Uma Thakur, M.D.

Radiology - Musculoskeletal

Biography

Uma Thakur, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Musculoskeletal Radiology Division.

Dr. Thakur received a bachelor's degree in neuroscience and behavior from Columbia College of Columbia University in New York, where she was on the dean's list all four years. She then earned her medical degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey, where she remained for radiology residency training. Dr. Thakur received advanced training in musculoskeletal radiology through a fellowship program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020, Dr. Thakur served as musculoskeletal imaging division chief in private practice, where she set imaging protocols and maintained quality assurance, and served as head orthopedic radiologist for a professional football team for four seasons, including attending the NFL Scouting Combine.

Education & Training

Medical School - Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (2004-2008)
Residency - Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (2009-2013), Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2013-2014), Musculoskeletal Radiology
Internship - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2008-2009), Internal Medicine

Books & Publications

Publications
- Multiparametric whole-body MRI of patients with neurofibromatosis type I: spectrum of imaging findings
  Thakur U, Ramachandran S, Mazal AT, Cheng J, Le L, Chhabra A Skeletal radiology 2025 Mar 54 407-422
- Advances in Musculoskeletal Tumor Imaging
  Murthy S, Thakur U, Ghasemi A, Ahlawat S Seminars in Roentgenology 2024 Oct 59 477-488
- MSKI-RADS: An MRI-based Musculoskeletal Infection Reporting and Data System for the Diagnosis of Extremity Infections
  Chhabra A, Alaia EF, Ashikyan O, Wong PK, Eajazi A, Taneja AK, Colucci P, Bajaj G, Vossen JA, Pezeshk P, Simpfendorfer C, Cardoso FN, Komarraju A, Subhawong T, Pandey T, Samet J, de Souza FF, Lee KS, Thakur U, Chalian M, Silva FD, Rajamohan N, Guirguis M, He A, Salhadar K, Bhavan K, Raspovic K, Wukich DK, Xi Y, Morrison WB RADIOLOGY 2024 Aug 312
- Flexed elbow, abducted shoulder, forearm supinated (FABS) reconstruction from three-dimensional elbow MRI: diagnostic performance assessment in biceps head anatomy and pathology
  Aggarwal VA, Thakur U, Silva FD, Ray G, Weinschenk C, Gandy M, Xi Y, Chhabra A Clinical Radiology 2024 Apr 79 e567-e573
- Single-Plane 3-Dimensional Isotropic Spin-Echo Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reconstructions of Shoulder Exhibit Superior Correlation to Surgical Findings Than 2-Dimensional Dixon Multiplanar Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  Haider S, Cabrera A, Thakur U, Xi Y, Chhabra A Journal of computer assisted tomography 2024 Mar 48 273-282
- Diffusion weighted imaging of extremity bone tumors— inter-reader analysis and incremental value over conventional MR imaging
  Guirguis M, Gupta A, Thakur U, Pezeshk P, Weatherall P, Sharan G, Xi Y, Chhabra A British Journal of Radiology 2023 Nov 96
- Osseous-Tissue Tumor Reporting and Data System With Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Bone Tumors - An Interreader Analysis and Whether It Adds Incremental Value on Tumor Grading Over Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  Guirguis M, Gupta A, Thakur U, Pezeshk P, Weatherall P, Sharan G, Xi Y, Chhabra A Journal of computer assisted tomography 2023 Mar 47 255-263
- Functional outcomes are preserved in adult acetabular dysplasia with radiographic evidence of lumbosacral spine anomalies: an investigation in hip-spine syndrome
  Shi A, Sun J, Chhabra A, Thakur U, Xi Y, Kohli A, Wells J BMC musculoskeletal disorders 2022 Dec 23
- Neuropathy Score Reporting and Data System: A Reporting Guideline for MRI of Peripheral Neuropathy With a Multicenter Validation Study
  Chhabra A, Deshmukh SD, Lutz AM, Fritz J, Andreisek G, Sneag DB, Subhawong T, Singer AD, Wong PK, Thakur U, Pandey T, Chalian M, Mogharrabi BN, Guirguis M, Xi Y, Ahlawat S, Nacey NC, Budovec JJ, Mautz A American Journal of Roentgenology 2022 Aug 219 279-291
- Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction related complications: 2D and 3D high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging evaluation
  Thakur U, Gulati V, Shah J, Tietze D, Chhabra A Skeletal radiology 2022 Jul 51 1347-1364
- Multiparametric Large Field of View Rheumatology Imaging for Axial Spondyloarthropathy Detects Enthesitis in Setting of Inactive Sacroiliac Joint Disease and Impacts Clinical Diagnosis
