Dr. Kathryn Deeds

Clinical & Surgical interests:
• Cochlear Implants
• Hearing Loss and Ear Disease
• Sinus Disease and Allergies
• Pediatric Neck Masses
• Pediatric Airway and Digestive Diseases
• Laryngeal Cleft
• Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• All Aspects of Pediatric Otolaryngology


Fellowship:

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (UPMC)
Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Pittsburgh, PA

Residency:

Wayne State University School of Medicine
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Detroit, Michigan

Medical Education:

Wayne State University School of Medicine, MD
Detroit, Michigan

Undergraduate Education:

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Awards/ Grants/ Accomplishments

  • Otolaryngology Scientific Forum Research Award (2024)
  • Resident Physician Teacher Award (2024)
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society induction (2018)
  • Comprehensive Honors at Wayne State University School of Medicine (2018)
  • Segal AmeriCorps Education Award (2015)

Membership and Honorary/Professional Societies

  • American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology – Member
  • American Academy of Pediatrics – Member
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery – Member
  • American Medical Association – Member
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society – Member

Publications

  • Deeds K, Lucas J, Jassal J, Gonik N. Investigating the significance of vestibular aqueduct pneumatization and pediatric hearing loss. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2022 November.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111311
  • Kerns A, Mahoney R, Deeds K, Boone-Edwards K, Ross M, Siegel B. A Quality Improvement Plan for Implementing an Innovative Organization System for Pediatric Airway Patients. Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care. 2020 December 4 (online). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1721381
  • Musunur M, Waineo E, Walton E, Deeds K, Levine D. When Bad Things Happen: Training Medical Students to Anticipate the Aftermath of Medical Errors. Academic Psychiatry. 2020 October; 44(5) 586-591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01278-x
  • Henig O, Cooper CC, Kaye KS, Lephart P, Salimnia H, Taylor M, Hussain N, Hussain Z, Deeds K, Hayat U, Patel J, Pogue JM. The hypothetical impact of Accelerate Pheno™ system on time to effective therapy and time to definitive therapy in an institution with an established antimicrobial stewardship programme currently utilizing rapid genotypic organism/resistance marker identification.J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Jan 25;74(Supplement 1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky533
  • Henig O, Pogue JM, Cha R, Kilgore PE, Hayat U, Ja’ara M, Ali RM, Mahboob S, Pansare R, Deeds K, Joarder B, Kandala H, Dhar S, Kaye KS. Epidemiology of Diabetic Foot Infection in the Metro-Detroit Area With a Focus on Independent Predictors for Pathogens Resistant to Recommended Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy.Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 27;5(11).https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy245

Invited Lectures/Presentations

  • Deeds K, Fribley A. Effect of ML291 and Cisplatin on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cell Lines. Oral presentation at: 2024 Otolaryngology Scientific Forum; Detroit, MI, USA.
  • Beydoun S, Deeds K, Cares K, Helwig C. Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Supraglottic Edema and Sleep Apnea in Pediatric Patients: Illustrating the Importance of a Team-Based Approach to Treatment. Oral presentation at: 2021 9th Annual Meeting of Aerodigestive Society; Nashville, TN, USA.
  • Larson A, Deeds K, Boone-Edwards K, Ross M, Siegel B. Spring Cleaning: A Quality Improvement Plan for Implementing an Innovative Organization System for Pediatric Airway Patients. Quickshot oral presentation at: 2019 ASPO Summer Meeting: Frontiers in Pediatric Otolaryngology; Vail, CO, USA.
  • Waineo E, Musnur S, Walton E, Deeds K, Levine D. When Bad Things Happen: Medical Student Curriculum on the Aftermath of Adverse Outcomes. Oral presentation at: 2018 AAMC Annual Meeting – Learn Serve Lead; Austin, TX, USA.

Poster Presentations

  • Kana L, Deeds K, Abboud M, Anderson A, De La Via S, Dalle D, Cramer J, Gonik N. Management of Neonatal Severe Hyperparathyroidism. Poster presented at: COSM 2024 Annual Meeting; Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Deeds K, Lucas J, Jassal J, Gonik N. Investigating the Significance of Vestibular Aqueduct Pneumatization and Pediatric Hearing Loss. Poster presented at: COSM 2022 Annual Meeting; Dallas, TX, USA.
  • Walton E, Musnur S, Deeds K, Levine D, Waineo E. When Bad Things Happen: Coping with the Aftermath of Medical Error. Poster presented at: 2017 AAMC Integrating Quality Meeting: Achieving the Quadruple Aim; Rosemont, IL, USA.

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