Dr Ela Chakkarapani

Dr Ela Chakkarapani
M.B.,B.S., F.R.C.P.C.H., MD

Consultant Senior Lecturer in Neonatology

Area of research

Newborn neuroscience

Level D,
St Michael's Hospital, Southwell Street BS2 8EG
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Tel. +44 (0) 117 342 5711
ela.chakkarapani@
bristol.ac.uk

Research summary

Biography

Dr Ela Chakkarapani completed his MD in translational research of xenon with hypothermia in perinatal asphyxia in 2012, which has transpired to two ongoing randomised clinical trials. He successfully completed his fellowship in Neonatal neurology and neuroimaging in Vancouver, Canada in 2013. He was appointed as a consultant Senior Lecturer in Neonatology on October 2013. His research interests are in neonatal neuroscience.

Recent publications

Dingley, J, Okano, S, Planas, S & Chakkarapani, E, 2018, ‘Feasibility of a miniature esophageal heat exchange device for rapid therapeutic cooling in newborns: preliminary investigations in a piglet model’. Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, vol 8., pp. 36-44
Sabir, H, Dingley, J, Scull-Brown, E, Chakkarapani, E & Thoresen, M, 2018, ‘Fentanyl induces cerebellar internal granular cell layer apoptosis in healthy newborn pigs’. Frontiers in Neurology.

Bristol Medical School: Translational Health Sciences

Dr Ela Chakkarapani