Jawahar Jagarapu, MD
Neonatologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- NTR University of Health Sciences - Andhra Medical (2002)
- Residency
- Driscoll Childrens Hospital (2011), Pediatrics
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2009), Pediatrics - Fellowship
- University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital (2015), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal-Perinatal
Conditions
- Abdominal masses
- Achondroplasia (dwarfism)
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Anencephaly
- Anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- Biliary atresia
- Bladder exstrophy
- Bladder outlet obstruction
- Bowel atresia
- Brachydactyly (symbrachydactyly)
- Chronic lung disease (CLD)
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Colon atresia
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Congenital heart disease
- Congenital infections
- Congenital lung lesions
- Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM)
- Craniosynostosis
- Cystic fibrosis (CF)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Down syndrome
- Duodenal aresia
- Edema
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS or elastic skin)
- Encephalocele
- Encephalopathy (encephalitis)
- Enteroviruses
- Esophageal atresia (EA)
- Feeding disorder (PFD)
- First unprovoked seizure
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gastroschisis
- Goldenhar syndrome (oculo-auriculo-vertebral dysplasia or OAV)
- Head and neck lumps
- Hemophilia
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydrops
- Hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice)
- Hypotonia (floppy muscle syndrome)
- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (intrapartum asphyxia - HIE)
- Intestinal disorders
- Intraventricular hemorrhage and stroke
- Isolated craniosynostosis
- Jejunal and ileal atresia
- Laryngomalacia
- Lordosis (sway back)
- Low birth weight
- Low blood pressure (hypotension)
- Meconium aspiration
- Mediastinal mass
- Metabolic diseases
- Muscular dystrophy (MD)
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Neonatal diabetes
- Newborn tumors
- Noonan syndrome (NS)
- Omphalocele
- Open neural tube defects (ONTDs)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension
- Pierre Robin syndrome (PRS)
- Pleural effusion
- Poland syndrome (Poland sequence)
- Prematurity
- Prenatal drug and alcohol exposure
- Pulmonary sequestration
- Pyloric stenosis
- Renal malformation
- Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
- Rubella (German measles)
- Sepsis and meningitis
- Short bowel syndrome (SBS)
- Skeletal dysplasias and abnormalities
- Spina bifida
- Syndromic craniosynostosis
- Syphilis
- Tay-Sachs
- Toxoplasmosis
- Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)
- VATER syndrome (VACTERL association)
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Telemedicine
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Publications
- Twitter discussions on breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jagarapu J, Diaz MI, Lehmann CU, Medford RJ, Int Breastfeed J 2023 Nov 18 1 56
- Telemedicine across the continuum of neonatal-perinatal care. Chuo J, Makkar A, Machut K, Zenge J, Jagarapu J, Azzuqa A, Savani RC, Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2022 Oct 27 5 101398
- TeleNICU: Extending the reach of level IV care and optimizing the triage of patient transfers. Jagarapu J, Kapadia V, Mir I, Kakkilaya V, Carlton K, Fokken M, Brown S, Hall-Barrow J, Savani RC, J Telemed Telecare 2021 Sep 1357633X211038153
- Part I. Mechanisms of actions and metabolism of acetaminophen related to the neonatal brain. Angelis D, Savani RC, Jagarapu J, Hu J, Wan-Huen P, Chalak L, Early Hum Dev 2021 Jun 105406
- Part II. Acetaminophen and closure of ductus arteriosus in the newborns: Mechanisms of action, clinical studies, safety and efficacy. Angelis D, Jagarapu J, Wan-Huen P, Savani RC, Jaleel M, Early Hum Dev 2021 Jun 105407
- A brief history of telemedicine and the evolution of teleneonatology. Jagarapu J, Savani RC, Semin Perinatol 2021 Apr 151416
- Development and implementation of a teleneonatology program: Opportunities and challenges. Jagarapu J, Savani RC, Semin Perinatol 2021 Apr 151428
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2009)
- Andhra Pradesh Medical Council (2002)
- Medical Council of India (2002)
- Texas Chapter of Perinatal Pediatrics (2015)
- Texas Pediatric Society (2009-2012)
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Awards and Honors
- Texas Monthly Super Doctor Rising Star (2019)
- Young investigator fellow travel grant awards (2013-2015), PAS
- Top score in Neonatal medicine SITE exam (2013), University of Miami
