Kavita Dedhia - Faculty Biosketch

Kavita Dedhia, MD, MSHP, FAAP

Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Hospital Staff Level 1 Attending, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology (effective 8/15/19)

Attending Otolaryngologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Member, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness (CPCE), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (8/6/21- )

Divisional Safety Representative , Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Otolaryngology (clinical and operative safety liaison)

Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Contact information

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Otolaryngology
The Hub for Clinical Collaboration
3500 Civic Center Boulevard, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-3440/1582
Fax: 215-590-3986

Education:
B.S. (Marketing and Finance, Summa Cum Laude)
University of Dayton, 2003.
M.D. (Medicine)
Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, 2008.
M.S.H.P. (Science and Health Policy)
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, 2021.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2008-2009.
Resident, Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2009-2013.
Fellow, Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2013-2014.
Fellow, Otology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2014-2015.

Certifications
American Board of Otolaryngology, 2014.

Permanent link

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Description of Research Expertise

I am primarily interested in the diagnosis and management of pediatric hearing loss, specifically barriers to implementation of established guidelines.

Selected Publications

Dedhia K, Tindall A, Karpink J, Williams A, Giordano T, Stallings V: The role of diet in tympanostomy tube otorrhea. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 172(3): 873-879, Mar 2025.

Dedhia K, Maltenfort M, Forrest CB: In response to temporal trends in and patient characteristics associated with surgery for otitis media. Laryngoscope Feb 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/lary.32039. Online ahead of print.

Dedhia K, Maltenfort M, Briddell J, Horn D, Li C, Pattisapu P, Preciado D, Pritchett C, Wine T, Forrest CB: Temporal trends in and patient characteristics associated with surgery for otitis media. Laryngoscope Dec 5 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/lary.31916. Online ahead of print.

Lam D, Fahmy A, Timashpolsky A, Sangal N, Chandrasekaran G, Cedrone M, Dedhia K: Quality of life outcomes after pediatric otitis media surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Laryngoscope 134(10): 4176-4185, Oct 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/lary.31456. Epub 2024 Apr 26.

Thomas J, Bunik M, Holmes A, Keels MA, Poindexter B, Meyer A, Gilliland A; Section on Breastfeeding; Section on Oral Health; Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; Committee on Fetus & Newborn; Section on Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery: Identification and management of ankyloglossia and its effect on breastfeeding in infants: clinical report. Pediatrics 154(2): e2024067605, Aug 2024 Notes: Case report. Dr. Dedhia is a member of the Section on Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. doi:10.1542/peds.2024-067605.

Lo E, Blair J, Yamamoto N, Diaz-Miranda MA, Bedoukian E, Gray C, Lawrence A, Dedhia K, Elden LM, Germiller JA, Kazahaya K, Sobol S, Luo M, Krantz ID, Hartman TR: Recurrent missense variant identified in two unrelated families with MPZL2-related hearing loss, expanding the variant spectrum associated with DFNB111. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 194(5): e63530, May 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63530. Epub 2024 Jan 10.

Law RH, Cena L, Sporn A, Buzi A, Rizzi MD, Ruiz RL, Fedrigo S, Giordano T, Fahmy A, Dedhia K: Nanoparticle concentration in surgical plume during tonsillectomy: a comparison of four techniques. Laryngoscope 134(5): 2444-2448, May 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/lary.31185. Epub 2023 Nov 20.

Dedhia K, Maltenfort M, Elden L, Horn D, Magnusen B, Pattisapu P, Pritchett CV, Wine T, Utidjian L, Forrest CB: Multi-institutional assessment of otitis media epidemiology using real-world data. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 179: 111921, Apr 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2024.111921. Epub 2024 Mar 21.

Dedhia K, Park A: Congenital Hearing Loss Seen in Neonates (Chapter 69). Principles of Neonatology, 1st ed. Maheshwari A (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 597-606, 2024.

Dedhia K, Li Y, Stallings VA, Germiller J, Giordano T, Dailey J, Kong M, Durkin A, Legg-Jack I, Nessen S, Schapira MM: Association of diet patterns and post-operative tympanostomy tube otorrhea: a pilot study. Laryngoscope 133(12): 3575-3581, Dec 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1002/lary.30672. Epub 2023 Mar 24.