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Ashley Kita, MD, Otolaryngology (ENT), Torrance, CA

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Otolaryngology (ENT) Torrance, CA

Sleep Medicine

Surgeon | Innovator | Researcher | Engineer

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  • Office

    23350 Hawthorne Boulevard
    Suite 180
    Torrance, CA 90505
    Phone+1 310-465-2255

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 have served on the Medical Devices and Drugs and Sleep Disorders Committees for the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.

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 - 2026
  • American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Second Place Poster American Neurotology Society, Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, 2024
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons American College of Surgeons, 2023
  • Faculty Excellence Award UCLA Department of Head and Neck Surgery, 2022
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Polyneuropathy: Prognosis of patients presenting with vestibular deficit
    Vanstrum EB, Smith EM, Weng M, Kim MJ, Kita AE, Combinsed Otolaryngology Sections Meeting, Chicago, IL, 5/2024
  • A Retrospective Study: Analyzing the Utility of Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) in Characterizing Traumatic Vascular Injury from Sphenoid Sinus Fractures
    Oh E, Miller J, Cai S, Beswick D, Kita AE, Annual Meeting of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Miami, FL, 9/2024
  • Sialolithiasis: Retrospective Review of Patient Demographics and Predictors of Reoperation
    Azar S, Hong M, Mendelsohn A, Holliday M, Kita AE, Annual Meeting of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Nashville, TN, 10/2024
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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

  • The Viral TikTok Ear Camera Shouldn't Clean Your Ears (But We Did Find a Less-Icky Use For ItApril 2024
  • ENTrepreneur Faceoff RecapOctober 2022
  • An In Vitro Model for Cranial Nerve Injury and RehabilitationSeptember 2022
  • ANS Research GrantSeptember 2021
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Press Mentions

  • The Viral TikTok Ear Camera Shouldn't Clean Your Ears (But We Did Find a Less-Icky Use For It).
    The Viral TikTok Ear Camera Shouldn't Clean Your Ears (But We Did Find a Less-Icky Use For It).April 25th, 2024
  • 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
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Grant Support

  • K08NIH NIDCD2021–2026
  • Triological Society and American College of Surgeons K SupplementTriological Society and American College of Surgeons2022–2024
  • 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