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Kevin P. Leahy, M.D., Ph.D.

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

Office: 215-662-2979

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.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2002-2003.
Resident in Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2003-2007.
Fellow in Laryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2007-2008.

Certifications
American Board of Otolaryngology, 2008.

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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

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.

Kevin P. Leahy: Laryngeal and Tracheal Manifestations of Systemic Disease. Cummings Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,5th Edition Paul Flint (eds.). Elsevier, Page: Chapter 64, March 2010.

Ankona Ghosh BS, Kevin P Leahy MD PhD, Sunil Singhal MD, Noam A Cohen MD PhD, Natasha Mirza MD, Eugene Einhorn MD, Paul Howlett MD: A Murine Model of Subglottic Stenosis Using an Ex-Situ Approach. Poster Presentation to ALA at COSM April 2010 2010.

Ankona Ghosh BS, Nora Malaisrie MD, Kevin P Leahy MD PhD, Sunil Singhal MD, Noam A Cohen MD PhD, Natasha Mirza MD, Eugene Einhorn MD, Paul Howlett MD: Cellular Adaptive Inflammation Mediates Airway Granulation. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting September 2010 2010 Notes: Oral Presentation.