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

Kim M, P Sharma P, Dedhia K: "Long-term Quality of Life Outcomes in Pediatric Otitis Media Surgery for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media vs. Other Indications" Oral presentation at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Ear Nose and Throat Advancement in Children (SENTAC), San Francisco, CA Dec 4-6 2025 Notes: Submitted; not yet accepted. Kim M. to present.

Kim M, P Sharma P, Dedhia K: "Long-term Quality of Life Outcomes in Pediatric Otitis Media Surgery for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media vs. Other Indications" Oral presentation at the 2025 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL. Oct 4-7 2025 Notes: Kim M. presented.

Dedhia K, Maltenfort M, Forrest CB: In response to temporal trends in and patient characteristics associated with surgery for otitis media. Laryngoscope 135(7): E39, Jul 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/lary.32039. Epub 2025 Feb 13.

Dedhia K: What to know before, during and after tympanostomy tube placement. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) News June 1 2025.

Kim M, Sharma P, Dedhia K: "Long-term Quality of Life Outcomes in Pediatric Surgical Otitis Media Management" Poster presentation at the 2025 Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (PAO-HNS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Hershey, PA Jun 13-14 2025 Notes: Winner: 2nd Place Poster Presentation (M. Kim).

Irace A, Fahmy A, Phung C, Cedrone M, Dedhia K: "Outcomes and Complications of Surgical Otitis Media Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" Oral presentation at the 23rd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media (ISOM 2025) Philadelphia, PA. Jun 18 2025 Notes: Irace A. presented. Winner: 2nd Place Oral Presentation (A. Irace)

Kim M, Sharma P, Dedhia K: "Comparing Quality of Life Outcomes in Surgical Otitis Media Management : Bilateral Myringotomy Tubes Alone vs with Adenoidectomy" Oral presentation at the 23rd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media (ISOM 2025) Philadelphia, PA. Jun 16 2025 Notes: Kim M. presented. Winner: 2nd Place Oral Presentation (M. Kim).

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 135(5): 1821-1829, May 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/lary.31916. Epub 2024 Dec 5.

Kim M, Sharma P, Dedhia K: "Long-term Quality of Life Outcomes in Pediatric Surgical Otitis Media Management" Poster presentation at CHOP Research Poster Day. May 8 2025.

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.