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Ashley Kita, MD, Otolaryngology (ENT), Santa Monica, CA, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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Otolaryngology (ENT) • Santa Monica, CA

Surgeon | Innovator | Researcher | Engineer

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Summary

  • I'm an NIH-funded Assistant Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at UCLA. In addition to treating patients, I perform translational research to narrow the divide between the bench and the bedside. My patients inspire me to help develop better therapeutics, diagnostics, and devices.

    I am passionate about providing high quality, evidence-based, patient-centered General Otolaryngology Care. I enjoy writing entertaining test-prep questions and brainstorming ways to make all facets of medicine better. I co-hosted the 2022 ENTrepreneur Faceoff as part of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Service and also serve on the Medical Devices and Drugs and Outcomes Research and Evidence Based Medicine Committees.

Education & Training

  • UCLA
    UCLABiodesign, Faculty Fellowship, 2020 - 2021
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2015 - 2020
  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2015
  • University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, BerkeleyBS, Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, 2007 - 2010

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2016 - 2024
  • American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons American College of Surgeons, 2023
  • Faculty Excellence Award UCLA Department of Head and Neck Surgery, 2022
  • First Place Poster American Neurotology Society, Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, 2022
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Perilymphatic Fistula after penetrating ear trauma  
    Kita A, Kim I, Ishiyama G, Ishiyama A, West J Emerg Med, 1/1/2019
  • Sebaceous variant mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a pediatric patient: diagnostic pitfalls and management  
    Kita A, Burke Z, Palma Diaz MF, West A, Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 1/1/2016
  • Management of obstructive sleep apnea following endoscopic skull base surgery  
    Peng KA, Kita AE, Van de Wiele BM, Suh JD, Bergsneider M, Wang MB, J Otol Rhinol, 1/1/2014

Abstracts/Posters

  • An in Vitro Model of Cisplatin indued Schwann Cell Toxicity in the RSC96 Cell Line
    Kedeshian K, Hong MK, Hoffman LF, Kita AE, Combined Sections Meeting of the Triological Society, San Diego, CA, 1/2023
  • Development of in vitro model for ototoxic demyelinating injury and rehabilitation
    Hong MK, Echanique KA, Hoffman LF, Kita AE, Combined Otolaryngology Sections Meeting, Dallas, TX, 4/2022
  • Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the pituitary: Case series and review of the literature.
    Kita A, Bergsneider M, Wang M, ARS, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2018
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Lectures

  • An in vitro model for cranial nerve injury and rehabilitation 
    Oral presentation at the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting; - 9/2022
  • Designing a drug-eluting scaffold for ototherapeutics 
    Oral presentation at the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, - 9/2019
  • Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the pituitary: Case series and review of the literature. 
    Santa Barbara, CA - 1/1/2019
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Other

Authored Content

  • An In Vitro Model for Cranial Nerve Injury and RehabilitationSeptember 2022

Press Mentions

  • American Hearing Research Foundation Awards 10 Grants in FY19
    American Hearing Research Foundation Awards 10 Grants in FY19February 7th, 2019
  • General Otolaryngology
    General OtolaryngologySeptember 3rd, 2016
  • 2016 CORE Grant Recipients
    2016 CORE Grant RecipientsMarch 5th, 2019

Grant Support

  • K08NIH NIDCD2021–2026
  • American Neurotology Society GrantAmerican Neurotology Society2021–2022
  • American Hearing Research Foundation GrantAmerican Hearing Research Foundation2019–2020
  • R21National Institute of Health2016–2019
  • Core Grant Resident Research AwardAmerican Academy of Otolaryngology2016–2017

Committees

  • Guest Member, AAO-HNSF Outcomes Research and Evidence Based Medicine Committee 2020 - Present
  • Committee Member, AAO-HNSF Medical Devices and Drugs Committee 2019 - Present

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

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