Sushmita Yallapragada, M.D.

Associate Professor

Schools: Medical School
Departments: Pediatrics

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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

Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School (2009)
Residency: University of Chicago/Comer Children's Hospital (2012), Pediatrics
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University/(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) (2015), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine
Other Post Graduate Training: Northwestern University Graduate School (2015)
Graduate School: Northwestern University Graduate School (2015), Clinical Investigation

Research Interest

Developing a specialized clinical research program to study preterm infants who have chronic lung disease, pulmonary hypertension and chronic respiratory failure

Publications

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
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
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
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

Honors & Awards

Elected Associate Member of Perinatal Research Society
(2016)
Recipient of NIH Loan Repayment Award
(2016)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics
Society for Pediatric Research