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
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.
Desai, KA: Young man with Iron Deficiency Anemia suspect for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia/ Tumor Board Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UTSW. Presentation Aug 2016.
Department of Pediatrics, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Presentation: Spherocytosis presenting as choledocolithiasis/ Morning Report Desai, KA 2014.