Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS - Resume
Kevin T. Kavanagh, MD, MS
completed a residency in Otolaryngology (Ear Nose and Throat) in
1983 at the University
of Iowa.
During this time he also received a masters degree and was awarded a
State Recognition Award from the Iowa Lions Clubs for his work with speech
and hearing.
From 1983 to 1992, Dr Kavanagh was on the faculty at the University of Tennessee, Memphis and developed a federal program funded
by Maternal and Child Health for Pediatric Indigent Care Clinics in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.
One of the outcomes of this grant was a yearly conference regarding
the Health Care for the Poor and Uninsured.
This conference had an attendance from a seven state region with
speakers from around the nation.
The papers from this conference were published yearly in a special issue of
the “Journal of Health and Social Policy”.
Another product of the grant was the development of a computerized
medical billing and tracking system which at one time was used by up to 40
practices in the region. Dr
Kavanagh has also served on a Federal Maternal and Child Health Grant Review
Board and has given in-services on how to write federal grants; and has also
consulted for NASA regarding medical databases.
He has published over 40 papers in peer review journals and has
served as the Software Review and Computer Applications Editor for "The
Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology.
In 1992, Dr. Kavanagh entered private practice in
Somerset,
KY.
During this time he has been very active in Tobacco Education and
Education of Patient’s and Physicians over the internet.
One of his projects was to have restaurants in Somerset, KY to go
smoke free during the “Great American Smoke Out”.
This project had a 70% participation.
For his tobacco education activities he was awarded a State
Recognition Reward by the American Cancer Society in 1977.
Since then, he has developed a tobacco education web-site at
www.tobacco-facts.info and an
extensive patient and physician medical website at
www.entusa.com and developed, with the
University of Kentucky, the first on-line CME course for Ear Nose and Throat
Physicians at www.cme-usa.org
The course is developed in conjunction with the University of
Kentucky.
Dr. Kavanagh has been an avid supporter of transparence
at all levels of healthcare.
He founded Health Watch USA to promote transparency and consumer
driven healthcare. Health Watch USA
disseminates information on transparency, certificate of need and consumer
driven healthcare at
www.healthwatchusa.org.
Dr.
Kavanagh is also an avid sailor and has developed an on-line sailing
educational website
( www.sailingcourse.com ) with US
SAILING, the USA’s national governing body of sailing.
He serves on US SAILING’s Training Committee and National Faculty.
