Speciality:

Pediatric Pulmonology

General Pediatrics

Fellowships / memberships:

• Life Member, IAP National Respiratory Chapter (Reg No. R/2019/E-4)
• Life Member, Indian Academy of Pediatrics (Reg No. L/2012/E-36)
• Life Member, Adolescent Chapter, Indian Academy of Pediatrics (Reg No.1476)
• Secretary, Indian Academy of Pediatrics – Adolescent chapter, Chennai (June 2014 – May 2017)
• Executive Board Member, Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics (2011-2013)
• Executive Board Member, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Chennai City Branch (2013 & 2024) 

Research:

Co – Author for the following Cochrane Review:

• Shah PB, James S, Elayaraja S. EEG for Children with Complex Febrile Seizure. An Overview of Cochrane Systemic Reviews: Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews 2011, Issue 11, Art No: CD009196, DOI:10.1002/14651858

Publications – original articles:

• Elayaraja S, Mahalakshmi R, Umapathy P and Latha R. Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Severity of Pediatric Scrub Typhus in a Tertiary Level Hospital in South India. Arch Pediatr Infect Dis. 2020 January; 8(1):e92752.
• Elayaraja S, Latha R, Samantha B, Narasimman S. Effectiveness of the 1-Minute Preceptor on Feedback to Pediatric Residents in a Busy Ambulatory Setting. Journal of Graduate Medical Education Supplement, 2019;204-205
• Ruchi R. Mittal, Latha R, Elayaraja S. A case series of cyclic vomiting syndrome in paediatric patients at a tertiary care hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Int J Contemp Pediatr. 2019 Jan;6(1):118-121

• Santhoshi Ratna NB, Elayaraja S, Ravichandran L, Kausalya K, Pon Ramya S. Prevalence of community acquired nasal carriage of MRSA and its antibiotic sensitivity pattern in a tertiary care center. Indian J Applied Research 2016;6(12):69-72
• Kamaraj D, Elayaraja S, Ravichandran L, Umapathy P. Perception of Health related Quality of life in healthy indian Adolescents. Int J Contemp Pediatr 2016;3:692-699
• Rakesh M, Umapathy P, Elayaraja S, Ravichandran L, Srinivasan V, Dhana Rathna moorthy V. Clinical features and significance of cytokine IL-4 in children  with Dengue at a tertiary care centre. J Evid Based Med Health 2016;3(99):5431-5442
• Godfrey DA, Umapathy P, Ravichandran L, Elayaraja S, Murugan SS, Srinivasan V. Association of bone age with overweight and obesity in the age group of 8 to 11 years. Int J Contemp Pediatr 2016;3(3):788-794

Co-author for books:

• “Laboratory Investigations in Respiratory Diseases” in the multi-author book titled IAP NRC Textbook of Pediatric Pulmonology, edited by IAP NRC group
• Multiple Topics in Respiratory System in the multi-author textbook titled Essentials of Pediatrics, edited by Padmasani Venkataramanan
• Multiple Topics in Respiratory System in multi-author textbook titled Scott’s Pediatricks, edited by Julius Xavier Scott
• Contributed a topic on “Weedicide Poisoning” in the multi – author book titled Poisoning in Children, edited by Dr.S.Thagavelu, Chennai, India
• Got the Second Place in the National Paediatric Nephrology Prize Examination conducted by Paediatric Nephrology Department of ICH & HC

Academic:

• Faculty – Asthma Training Module, CASPER, FLIPP & TIPS programs
• Associate Professor & UG Registrar
• UG & PG Teacher
• UG Clinical Examiner
• Resource faculty for various conferences and skill enhancement workshops

Awards and honours:Second Place in the National Paediatric Nephrology Prize Examination conducted by Paediatric Nephrology Department of ICH & HC  in July 2004