Aparna Polavarapu
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department: Neurology
Education:
BA
Lehigh University, 2009.
MD
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2012.
BA
Lehigh University, 2009.
MD
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2012.
Post-Graduate Training
Child Neurology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Drexel University College of Medicine, 2012-2017.
Epilepsy , Thomas Jefferson University Hospital AI DuPont Hospital for Children, 2017-2018.
Child Neurology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Drexel University College of Medicine, 2012-2017.
Epilepsy , Thomas Jefferson University Hospital AI DuPont Hospital for Children, 2017-2018.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, 2018.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy , 2020.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, 2018.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy , 2020.
Selected Publications
Aparna Polavarapu: Lafora disease MedLink Neurology. Lewis SL, Editor-in-Chief (eds.). MedLink, LLC, September 2025.Polavarapu, A: Gelastic seizures with hypothalamic hamartoma. MedLink Neurology. Solomon Moshe Lewis SL, Editor-in-Chief (eds.). MedLink, LLC, December 2024.
Polavarapu, Aparna: Epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures. MedLink Neurology. Moshe, Solomon Lewis SL, Editor-in-Chief (eds.). MedLink, LLC, December 2024.
Polavarapu, A: Febrile Seizures The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 9th Edition. Wolters Kluwer, 2024.
Radhakrishna S, Polavarapu A., Duberstein S. : Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathy and Rett Syndrome. 52nd Annual Child Neurology Society October 2023.
Fields C, Yozawitz E, Breilyn MS, Avulakunta I, Bisht S, Dalvi N, Delfiner LD, Eizadkhah D, Nitka SA, O’Neill K, Polavarapu A, Rosen O, Thongsing A, Moshe SL: Variants in PNPLA8 are associated with developmental epileptic encephalopathy and cerebellar atrophy 74th Annual American Academy of Neurology April 2022.
O’Neill K, Polavarapu A.: Acute Cerebellar Ataxia associated with COVID-19 in a 5 year old boy. 74th Annual American Academy of Neurology April 2022.
Polavarapu A: Brain implant for adults with epilepsy can help kids, too. Healthday January 2022 Notes: https://consumer.healthday.com/1-24-robin-content-edit-brain-implant-for-adults-with-epilepsy-can-help-kids-too-2656445750.html.
Polavarapu, A: Epilepsy with Myoclonic Atonic Seizures. MedLink Neurology. Moshe, Solomon Lewis SL, Editor-in-chief (eds.). MedLink, LLC, 2022.
Polavarapu, A: Gelastic Seizures and Hypothalamic Hamartoma. MedLink Neurology. Moshe, Solomon Lewis, SL. Editor-in-chief (eds.). MedLink, LLC, 2022.