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Office
23350 Hawthorne Boulevard
Suite 180
Torrance, CA 90505Phone+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
- UCLABiodesign, Faculty Fellowship, 2020 - 2021
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2015 - 2020
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2015
- University of California, BerkeleyBS, Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, 2007 - 2010
Certifications & Licensure
- 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
- 38 citationsSinonasal lymphoma: case series and review of the literatureKevin A. Peng, Ashley Kita, Jeffrey D. Suh, Sunita Bhuta, Marilene B. Wang
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. 2014-08-01 - 231 citationsMechanics and contraction dynamics of single platelets and implications for clot stiffeningWilbur A. Lam, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Ailey Crow, Kevin D. Webster, Tai-De Li
Nature Materials. 2011-01-01 - 35 citationsEndothelialized Microfluidics for Studying Microvascular Interactions in Hematologic DiseasesDavid R. Myers, Yumiko Sakurai, Reginald Tran, Byungwook Ahn, Elaissa T. Hardy
Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2012-06-22
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Polyneuropathy: Prognosis of patients presenting with vestibular deficitVanstrum 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 FracturesOh 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 ReoperationAzar 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 rehabilitationOral presentation at the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting; - 9/2022
- Designing a drug-eluting scaffold for ototherapeuticsOral 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
- How research prepared me for medical schoolKita A, ProspectiveDoctor
http://prospectivedoctor.com/articles/item/480-how-research-prepared-me-for-medical-school
1/5/2014 - DecemberKita A, The UCLA Beat, vol. XVI
1/4/2014
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).April 25th, 2024
- American Hearing Research Foundation Awards 10 Grants in FY19February 7th, 2019
- 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
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- Fellow
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