- Society for Pediatric Research
- American Academy of Pediatrics
Sushmita Yallapragada, M.D.
- Pediatrics - Neonatal-Perinatal
Biography
Dr. Sushmita Yallapragada is an alumnus of UT Southwestern Medical School. She completed her pediatrics residency at The University of Chicago and fellowship training in neonatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She has also completed a masters in clinical investigation (MSCI) at Northwestern University. She joined the faculty in neonatal-perinatal medicine at UTSW in 2016 with a special interest in preterm infants with chronic lung diseases and respiratory failure. She has published work in placental histopathology and morphometrics in association with fetal and neonatal lung development, and is interested in carrying forward similar studies at UTSW. Dr. Yallapragada will be developing a specialized program for preterm infants with chronic lung diseases at Children’s Medical Center, thus creating a formalized method to help some of the sickest patients in the Neonatal ICU.
Education & Training
- Graduate School - Northwestern University Graduate School (2013-2015), Clinical Investigation
- Medical School - UT Southwestern Medical School (2005-2009)
- Fellowship - McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University/(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) (2012-2015), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine
- Other Post Graduate Training - Northwestern University Graduate School (2013-2015)
- Residency - University of Chicago/Comer Children's Hospital (2009-2012), Pediatrics
Professional Associations & Affiliations
Honors & Awards
- Elected Associate Member of Perinatal Research Society 2016
- Recipient of NIH Loan Repayment Award 2016
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia outcomes: navigating center-to-center variability in level 4 NICUs in the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium
Author Collaboration ob, Guner YS, Zaniletti I, Grover TR, Gowda SH, Porta NF, Padula MA, Keene S, Mahmood B, Evans JR, Hedrick HL, Murthy K, Welch C, Sullivan K, Short BL, Lee KS, Van Marter L, Downey A, Rao R, Brozanski B, Jacobsen E, DiGeronimo R, Speziale M, Ling CY, Bendel-Stenzel E, Yanowitz T, Griffiths P, Quinones V, Padula M, Weiss A, Wadhawan R, Dereddy N, Mikhael M, Birge N, Williams P, Tipple T, Joe P, Lagatta J, Weems M, Menda N, Chapman R, Carroll L, Weiner J, Lindower J, Rose R, Reber K, Katarkan L, Gotiolo A, Chalak L, Yallapragada S, Nesterenko T Pediatric Research 2026 Feb 99 999-1008 -
Interdisciplinary clinical bronchopulmonary dysplasia programs: development, evolution, and maturation
House M, Lagoski M, DiGeronimo R, Eldredge LC, Manimtim W, Baker CD, Coghill C, Fernandes CJ, Griffiths P, Ibrahim J, Kielt MJ, Lagatta J, Machry JS, Mikhael M, Vyas-Read S, Weems MF, Yallapragada SG, Murthy K, Nelin LD Journal of Perinatology 2026 Feb 46 136-143 -
Impact of congenital heart disease and prematurity on brain injury from a national registry
Author Collaboration CC, Lima GP, Morton SU, Zaniletti I, Levy P, Sweeney N, Pavlek L, Hamrick SE, Gowda SH, Rao R, Ball MK, Chaudhry PM, Welch C, Sullivan K, Short BL, Lee KS, Van Marter L, Downey A, Rao R, Brozanski B, Jacobsen E, DiGeronimo R, Speziale M, Ling CY, Bendel-Stenzel E, Yanowitz T, Griffiths P, Quinones V, Padula M, Weiss A, Wadhawan R, Dereddy N, Mikhael M, Birge N, Williams P, Tipple T, Joe P, Lagatta J, Weems M, Menda N, Chapman R, Carroll L, Weiner J, Lindower J, Rose R, Reber K, Katarkan L, Gotiolo A, Chalak L, Yallapragada S, Acun C Journal of Perinatology 2025 Jul 45 1005-1008 -
Liberation from Respiratory Support in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Author Collaboration CH, Kielt MJ, Zaniletti I, Lagatta JM, Padula MA, Grover TR, Porta NF, Wymore EM, Jensen EA, Leeman KT, Levin JC, Evans JR, Yallapragada S, Nelin LD, Vyas-Read S, Murthy K Journal of Pediatrics 2025 Jul 282 -
Practice variation in therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy among neonates with congenital heart disease in the United States
Author Collaboration CH, Chawla V, Peluso AM, Ball MK, Tabbutt S, Bailly DK, Mueller D, Rao R, Levy PT, Welch C, Sullivan K, Short BL, Lee KS, Van Marter L, Downey A, Rao R, Brozanski B, Jacobsen E, DiGeronimo R, Speziale M, Ling CY, Bendel-Stenzel E, Yanowitz T, Griffiths P, Quinones V, Padula M, Weiss A, Wadhawan R, Dereddy N, Mikhael M, Birge N, Williams P, Tipple T, Joe P, Lagatta J, Weems M, Menda N, Chapman R, Carroll L, Weiner J, Lindower J, Rose R, Reber K, Katarkan L, Gotiolo A, Johnson Y, Chi A, Natarajan G, Chalak L, Yallapragada S, Acun C Journal of Perinatology 2025 Feb 45 265-267 -
Inter-center variations in length of hospitalization for infants with congenital jejunal or ileal atresia
Author Collaboration CH, Huff KA, Zaniletti I, McNelis K, Ladd A, Azzuqa A, Coghill CH, Robinson DT, Premkumar MH, Denning PW, Kim J, Corkins MR, Adler A, Bodkin D, Rudolph J, Moore A, Strobel KM, Padula MA, Grover TR, Murthy K, Nayak SP, Welch C, Sullivan K, Short BL, Lee KS, Van Marter L, Downey A, Rao R, Brozanski B, Jacobsen E, DiGeronimo R, Speziale M, Ling CY, Bendel-Stenzel E, Yanowitz T, Griffiths P, Quinones V, Padula M, Weiss A, Wadhawan R, Dereddy N, Mikhael M, Birge N, Williams P, Tipple T, Joe P, Lagatta J, Weems M, Chalak L, Yallapragada S, Acun C Journal of Perinatology 2025 -
