Dr. Kevin Ho Curriculum Vitae
Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology
Current positions:
2010 - present President, Golden Gate ENT Corporation
2010 - present Attending physician, Department of Otolaryngology
California Pacific Medical Center, St. Francis Memorial Hospital,
St. Mary Medical Center, Chinese Hospital, Seton Medical Center
2010 - present Chief ENT Consultant
North East Medical Services, Chinese Hospital Community clinics
Education
2001-2005 University of California, Irvine, CA
Doctor of Medicine M.D.
Graduated with Distinction in Research
Whitaker Foundation Research Fellowship
1997-2001 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering
Tau Beta Pi (Junior Inductee)
Biomedical Engineering National Honor Society (Junior Inductee)
Golden Key National Honor Society and Undergraduate Scholarship
Post-Graduate Training
2005-2010 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
Chief resident: 2009- 2010
Focused subspecialty Training:
October, 2009 - Dec, 2009
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Houston, TX
Rhinoplasty, facelift, blepharoplasty, facial injectables, locoregional flaps for skin cancer defects
July - September, 2009
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX
Thyroid/ parathyroid surgery, Balloon sinuplasty, Voice surgery
December 2008 - January 2009
Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK
Chronic ear surgery, tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy
November 2007 - February 2008
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, Houston, TX
Cochlear implant
US Patent:
Publications:
1. Ho KH, Diaz SH, Protsenko DE, Guillermo AM, Wong BJ. Electromechanical Reshaping of Septal Cartilage. Laryngoscope. 2003 Nov;113(11):1916-21.
2. Ho KH, Ulualp SO. Laser assisted management of Congenital and Acquired Pediatric Airway disorders. Photomed Laser Surg. 2008 Dec, 26(6): 601-607.
3. Ho KH, Ulualp SO, Swischuk L. Left tracheal bronchus in an infant with Laryngeal cleft. Journal of Bronchology and interventional pulmonology. 2009 Jan, 16 (1): 52-54
4. Ho KH, Wright CC, Underbrink MP. A rare case of laryngeal dystonia associated with neurosyphilis: Response to botulinum toxin injection. Laryngoscope. 2011 Jan;121(1):147-9
5. Protsenko DE, Ho K, Wong BJ. Stress Relaxation in Porcine Septal Cartilage during Electromechanical Reshaping: Mechanical and Electrical Responses. Ann Biomed Eng. 2006 Feb 1:1-10
6. Chao KK, Ho KH, Wong BJ. Measurement of the Elastic Modulus of Rabbit Nasal Septal Cartilage during Nd: YAG ( = 1.32 m) Laser Irradiation. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 2003;32(5):377-83.
7. Gaon MD, Ho KH, Wong BJ. Measurement of the Elastic modulus of porcine septal cartilage specimens following Nd: YAG laser treatment. Lasers Med Sci. 2003 Sep;18(3):148-153.
8. Wright R, Protsenko DE, Diaz S, Ho K, Wong B. Shape retention in porcine and rabbit nasal septal cartilage using saline bath immersion and Nd:YAG laser irradiation. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 2005 Sep;37(3):201-9.
9. Vargas G, Shilagard T, Ho KH, McCammon S. Multiphoton autofluorescence microscopy and second harmonic generation microscopy of oral epithelial neoplasms. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009;1:6311-3.
Oral Presentations:
1. American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting, Grapevine, TX 2007. "Laser Assisted management of Congenital and Acquired Pediatric Airway disorders".
2. AAO-HNS Academy Meeting, New York NY, 2004. "The Viability of Rabbit Nasal Septal Cartilage Following Electromechanical Reshaping".
3. Triological Society Western Section Meeting, Indian Wells, CA 2003. "Electromechanical Reshaping of Septal Cartilage".
4. SPIE, International Society for Optical Engineering, San Jose, CA 2003. "Effect of electrode composition on Electromechanical cartilage reshaping".
5. PCOOS, San Diego CA, 2003. "Electromechanical Cartilage Reshaping".
6. UCI Resident Research Symposium, Irvine, CA 2004. "Viability of Electromechanically reshaped cartilage".
Poster Presentations:
1. Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting (COSM), Phoenix, AZ 2009. "A rare case of laryngeal dystonia associated with neurosyphilis: response to Botulinum toxin injection".
2. COSM, Orlando, Fl 2008. "Left tracheal bronchus in an infant with laryngeal cleft".
3. American Head and Neck Society International Conference, San Francisco, 2008. "Evaluation of Celecoxib in oral carcinogenesis via multiphoton microscopy".
1. Ho KH, Makishima T. "Temporal bone fracture". March 2010
2. Ho KH, Maeso P. "Balloon sinuplasty". December 2009
3. Ho KH, Underbrink MP. "Paradoxical vocal fold motion". August 2009
4. Ho KH, Pine H. "Foreign body aspiration". Feb 2009
5. Ho KH, Makishima T. "Cartilage tympanoplasty". March 2008
6. Ho KH, Ulualp SO. "Pediatric Laryngopharyngeal Reflux". Sept 2007
7. Ho KH, Newlands SD. "Bell's Palsy. To Treat or Not to Treat.". Feb 2007
8. Ho KH, Resto VA. "Acoustic Neuroma and Hearing Loss". Dec 2006
Research Grants:
2007 American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Meeting Travel Grant
2002 UCI-SOM Dean's Office Summer Research Fellowship
2002 Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Fellowship
Research Award:
2004 UCI-SOM Nathan Weinstein Memorial Research Award
2003 Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmalogical Society (PCOOS)
Best Resident/ Medical Student Manuscript Award
2003 UCI-SOM Dean's Summer Research Award
Other Honors:
2006 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, UC Irvine Chapter
2001 Chinese American Institute of Engineers and Scientists Scholarship
1999 Tau Beta Pi (Junior Inductee)
1999 Biomedical Engineering National Honor Society (Junior Inductee)
1999 Golden Key National Honor Society and Undergraduate Scholarship
1995 Grade Eight Piano Certification, Associated Board of Royal School of Music, London