  Boraiah G, Soldatos T, Thakur UJ, Chhabra A Journal of computer assisted tomography 2022 Mar 46 190-196
- Androgen Deprivation Therapy Differentially Impacts Bone and Muscle in the Short Term in Physically Active Men With Prostate Cancer
  Maalouf NM, Chhabra A, Zafereo J, Querry R, Towler DA, Thakur UJ, Frankl J, Poindexter JR, Mogharrabi B, Xac M, Öz OK, Rubin CD JBMR Plus 2022 Jan 6
- Anterior cruciate ligament foot plate anatomy: 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional MRI evaluation with arthroscopy assessment in a subset of patients
  Nguyen T, Haider S, Tietze DC, Xi Y, Thakur U, Shah JP, Chhabra A European Radiology 2022
- Does Presurgical Magnetic Resonance Neurography Predict Surgical Gap Size in Trigeminal Class IV and V Injuries?
  Zuniga JR, AbdelBaky O, Alian A, Thakur U, Pezeshk P, Xi Y, Chhabra A Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2021 Dec 79 2574-2581
- Structured Reporting in Musculoskeletal Radiology
  Kohli A, Castillo S, Thakur U, Chhabra A Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology 2021 Oct 25 641-645
- The association of lumbosacral transitional vertebral anomalies with acetabular dysplasia in adult patients with hip-spine syndrome: A CROSS-SECTIONAL EVALUATION OF A PROSPECTIVE HIP REGISTRY COHORT
  Sun J, Chhabra A, Thakur U, Vazquez L, Xi Y, Wells J Bone and Joint Journal 2021 Aug 103 B 1351-1357
- Quality of Hand Radiograph Collimation Determined by Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Correlates with Radiograph Quality Scores Assigned by Radiologists
  Ashikyan O, Chan D, Moore DS, Thakur U, Chhabra A Radiation 2021 Jun 1 116-122
- Sclerotic bone lesions caused by non-infectious and non-neoplastic diseases: a review of the imaging and clinicopathologic findings
  Gulati V, Chalian M, Yi J, Thakur U, Chhabra A Skeletal radiology 2021 May 50 847-869
- Osseous Tumor Reporting and Data System - Multireader Validation Study
  Chhabra A, Gupta A, Thakur U, Pezeshk P, Dettori N, Callan A, Xi Y, Weatherall P Journal of computer assisted tomography 2021 45 571-585
- Quality of Hand Radiograph Collimation Determined by Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Correlates with Radiograph Quality Scores Assigned by Radiologists
  Ashikyan O, Chan D, Moore DS, Thakur UJ, Chhabra A Radiation 2021 116-122
- Kinematic analysis of the distal radioulnar joint in asymptomatic wrists using 4-dimensional computed tomography-motion pattern and interreader reliability
  Shakoor D, Hafezi-Nejad N, Haj-Mirzaian A, Shores JT, Lifchez SD, Morelli JN, Thakur U, Demehri S Journal of computer assisted tomography 2019 43 392-398
- Scapholunate kinematics of asymptomatic wrists in comparison with symptomatic contralateral wrists using four-dimensional CT examinations: initial clinical experience
  Demehri S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Morelli JN, Thakur U, Lifchez SD, Means KR, Eng J, Shores JT Skeletal radiology 2016 Apr 45 437-446
- Dual-energy computed tomography has limited sensitivity for non-tophaceous gout: A comparison study with tophaceous gout
  Baer AN, Kurano T, Thakur UJ, Thawait GK, Fuld MK, Maynard JW, McAdams-Demarco M, Fishman EK, Carrino JA BMC musculoskeletal disorders 2016 Feb 17
- Evaluation of pisotriquetral motion pattern using four-dimensional CT: Initial clinical experience in asymptomatic wrists
  Demehri S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Thakur U, Morelli JN, Lifchez SD, Means KR, Shores JT Clinical Radiology 2015 Dec 70 1362-1369
- Safe Zone for Superolateral Entry Pin Into the Distal Humerus in Children: An MRI Analysis
  Bloom T, Zhao C, Mehta A, Thakur U, Koerner J, Sabharwal S Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2014 Dec 472 3779-3788
- Assessing limb apraxia in traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury
  McKenna C, Thakur U, Marcus B, Barrett AM Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar 2013 Jan 5 S 732-742
- Synovitis, Acne, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis and Osteitis (SAPHO) and chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO): Role of imaging in diagnosis
  Thakur U, Blacksin M, Beebe K, Neilson JC, Dashefsky B, Tagoylo G Radiography 2012 Aug 18 221-224
- Critique of the Transitional Year Internship and Its Relationship to Radiology Residency
  Baker SR, Tilak GS, Thakur U Academic radiology 2008 May 15 662-668

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