EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• MB,Bch (Hons) National University of Ireland, Ireland.
• Internship, Internal Medicine,    Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda, Ireland, 1989-1990
• Senior house Officer, Internal Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England, 1990-1992.
• Resident, Internal Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York 1993-1996.              
• Chief Resident, Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, 1996-1997.                             
• Fellow, Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York.1997-2000.

APPOINTMENTS

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• M.R.C.P (UK), 1992
• American Board of Internal Medicine(Internal Medicine),1996
• American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology),2001
• F.R.C.P (Edinburgh),2004

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Outcomes research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• New treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Fertility and Pregnancy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Rajapakse R, Korelitz BI, Zlatanic J, Baiocco P, Gleim G.  Outcome of pregnancies when fathers with inflammatory bowel disease are treated with 6-mercaptopurine. Am J Gastroenterol 2000 Mar 3; 95 : 684-8
• Felder J, KorelitzB I, Rajapakse R , Schwarz S, Horatagis A, Gleim G. The effects of non-steroidal  anti-inflammatory drugs on Inflammatory Bowel Disease:  a case-control study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2000 Aug; 95 :1949-54
• Korelitz BI, Rajapakse R. 6-MP for fathers with IBD at the time of conception:  over unrelated controls. Am J Gastroenterol 2000 Sep; 95 : 2386-7.
• Korelitz BI, Rajapakse R.  Treatment of acute relapse of Crohn’s disease: recommendations for clinical trials.  IOIBD 2000.
• Ramona Rajapakse, Korelitz Burton I.  Inflammatory Bowel Disease During Pregnancy. Current treatment options in Gastroenterol. 2001;4:245-51.
• Burton Korelitz, Ramona Rajapakse. Ulcerative Duodenitis with Ulcerative Colitis.  Is it Crohn’s disease or really Ulcerative Colitis.  J clin Gastroenterol. 2001; 32: 97.
• Korelitz BI and Rajapakse RO. The nature of perirectal and other fistulizing manifestations of Crohn’s Disease: Combined medical-surgical treatment. Drugs of Today(Suppl) 2001; 37: 1-7.
• Zlatanic J, Korelitz BI, Rajapakse R, Kim PS, Rubin SD, Baiocco PJ, Panagopoulos G.  Complications of pregnancy and child development after cessation of treatment with 6-mercaptopurine for inflammatory bowel disease.  J Clin Gastroenterol 2003; 36: 303-309.
• Disanti W, Rajapakse RO, Korelitz BI, Panagopoulos G, Bratcher J. Incidence of neoplasms in patients who develop sustained leukopenia during or after treatment with 6-MP for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology;2006, Vol 4; 1025-1029
• Gold Jared, Rajapakse RO. Successful treatment of retinal neovascularisation and uveitis with infliximab in a patient with Crohn’s disease. Practical Gastroenterology 2006; August: 76-78.
• Rajapakse R, Korelitz BI.  Azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine use in Crohn’s disease; in eds Bayless TM, Hanauer SB. Advanced Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 2nd edition. BC Decker inc. 373-6.
• Ramona O Rajapakse, Burton I Korelitz. Ulcerative Colitis; in ed Peter R McNally. GI/Liver Secrets. 2nd edition Hanley and Belfus inc.305-11. 2001. Updated 2005.