Hospital ProgramTelehealth
UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program
📍 Pittsburgh
Vestibular/BalanceNeuropsychology/CognitivePhysical Therapy
Concussion specialist
David O. Okonkwo MD, PhD
📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · ✓ Listing verified 2026-07-11
About
David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD practices Neurosurgery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and subspecializes in Neurotrauma / TBI / Sports Medicine. They see patients at UPMC Neurotrauma, part of UPMC. Their role there is Director of Neurotrauma, UPMC.
The listed clinical focus includes mTBI, Brain Injury and Sports Concussion. In this directory the listing sits under Rehabilitation/Brain Injury.
The practice sees adults.
Based in Pittsburgh and directed by neurosurgeon David Okonkwo, this University of Pittsburgh and UPMC center focuses on traumatic brain injury spanning mild concussion through severe injury. Its clinicians run federally and industry-funded clinical trials studying new therapies, brain monitoring, advanced imaging, and biomarkers, and it houses a national TBI biospecimen repository supporting the multicenter TRACK-TBI study.
Services
Rehabilitation/Brain Injury
Clinical focus areas
mTBIConcussionBrain InjurySports Concussion
Details
Provider typePhysician - Sports Medicine
SpecialtyNeurosurgery
PracticeUPMC Neurotrauma / Brain Trauma Research Center
Health systemUPMC
RoleDirector of Neurotrauma, UPMC; Clinical Director, Brain Trauma Research Center; Director, Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center
ServesAdult
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact David O. Okonkwo in Pittsburgh usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- the 6 stages of concussion recovery — A stage-by-stage timeline, and what should be happening at each one.
- why symptoms persist for months after a concussion — When symptoms outlast the expected window, and what actually shortens them.
- concussion ICD-10 coding quick reference — F07.81 and the related S06.0X codes, for clinicians and billing teams.
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