Surendra Barshikar, M.D.

Biography

Surendra Barshikar, M.D., M.B.A., is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in concussion and traumatic brain injury, neurorehabilitation, spasticity management, and rehabilitation and management of long COVID.

Dr. Barshikar earned his medical degree at Dr. Vaishampayan Memorial Government Medical College in Solapur, India. He completed an internship in general surgery at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at New York Medical College. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Double board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and brain injury medicine by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2016.

In addition to his other roles, Dr. Barshikar is the Medical Director of the UT Southwestern PM&R Ambulatory Clinics and the Parkland PM&R Outpatient Clinics, as well as the Medical Director of the multidisciplinary concussion program and the COVID Recover program.

He is currently involved in research to understand long-haul COVID symptoms, participating as a site principal investigator for a CDC-funded long COVID study. He is also involved in research involving spasticity management using botulinum toxin. He recently published a research article on the benefits and ease of use of telerehabilitation for clinicians, and he is currently studying the patient experience during telerehabilitation and virtual care. He collaborates with other departments, including Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuroradiology, for various research studies on long COVID and neurorehabilitation.

Dr. Barshikar has delivered many presentations, contributed to the books Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury and Practical Guide for Botulinum Toxin Injections, and published numerous academic articles, abstracts, reviews, and case reports related to his areas of expertise.

He is a member of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the Texas Medical Association, the Dallas County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Board, and the Maharashtra Medical Council.