Karthik Rajasekaran, MD, FACS

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Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Head/Neck Oncology Leadership Meeting Member, Cancer Service Line, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Director of Facial Trauma, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Quality Improvement Education, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics , University of Pennsylvania
Cancer Service Line Director for Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director of Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
Unit Based Clinical Leader for Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Pennsylvania Hospital,, , Shared Governance Council, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Contact information
800 Walnut St, 18th Floor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Office: 2158295180
Education:
B.A. (Biology, Health and Society)
University of Rochester, 2005.
M.D. (Doctor of Medicine)
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 2011.
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Selected Publications

Trivedi S, Tilsed C, Liousia M, Brody RM, Rajasekaran K, Singhal S, Albelda SM, Klampatsa A.: Transcriptomic analysis-guided assessment of precision-cut tumor slices (PCTS) as an ex-vivo tool in cancer research. Sci Rep 14(1), May 2024.

Gundle KR, Rajasekaran K, Houlton J, Deutsch GB, Ow TJ, Maki RG, Pang J, Nathan CO, Clayburgh D, Newman JG, Brinkmann E, Wagner MJ, Pollack SM, Thompson MJ, Li RJ, Mehta V, Schiff BA, Wenig BI, Swiecicki PL, Tang AL, Davis JL, van Zante A, Bertout JA, Jenkins W, Turner A, Grenley M, Burns C, Frazier JP, Merrell A, Sottero KHW, Derry JMJ, Gillespie KC, Mills B, Klinghoffer RA: Early, precise, and safe clinical evaluation of the pharmacodynamic effects of novel agents in the intact human tumor microenvironment. Front Pharmacol Apr 2024 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1367581.

Chen K, Lee Y, Kuriakose JP, Khan NS, Moreira A, Rajasekaran K: Appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for salivary gland cancer management utilizing AGREE II instrument. Am J Otolaryngol Apr 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2024.104285. Epub ahead of print.

Harris J, Ahluwalia V, Xu K, Romeo D, Fritz C, Rajasekaran K: The efficacy of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program surgical risk calculator in head and neck surgery: A meta-analysis. Head Neck Apr 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/hed.27765. Epub ahead of print.

Lam D, Sangal NR, Aggarwal A, Rajasekaran K, Cannady SB, Basu D, Chalian A, Weinstein G, Brody RM: Preoperative Circulating Tumor HPV DNA and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Disease. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Apr 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2024.0350. Epub ahead of print.

Kaki PC, Lam D, Sangal NR, Rajasekaran K, Chalian AC, Brody RM, Weinstein GS, Cannady SB: Transoral robotic surgery with free flap reconstruction: Functional outcomes of 241 patients at a single institution. Head Neck Apr 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/hed.27761. Epub ahead of print.

Kaki PC, Lam D, Sangal NR, Rajasekaran K, Chalian AC, Brody RM, Weinstein GS, Cannady SB: Transoral robotic surgery with free flap reconstruction: Functional outcomes of 241 patients at a single institution. Head Neck Apr 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/hed.27761. Epub ahead of print.

Salmon MK, Fritz CG, Barrette LX, Romeo D, Suresh NV, Ng JJ, Balar E, Prasad A, Moreira A, Rajasekaran K: Quality appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for the evaluation and management of primary hyperparathyroidism. Endocrine Mar 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s12020-024-03790-8. Epub ahead of print.

Lakshmipathy D, Allibone M, Rajasekaran K: Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer. Otolaryngol Clin North Am Mar 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2024.02.013. Epub ahead of print.

Lakshmipathy D, Winter E, Fritz C, Harris J, Gentile M, Moreira A, Rajasekaran K: Managing vestibular schwannomas with radiosurgery and radiotherapy: AGREE II appraisal of clinical practice guidelines. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol Mar 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.13640. Epub ahead of print.

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