Kevin P. Leahy, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Kevin P. Leahy, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Contact information
Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
3400 Spruce Street, 5 Ravdin Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street, 5 Ravdin Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
kevin.leahy@uphs.upenn.edu
kevin.leahy@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BS (Biology)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1992.
PhD (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 2002.
Permanent linkBS (Biology)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1992.
PhD (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 2002.
Description of Clinical Expertise
I am fellowship trained in Laryngology. I am part of the Laryngology, voice and swallowing disorders division within the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. I have expertise in the areas of voice disturbances, swallowing dysfunction, and airway difficulty.Selected Publications
Jennifer Y. Lee, M.D.; Noam A. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.; Sunil Singhal, M.D.; Kevin P. Leahy, M.D., Ph.D.; Ankona Ghosh, M.D.; Genevieve Philiponis; Natasha Mirza, M.D.: Cyclooxygenase Inhibition of LTC Stenosis in the Mouse Model. Poster Presentation, American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting September 2012.Jennifer Y. Lee, M.D.; Noam A. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.; Sunil Singhal, M.D.; Kevin P. Leahy, M.D., Ph.D.; Ankona Ghosh, M.D.; Genevieve Philiponis; Natasha Mirza, M.D.: Murine Model of a Drug-Eluting Stent on Subglottic Stenosis. Oral Presentation, American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting September 2012.
Antunes MB, Ransom ER, Leahy KP. : Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Laryngitis: A Report of Two Cases with Different Clinical Presentations. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 74(3), April 2012.
N. Malaisrie, A. Ghosh, E. Einhorn, KP Leahy, N. Mirza: Inflammatory cytokine and protein expression in a murine model of airway granulation and subglottic stenosis. Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting, Chicago, IL April 2011 Notes: Oral presentation.
Ankona Ghosh, BS; Nora Malaisrie MD; Kevin P Leahy MD PhD; Sunil Singhal MD; Eugene Einhorn MD; Paul Howlett MD; Noam A Cohen MD PhD; Natasha Mirza: Cellular adaptive inflammation mediates airway granulation in a murine model of subglottic stenosis Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 144(6): 927-33, February 2011 Notes: in press.
Marcelo Antunes MD, Kevin P. Leahy MD PhD: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Laryngitis: A report of two cases with different clinical presentations. American Bronchoesophagology Association, Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting, Chicago, IL 2011 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Ankona Ghosh BS, Kevin P Leahy MD PhD, Nora Malaisre MD, Natasha Mirza MD, Eugene Einhorn MD: A Murine Model of Airway Granulation and Subglottic Stenosis. Poster presentation at the Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, 2/2011 2011.
Kevin P. Leahy, MD, PhD Ralph P. Tufano, MD: Primary Tracheoesophageal Puncture in Stapler-Assisted Total Laryngectomy. The Journal of Otorhinolaryngology. S. Karger, 72(2): 124-6, May 2010.
Ankona Ghosh; Kevin P. Leahy, MD, PhD; Sunil Singhal, MD, PhD; Eugene Einhorn, MD; Paul Howlett, MD; Noam Cohen, MD, PhD; Natasha Mirza, MD: A Murine Model of Subglottic Granulation. Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting; American Bronchoesophagology Association Poster Presentation April 2010.
Jennifer Lee, MD Kevin P. Leahy, MD, PhD: Actinomycosis of Posterior Glottic Rib Graft: A case report. Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting; American Laryngologic Association Poster Presentation April 2010.