Jawahar Jagarapu, M.D.

Jawahar Jagarapu, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. His research focuses on digital health and artificial intelligence (AI) in health care.

Dr. Jagarapu earned his medical degree at Andhra Medical College in India. He completed residencies in pediatrics at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the United Kingdom and Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Jagarapu received advanced training in neonatal-perinatal medicine through a fellowship at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2015.

Dr. Jagarapu holds board certifications in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine through the American Board of Pediatrics. He also holds a master’s degree in biomedical informatics with a focus on AI and data science in health care from the UT School of Biomedical Informatics. He is certified in advanced artificial intelligence in medicine through the American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and board certified in clinical informatics through the American Board of Preventive Medicine. 

At UT Southwestern, Dr. Jagarapu leads AI and digital health initiatives and the neonatology revenue cycle integrity and compliance team in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. At Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, he serves as a Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and serves on the AI taskforce subcommittee and EPIC Informatics Committee. He is also an Associate Editor of the Division’s evidence-based medicine database, Neosource. Dr. Jagarapu is a member of the Parkland Memorial Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Provider Consortium and serves on the Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence Committee and Physician Advisory Committee at Children’s Health. 

He serves as a member of the Texas Medical Association’s Committee on Health IT and the AI and Digital Health Focus Group at the Children’s Hospital National Consortium. Dr. Jagarapu is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of their AI special interest group and section on telemedicine. He belongs to several other professional organizations, including the American Medical Informatics Association, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and the Texas Chapter of Perinatal Pediatrics.

Dr. Jagarapu’s work is focused on promotion and adoption of AI and digital health technologies in clinical settings through research and education. He conducts regional and national workshops on healthcare AI. Dr. Jagarapu has published numerous articles in academic journals related to his areas of expertise. He is an ad hoc reviewer for various academic journals, including Health Informatics Journal, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Digital Health, and PLoS One Telemedicine.