Prasanna K. Kapavarapu, MD

Residency

Pediatrics - Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York
Pediatrics - Rainbow Children's Hospital, Hyderabad, India
Pediatrics - St. John's Medical College,Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India

Fellowship

Pediatric Gastroenterology - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin

Graduate Degree

MD - St. John's Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India

Papers

2012

Kapavarapu PK, Paul A, Lalitha AV, Shet AS: Transient Aplastic Crisis in Hereditary Elliptocytosis. Indian J Pediatr 79(12): 1666-8, 2012.

Kapavarapu PK, Bari O, Perumphil M, Duggan C, Dinakar C, Krishnamurthy S, Arumugam K, Shet A: Growth patterns and anemia status of HIV-infected children living in an institutional facility in India. Trop Med Int Health 17(8): 962-71, 2012.

2010

Indumathi CK, Kapavarapu PK, Dinakar C, Shet A, Lewin S: Intermittent short course therapy for pediatric tuberculosis. Indian Pediatr 47(1): 93-6, 2010.

2005

Sathyaprabha TN, Kapavarapu PK, Pall PK, Thennarasu K, Raju TR: Pulmonary Functions in Parkinson's Disease. Indian J Chest Did Allied Sci 47(4): 251-7, 2005.

Posters and Presentations

2017

Kapavarapu P, Gregg D, Oldham K, Martinez A, Friedlander J, Lerner D: Unsedated gastroduodenoscopy via G-tube stoma for diagnosis of duodenal web.  Poster Presentation. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Annual Meeting, Las Vegas 2017.

Kapavarapu P, Miranda A, Chelimsky G, Chelimsky T, Sood M, Kovacic K: Nausea negatively impacts quality of life and is associated with autonomic dysregulation in adolescents with functional abdominal pain disorders. Poster Presentation. North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Annual Meeting, Las Vegas October 2017.

2016

Kapavarapu PK: Improving visit cycle time in residents' continuity clinic.  Poster Presentation. Residents Research Fair, Harlem Hospital Center, NY March 2016.

Invited Lectures

2018

Kapavarapu PK. "Curcumin attenuates visceral hyperalgesia in a post-inflammatory visceral pain rat model," Federation of Neurogastroenterology and Motility Amsterdam, Netherlands. Aug, 2018.

2016

Kapavarapu PK. "Cyclic vomiting in a teenager: A diagnostic dilemma solved," World congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Montreal, Canada. Oct, 2016.