Dr. Donald Bokenfohr Kearns M.D.
Ear-Nose and Throat Doctor (Pediatric) | Pediatric Otolaryngology
3030 Childrens Way Suite 402 San Diego CA, 92123About
Dr. Donald Kearns practices Pediatric Otolaryngology in San Diego, CA. Pediatric otolaryngologists are primarily concerned with medical and surgical treatment of ear, nose, and throat diseases in children. Services that Dr. Kearns provides include the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, and throat disorders, and head and neck diseases; surgery of the head and neck, including before and after-surgery care; consultation with other doctors when ear, nose, or throat diseases are detected; and assistance in the identification of communication disorders in children.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In New Orleans, New Orleans La 1981
Louisiana State Univ School Of Medicine In New Orleans 1981
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1981
Board Certification
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evaluation and management of benign, non-congenital tongue masses in children.
- Giant juvenile xanthogranuloma of the tongue.
- An atypical presentation of Kawasaki disease resembling a retropharyngeal abscess.
- Myxococcus xanthus fibril appendages are essential for excitation by a phospholipid attractant.
- Clinical update on 10 children treated with intralesional cidofovir injections for severe recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa exhibits directed twitching motility up phosphatidylethanolamine gradients.
- Lipid chemotaxis and signal transduction in Myxococcus xanthus.
- Directed movement and surface-borne motility of Myxococcus and Pseudomonas.
- Endoscopic repair of pediatric traumatic laryngeal injury.
- Identification of a developmental chemoattractant in Myxococcus xanthus through metabolic engineering.
- Imaging and surgical approach of nasal dermoids.
- Professional diversity and personal commitments of pediatric otolaryngologists.
- Pediatric airway manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux.
- Radiology quiz case 4. Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) of the right sphenoidal sinus.
- Nasal dermoids.
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