Kevin P. Leahy, M.D., Ph.D.
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
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.
Permanent linkBS (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.
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
Davis RJ, Akst LM, Allen CT, Battafarano RJ, Born HL, Bryson PC, Clary MS, Crosby T, Dhillon VK, Dion G, Kavookjian H, Leahy KP, Lina I, Mirza N, Morrison RJ, Motz KM, Nelson RC, Preciado D, Sandu K, Spiegel JR, Walsh J, Hillel AT, Gelbard A.: Third Proceedings of The North American Airway Collaborative (NoAAC): Consensus Statement on Trial Design for Airway Stenosis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 151(3): 263-267, March 2025.Triantafillou V, Leahy K: Pembrolizumab-Associated Bullous Pemphigoid with Laryngeal Involvement. Laryngoscope 135(1), Jan 2025.
Khan SN, Manur R, Brooks JS, Husson MA, Leahy K, Grant M: Invasive pseudomembranous upper airway and tracheal Aspergillosis refractory to systemic antifungal therapy and serial surgical debridement in an Immunocompetent patient. BMC Infect Dis 20(1): 13, Jan 2020.
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.