Chronic lung disease in full-term infants: Characteristics and neonatal intensive care outcomes in infants referred to children's hospitals
Author Collaboration CH, Mikhael M, Cleary JP, Zaniletti I, Truog WE, Ibrahim J, DiGeronimo R, Cuna A, Kielt MJ, Coghill CH, Vyas-Read S, Yallapragada S, Engle WA, Savani RC, Murthy K, Lagatta JM Pediatric pulmonology 2022 Sep 57 2082-2091 -
Establishment of a multidisciplinary fetal center streamlines approach for congenital lung malformations
Reyna JC, Zagory JA, Yallapragada S, Santiago-Munoz P, Schindel DT Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2022 35 2883-2888 -
A comparison of newer classifications of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: findings from the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Severe BPD Group
Vyas-Read S, Logan JW, Cuna AC, Machry J, Leeman KT, Rose RS, Mikhael M, Wymore E, Ibrahim JW, DiGeronimo RJ, Yallapragada S, Haberman BE, Padula MA, Porta NF, Murthy K, Nelin LD, Coghill CH, Zaniletti I, Savani RC, Truog W, Engle WA, Lagatta JM Journal of Perinatology 2022 Jan 42 58-64 -
Cardiovascular impact and sequelae of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Yallapragada SG, Savani RC, Goss KN Pediatric pulmonology 2021 Nov 56 3453-3463 -
Qualitative indications for tracheostomy and chronic mechanical ventilation in patients with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Author Collaboration CH, Yallapragada S, Savani RC, Mūnoz-Blanco S, Lagatta JM, Truog WE, Porta NF, Nelin LD, Zhang H, Vyas-Read S, DiGeronimo R, Natarajan G, Wymore E, Haberman B, Machry J, Potoka K, Murthy K Journal of Perinatology 2021 Nov 41 2651-2657 -
Impact of Additional Anomalies on Postnatal Outcomes in Congenital Lung Malformations
Reyna JC, Zagory JA, Yallapragada S, Santiago-Munoz P, Schindel DT Journal of Surgical Research 2020 Dec 256 611-617 -
Utility of echocardiography in predicting mortality in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Author Collaboration ob, Vyas-Read S, Wymore EM, Zaniletti I, Murthy K, Padula MA, Truog WE, Engle WA, Savani RC, Yallapragada S, Logan JW, Zhang H, Hysinger EB, Grover TR, Natarajan G, Nelin LD, Porta NF, Potoka KP, DiGeronimo R, Lagatta JM Journal of Perinatology 2020 Jan 40 149-156 -
The impact of placental pathology discordance in multiple gestation pregnancies on bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension
Franklin A, Yallapragada S, Birkett R, Grobman W, Ernst LM, Mestan K Pulmonary Circulation 2020 Jan 10 -
Racial differences in placental pathology among very preterm births
Matoba N, Yallapragada S, Davis MM, Ernst LM, Collins JW, Mestan KK Placenta 2019 Aug 83 37-42 -
The Impact of Pulmonary Hypertension in Preterm Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia through 1 Year
Author Collaboration CH, Lagatta JM, Hysinger EB, Zaniletti I, Wymore EM, Vyas-Read S, Yallapragada S, Nelin LD, Truog WE, Padula MA, Porta NF, Savani RC, Potoka KP, Kawut SM, DiGeronimo R, Natarajan G, Zhang H, Grover TR, Engle WA, Murthy K Journal of Pediatrics 2018 Dec 203 218-224.e3 -
Successful medical management of a neonate with spontaneous splenic rupture and severe hemophilia A
Badawy SM, Rossoff J, Yallapragada S, Liem RI, Sharathkumar AA Hematology/ Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy 2017 Mar 10 29-32 -
The placenta as a diagnostic tool for the neonatologist
Yallapragada SG, Mestan KK, Ernst LM Pediatrics in Review 2016 Mar 17 e131-e143 -
Placental villous vascularity is decreased in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension
Yallapragada SG, Mestan KK, Palac H, Porta N, Gotteiner N, Hamvas A, Grobman W, Ernst LM Pediatric and Developmental Pathology 2016 Mar 19 101-107 -
Early-life exposure to antibiotics, alterations in the intestinal microbiome, and risk of metabolic disease in children and adults
Yallapragada SG, Nash CB, Robinson DT Pediatric annals 2015 Nov 44 e265-e269 -
Placental pathologic changes of maternal vascular underperfusion in bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension
Mestan KK, Check J, Minturn L, Yallapragada S, Farrow KN, Liu X, Su E, Porta N, Gotteiner N, Ernst LM Placenta 2014 Aug 35 570-574
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia outcomes: navigating center-to-center variability in level 4 NICUs in the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium
Research
- Developing a specialized clinical research program to study preterm infants who have chronic lung disease, pulmonary hypertension and chronic respiratory failure
Results: 1 Locations
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
1935 Medical District DriveDallas, Texas 75235 214-730-5437 Directions to Children's Medical Center of Dallas at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas