Otolaryngology Research


Grants

 

Early Diagnosis of Subglottic Stenosis and Edema in Neonates Using Optical Coherence Tomography

 

An NIH/NHLBI RO1 five year grant (HL-103764) with a total project funding of $3,234,417.00. Budgeted period of grant: 09/01/2010 – 8/31/2015

 

A collaborative effort between the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of California-Irvine, and the Divisions of Pediatric Otolaryngology and Neonatology at CHOC.

 

Senior/Key Personnel:
Brian Wong, MD (Professor of Otolaryngology) - Principal Investigator (PI)
Zhongping Chen (Professor of Biomedical Engineering) - Co-Investigator
Gurpreet Ahuja, MD (Assoc. Clinical Professor) - Subaward PI
Vijay Dhar, MD - Collaborator

 

Modeling the Pediatric Upper Airway using Anatomic Optical Coherence Tomography and Computational Fluid Dynamics

 

NIH/NHLBI RO1 four year grant (HL-105215) with a total project funding of $3,850,440. Budgeted period of grant 09/17/10 – 08/31/14

 

A collaborative effort between the Beckman Laser Institute at the University of California-Irvine, and the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology at CHOC.

 

Senior/Key Personnel:
Brian Wong, MD (Professor of Otolaryngology) - Principal Investigator (PI)
Gurpreet Ahuja, MD (Assoc. Clinical Professor) - Co-Investigator

 

Publications and Presentaions

 

Publications† link:
Dr. Gurpeet Ahuja Publications

 

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Oliaei S, Ahuja, GS. Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome presenting as a case of isolated recurrent unilateral parotitis in a 12 year old ….Int J of Ped ORL Extra (online publication) June 2011. doi:10.1016/j.pedex.2011.05.005

 

Ridgway JM, Su J, Wright R, Guo S, Kim DC, Barretto R, Ahuja G, Sepehr A, Perez J, Sills JH, Chen Z, Wong BJ.Optical Coherence Tomography of the Newborn Airway. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2008 May; 117(5):327-34.

 

Ridgway JM, Ahuja G, Guo S, Su J, Mahmood U, Chen Z, Wong B Imaging of the pediatric airway using optical coherence tomography. Laryngoscope. 2007 Dec; 117(12):2206-12

 

Ridgway JM, Parikh P, Karam AM, Camilon FS, Barretto RL, Ahuja GS. Management of Fetal Airway Obstruction Utilizing the Ex-utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) Procedure: An Otolaryngologic Perspective. ABEA Poster presentation, San Diego, CA. 4/26- 27, 2007

 

McGuire JF, Ahuja GS, Liao P, Singh J. Life Threatening Complications of Retropharyngeal Abscesses Caused by Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.Poster presentation at the Western Section of the Triologic Society, San Diego, CA; Feb. 2-6, 2006.

 

Karamzadeh, AM; Jackson R; Guo S ; Ridgway JM; Wong, HS; Ahuja GS; Chao, MC, Liaw, LL ; Chen, ZP; Wong, BJ, PhD: Characterization of Submucosal Lesions Using Optical Coherence Tomography in the Rabbit Subglottis. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005; 131:499-504.

 

Chao MC, Ahuja GS: Necrotizing Suppurative Sialadenitis: a case series and review of the literature. Poster presentation at the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology meeting, Las Vegas, May 27-30th, 2005.

 

Chao MC, Karamzadeh AM, Ahuja GS: Congenital Lobar Emphysema, An Otolaryngologic Perspective. Int. J of Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol, 69(4): 549-554, April 2005

 

Karamzadeh AM, Wong BJF, Crumley RL, Ahuja G: Lasers in pediatric airway surgery: Current and future clinical applications. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 35(2):128-34, Aug. 2004.

 

Parikh P, Karamzadeh AM, Camilon F, Ahuja GS: The Ex-utero Intrapartum (EXIT) Procedure for Management of Fetal Airway Obstruction. Oral Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Phoenix, AZ. May 2, 2004.

 

Chen VY, Ahuja GS, Singh J: Recurrent HSV Supraglottitis in a pediatric patient. Poster presentation at the Triologic Western Section Meeting, Indian Wells, CA, January 31 – February 2, 2003.

 

Wong HS, Ahuja GS: Contemporary treatment options for the management of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. Poster presentation. 2003 Faculty Research Poster Session, UC Irvine College of Medicine, April 3, 2003.

 

Shibuya TY, Armstrong WB, Ahuja GS, et al: Functional outcomes following surgical approaches to the anterior skull base. Poster presentation at the Triologic Society Western Section Meeting, Indian Wells, CA, January 31 – February 2, 2003.

 

Singh J, Arrieta AC, Lang DJ, Ahuja GS: Parotid tuberculosis: A Case Report. Infections in Medicine, 18: 217-220, April 2001.

 

Kuo TC, Ahuja GS: Syngnathia and Its Clinical Management. Presented at the Southern California Area Research Symposium in San Diego, CA, May 1999.

 

Ahuja GS, Thompson JM: What Role for Antibiotics in Otitis Media and Sinusitis? Postgrad Med 104(3):93-104, Sep 1998.

 

Grundfast KM, Ahuja GS, Parisier SC, Culver SM: Delayed Diagnosis and Fate of Congenital Cholesteatoma. Arch Otolaryngol 121:903-7, 1995.