Kavita Desai, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Oncology)
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology-Oncology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology-Oncology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.S (Neuroscience)
University of Michigan, 2007.
M.D. (Medicine)
St. George's University School of Medicine, 2012.
Permanent linkB.S (Neuroscience)
University of Michigan, 2007.
M.D. (Medicine)
St. George's University School of Medicine, 2012.
Selected Publications
Kavita Desai, Tom Rosenberg, Phoebe Power, Neevika Manoharan, Sumanth Nagabushan, Audrey Green Murphy, David S. Ziegler, Yimei Li, Michael J. Fisher, Susan Chi: IRS-III: Long-term follow-up shows favorable outcomes and durable responses for localized atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT). 21st International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology June 2024.Chelsea Kotch, Stephanie J Si, Kavita Desai, Philippe Caminada, Francesco Maria Lo Russo, Yimei Li, Grant T Liu, Robert A Avery, Michael J Fisher : The impact of changes in gadolinium-enhancement on disease progression in children with neurofibromatosis type 1-associated optic pathway glioma: a retrospective analysis. J Neurooncol 164(3): 741-747, October 2023.
Stephanie Brosius, Kavita Desai and Amish Shah: Brain Tumors. Netter's Pediatrics , 2nd Edition. Rebecca Tenney Soeiro, MD, MSEd and Erin Pete Devon, MD (eds.). Elsevier, May 2023 Notes: Chapter.
Kavita Desai and Michael J Fisher: Germ Cell Tumors. Diabetes Insipidus in Children: A Pocket Guide. Springer International Publishing, Page: 69-81, 2021.
Zapata CP, Cuglievan B, Zapata CM, Olavarrieta R, Raskin S, Desai K, and De Angulo G.: PET/CT versus bone marrow biopsy in the initial evaluation of bone marrow infiltration in various pediatric malignancies. Pediatr Blood Cancer 65(2): doi: 10.1002, Feb 2018 Notes: epub.
Desai, KA: Venous Thromboembolism Recurrence and Thrombolysis/ Tumor Board Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UTSW. Presentation Nov 2017.
Desai, KA: Local Control in Ewings Sarcoma/ Tumor Board. Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UTSW. Presentation Sept 2017.
Desai, KA: The Gray Zone; a case of gray zone lymphoma in a pediatric patient/ Tumor Board Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UTSW. Presentation May 2017.
Desai, KA: X-MEN Disease/ Tumor Board Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UTSW. Presentation Feb 2017.
Desai, KA: If at first you don’t succeed: Recurrent graft failure in a SCT patient/ Tumor Board Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UTSW. Presentation Oct 2016.