
Pooja Khatri, MD
Professor of Neurology, Director of Acute Stroke
Specialties
Neurology, Stroke, Neuroscience, Acute Stroke, Stroke Prevention
Department
Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine
UC Health Affiliations
University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Best Doctors and Top Doctors
Pooja Khatri, MD, is the director of the Acute Stroke Program for the University of Cincinnati Stroke Team and a professor of neurology at the UC College of Medicine.
Khatri received her BSc with Honors (Biological Sciences) from Stanford University in 1995 and her MD with Honors from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 2000. After neurology training at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Khatri came to UC in 2004 to complete a vascular neurology fellowship through the NIH Specialized Program of Translational Research in Acute Stroke (SPOTRIAS). She joined the UC faculty in 2005, was awarded an NIH Career Development Award (K23) in 2006 and received the American Heart Association (AHA) Robert G. Siekert Young Investigator Award in 2008. She completed a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the Harvard University School of Public Health in 2011.
Khatri is a dedicated clinician who provides neurological care to patients at the UC Medical Center and emergency stroke care at more than 15 area hospitals. Khatri was awarded the Cincinnati Business Courier’s Forty under 40 Award in 2012. She has been recognized as a “Top Doctor in Cincinnati” by Cincinnati Magazine annually since 2011 and a “Best Doctor in the TriState Region” by Cincy Magazine annually since 2010.
Khatri is a recognized expert in acute stroke, the research of its treatments, clinical trial design/implementation and stroke systems of care. She participates in the leadership of several international multicenter clinical trials and leads UC’s National Institutes of Health NEXT Network clinical site for pilot trials of neurosciences. She has been a standing member of the FDA Peripheral and Central Nervous System (PCNS) Drug Advisory Panel and has authored numerous manuscripts, books and clinical guidelines. She was one of three Americans elected to the board of the World Stroke Organization in 2016.
Clifton
UC Health Physicians Office (Clifton - Piedmont)
222 Piedmont Avenue
Suite 3200
Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
Phone: (513) 475-8730
Fax: (513) 475-8033
Map and Directions
Medical School
- Univeristy of Illinois - Chicago, IL
Residency
- University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
- University of Cincinnati/University Hospital - Cincinnati, OH (Stroke)
Board Certifications
Specialties
Neurology, Stroke, Neuroscience, Acute Stroke, Stroke Prevention
Department
Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine
UC Health Affiliations
University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Best Doctors and Top Doctors
Pooja Khatri, MD, is the director of the Acute Stroke Program for the University of Cincinnati Stroke Team and a professor of neurology at the UC College of Medicine.
Khatri received her BSc with Honors (Biological Sciences) from Stanford University in 1995 and her MD with Honors from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 2000. After neurology training at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Khatri came to UC in 2004 to complete a vascular neurology fellowship through the NIH Specialized Program of Translational Research in Acute Stroke (SPOTRIAS). She joined the UC faculty in 2005, was awarded an NIH Career Development Award (K23) in 2006 and received the American Heart Association (AHA) Robert G. Siekert Young Investigator Award in 2008. She completed a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the Harvard University School of Public Health in 2011.
Khatri is a dedicated clinician who provides neurological care to patients at the UC Medical Center and emergency stroke care at more than 15 area hospitals. Khatri was awarded the Cincinnati Business Courier’s Forty under 40 Award in 2012. She has been recognized as a “Top Doctor in Cincinnati” by Cincinnati Magazine annually since 2011 and a “Best Doctor in the TriState Region” by Cincy Magazine annually since 2010.
Khatri is a recognized expert in acute stroke, the research of its treatments, clinical trial design/implementation and stroke systems of care. She participates in the leadership of several international multicenter clinical trials and leads UC’s National Institutes of Health NEXT Network clinical site for pilot trials of neurosciences. She has been a standing member of the FDA Peripheral and Central Nervous System (PCNS) Drug Advisory Panel and has authored numerous manuscripts, books and clinical guidelines. She was one of three Americans elected to the board of the World Stroke Organization in 2016.
Clifton
UC Health Physicians Office (Clifton - Piedmont)
222 Piedmont Avenue
Suite 3200
Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
Phone: (513) 475-8730
Fax: (513) 475-8033
Map and Directions
Medical School
- Univeristy of Illinois - Chicago, IL
Residency
- University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
- University of Cincinnati/University Hospital - Cincinnati, OH (Stroke)