Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 62nd Annual Medical Student Research Forum UT Southwestern. January 2024. Dallas, TX. Poster Presentation.
• Foundational Care for Patients with Stereotactic EEG (SEEG) Implants: Revisiting the Basics. Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting. September 2023. Washington, DC. Poster Presentation.
• Investigating Pre-Operative Factors and Their Influence on Patient Discharge Destination Following Spine Surgery: Post-Acute Rehabilitation vs Home Discharge. Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting. September 2023. Washington, DC. Poster Presentation.
• Pediatric Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Clinical Features, Management and Critical Summary of Currently Available Evidence. UT Southwestern Annual Surgery Forum. May 2023. Dallas, TX. Poster Presentation.
• Provider and Patient Opinions on Real-Time Seizure Detection via Over-the-Ear Device. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. April 2023. Boston, MA. Poster Presentation.
• The Use of Neuromodulation to Further Inform the Role of the Anterior Nuclei of the Thalamus. Annual Women in Science and Medicine. April 2023. Dallas, TX. Poster Presentation.
• SUDEP Counseling Practices and Neuroethical Duty to Inform. Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy Annual Conference. December 2022. Nashville, TN. Poster Presentation.
• BrainSD: A behind-the-ear seizure detection device. UT Southwestern Epilepsy Section Meeting. August 2022. Dallas, TX. Oral Presentation.