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

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Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Clinical Director, Penn Medicine Washington Square Otorhinolaryngology Clinic
Clinical Director, Penn Medicine at Radnor Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Contact information
Pennsylvania Hospital
Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
University of Pennsylvania Health System
800 Walnut St, 18th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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.
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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

Brant JA, Leahy K, Mirza N.: Diagnostic utility of flexible fiberoptic nasopharyngolaryngoscopy recorded onto a smartphone: A pilot study. World Journal of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 4(2): 138-9, June 2018.

Kevin P. Leahy, MD, PhD: Laryngeal and Tracheal Manifestation of Systemic Disease. Cummings Otolaryngology, 7th Edition. Flint (eds.). Elsevier, 2018.

Kevin P. Leahy, Oren Friedman, Robert T. Sataloff: Laryngeal Papilloma. Care of the Professional Voice 2016.

Haft S1, Lee JY, Ghosh A, Philiponis G, Malaisrie N, Leahy KP, Singhal S, Cohen NA, Mirza N. : Inflammatory protein expression in human subglottic stenosis tissue mirrors that in a murine model. Annals of Otolaryngology, Rhinology, Laryngology 123(1): 65-70, Jan 2014.

Kevin P. Leahy: Laryngeal and Tracheal Manifestations of Systemic Disease. Cummings: Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 6th edition 2014.

Ghosh A, Philiponis G, Lee JY, Leahy KP, Singhal S, Cohen NA, Mirza N. : Pulse steroid therapy inhibits murine subglottic granulation. Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 148(2): 284-90, Feb 2013.

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. American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting Sep 2012 Notes: Poster Presentation.

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. American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting September 2012 Notes: Oral Presentation.

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): 146-8, 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.

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Last updated: 10/20/2023
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