Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Clinical Professor
Primary Appointment:
Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Location:
Frenkil Building, Suite 500
Phone (Primary):
(410) 328-5828
Phone (Secondary):
(410) 328-6866
Fax:
(410) 328-5827
Education and Training
St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, INDIA – Medicine, 1984
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, INDIA – Residency in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 1988
Royal College of Surgeons of England – Residency in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 1995.
LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, TN – Fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology, 1997.
Biosketch
Dr. Kevin Pereira is the Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital. He is a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Pediatrics. He received an honor award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 2006 and has been listed among the Best Doctors in America every year since 2011. He serves as a member on the Maryland Board of Physicians and is a Fellow of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) of the United States.
Dr. Pereira completed Otorhinolaryngology residencies in India and in the United Kingdom. He also completed a Pediatric Otolaryngology fellowship at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Pereira is certified in Otolaryngology by the Board of Examiners in India, The Royal College of Surgeons of England and the American Board of Otolaryngology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Pereira is a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and member of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO), the Inter American Association of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology and the Society of University Otolaryngologists. He is a well known expert in the pediatric airway and specializes in managing sleep apnea and nasal obstruction in toddlers and infants. His other areas of interest and expertise include neck masses in newborns and children. He has published several peer reviewed journal articles and chapters, edited three textbooks and lectured extensively at national and international meetings.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Pediatric sleep apnea, Infant nasal obstruction, Stridor, Otitis media, Pediatric sinusitis, Congenital neck masses.
Highlighted Publications
Ortlip T, Ambro BT, Pereira KD. Midline Approach to Pediatic Nasofrontal Dermoids.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2015,141: 174-7.
Perry KS, Tkaczuk AT, Caccamese JF, Ord RA, Pereira KD. Tumors of the Pediatric Maxillo-Facial Skeleton: A Twenty Year Clinical Study. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2015,141: 40-44.
Isaiah A,Pereira KD. Outcomes after adenotonsillectomy using a fixed anesthesia protocol in children with obstructive sleep apnea. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2015, 79: 638-643.
Pereira KD, Isaiah A. Oxygen Flow during Pediatric Laryngoscopy – A Simple Solution. Laryngoscope. 2015 Jul 7. doi: 10.1002/lary.25466. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 26152597
Tkaczuk AT, Bhatti M, Caccamese JF, Ord RA, Pereira KD. Cystic Lesions of the Jaws in Children: A 15 Year Experience. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015,141:834-9.
Pereira KD, Jon CK, Szmuk P, Lazar RH, Mitchell RB. Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children: A Practical Approach. Ear Nose Throat J. 2016, 95:E14-22.
Isaiah A, Moyer K, Pereira KD. Neonatal Tracheostomy-Current Trends. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016, 142:38-42.
Clinical Specialty Details
Expertise in the pediatric airway and specialize in managing sleep apnea and nasal obstruction in toddlers and infants.Other areas of interest and expertise include pediatric sinusitis, otitis medai and neck masses in newborns and children.
Awards and Affiliations
1998 Resident Teaching Award – For outstanding teaching and commitment to Resident Education in the Department of Otolaryngology-H & N Surgery. The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
1999 Resident Teaching Award – For outstanding teaching and commitment to Resident Education in the Department of Otolaryngology-H & N Surgery. The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
2000 Dean’s Award for Teaching, Excellence, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
2002 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
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Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
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Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
2004 The Effect of Body Position on Sleep Apnea in Children Less than Three Years of Age. President’s Award for the best Scientific Research Poster. Annual Meeting AAO-HNS, New York.
2005 Recognition for outstanding contribution to the Instruction Course program during the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & neck Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, 2005.
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The University of Texas Distinctions February 2006. Research on
Pediatric Sleep Apnea.
2006 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
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2006 Honor Award recipient. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
2006 Nominated for Physician of the Year 2006. Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas.
2007 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
2007 Invited to serve as Physician Consultant for the Medicaid Provider Integrity section, Office of the Inspector General. Texas Health and Human Services Commission. TX
2007 Special Recognition Award. For 10 years of outstanding teaching and commitment to Resident Education in the Department of Otolaryngology-H & N Surgery . The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
2008 Zafereo ME, Taylor RJ, Pereira KD. Supraglottoplasty for Laryngomalacia with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Research Award. Houston Otolaryngology Society.
2008 Outstanding Teaching Award – Department of Otorhinolaryngology-H & N Surgery. University of Maryland School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.
2009 Best Doctors in America
2010 The Dean Alfred Mascarenhas distinguished alumnus award. St John’s Medical College Alumni Association. Reunion 2010 Annapolis, MD.
2011 Best Doctors in America
2011 Orator: The P Jayaram Acharya Memorial Oration. Annual conference of the south zone Association of Otolaryngologists of India. Calicut, India 2011.
2013 Best Doctors in America
2013 Brian E Emery MD Outstanding Teaching Award – Department of Otorhinolaryngology-H & N Surgery. University of Maryland School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.
2014 Best Doctors in America
2015 Best Doctors in America
2016 Appointed member of the Maryland Board of Physicians.