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Karthik Rajasekaran, MD, FACS

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
Email: karthik.rajasekaran@uphs.upenn.edu
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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.
Post-Graduate Training
Residency in Otorhinolaryngology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2011-2016.
 Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery, Microvascular Reconstruction and TransOral Robotic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2016-2017.
Certifications
Board certified in Otolaryngology, 2017.
 American College of Surgeons, 2019.
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Selected Publications

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.

 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.

 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.

 Panara K, Sangal N, Lakshmipathy D, Rajasekaran K: Survival Impact of Elective Neck Dissection and Adjuvant Radiation in N0 High-Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Mar 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/ohn.695. 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.

 Fritz CG, Monos SD, Panara K, Rajasekaran K: Comparing adverse events associated with LigaSure and Harmonic devices in head and neck surgery. Head Neck 46(2): 378-385, Feb 2024.

 Rizvi A, Rizvi F, Chorath K, Suresh NV, De Ravin E, Romeo D, Lakshmipathy D, Barrette LX, Rajasekaran K: Clinical practice guidelines in the management of pediatric foreign body aspiration and ingestion: a systematic evaluation using the AGREE II instrument. Pediatr Surg Int 40(59), Feb 2024.

 Ciaraglia A, Lumbard D, Murala A, Moreira A, Rajasekaran K, Nicholson S, Moreira A: Comparison of helicopter and ground transportation in pediatric trauma patients. Pediatr Res 95(1): 188-192, Jan 2024.
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