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-Present)

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

Director, Quality Assurance and Clinical Outcomes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Otolaryngology (Dec 2025 - Present)

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Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

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13 Education:
21 9 B.S. 33 (Marketing and Finance, Summa Cum Laude) c
2d University of Dayton, 2003.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
4e Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, 2008.
21 d M.S.H.P. 26 (Science and Health Policy) c
50 University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, 2021.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 5d Intern, Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2008-2009.
24 5f Resident, Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2009-2013.
24 67 Fellow, Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2013-2014.
24 54 Fellow, Otology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2014-2015.
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17 Certifications
28 39 American Board of Otolaryngology, 2014.
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Description of Research Expertise

a7 I am primarily interested in the diagnosis and management of pediatric hearing loss, specifically barriers to implementation of established guidelines.
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Selected Publications

175 Omar Z, Dedhia K, Sun D: "Effective Use of Dupilumab in a 7-Year-Old with Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis" (#C011). Case report poster presentation at the 2026 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Feb 27 2026 Notes: Omar Z to present.

50 Fahmy AN, Lam D, Cedrone M, Dedhia K e1 : Impact of tympanostomy tube placement on pediatric developmental outcomes: a systematic review. Cureus Journal of Medical Science 17(12): e98711, Dec 8 2025 Notes: doi:10.7759/cureus.98711.

18f 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 2025 Notes: Kim M presented.

15f Giordano T, Devine CM, Dedhia K: "Remote Patient Monitoring Use in Postoperative Otolaryngology Care" Oral presentation at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Ear Nose and Throat Advancement in Children (SENTAC), San Francisco, CA. Dec 6 2025 Notes: Giordano T presented.

168 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 7 2025 Notes: Kim M presented.

129 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.

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

187 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).

1ad 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)

1af 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).

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