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Education and Professional Training
-BS College of William and Mary, 1979
-MD University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1985
-Internship and Residency Jewish and Barnes Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine 1985-91
-Chief Resident in Otolaryngology Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine 1990-91
Professional Background
Research Interests: Dr Kitch has an interest in hearing and balance disorders and has done clinical and basic science research in these areas. Research topics include Meniere's Disease, Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, and Analysis of Vestibular Function tests.
Teaching: Dr Kitch has been training MUSC Family Practice residents in Otolaryngology since 1999 and has been awarded "Teacher of the Year".
Continuing Education: In addition to the required continuing medical education, recent training courses include: Balloon Sinuplasty certification, Update on Medical and Surgical Treatment of Sleep Apnea, Pillar Implant certification, Update on Otology and Middle Ear Techniques.
South Carolina Sleep Medicine: Dr Kitch is a partner in this state-of-the-art facility in Summerville. SCSM is the first private, multidisciplinary, fully certified sleep clinic in the Southeast.
Attends yearly Otolaryngology Courses to stay current with all aspects of an Otolaryngology Practice
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Trident Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina
Summerville Medical Center, Summerville, South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina
Roper Hospital, Charleston South Carolina
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, Charleston South Carolina
East Cooper Hospital, Mt. Pleasant South Carolina
Charleston Surgery Center, Charleston South Carolina
Trident Surgery Center, Charleston South Carolina
MEDICAL COMMUNITY INVOLVMENT
MOM - Medical Outreach Ministry (a weekly free clinic at St. Paul's Church - Summerville)
Cranial Facial Clinic - A multidisciplinary team of medical and surgical experts working to provide a coordinated care plan for children with cleft palate and other cranial facial anomalies
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
South Carolina Medical Society
Charleston County Medical Society
Dorchester County Medical Society
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngologic Allergy
American Medical Association
PUBLICATIONS
Kitch, R., Tricas, T.C., Highstein, S.M. Organization of the vestibulo-ocular and Vestibulospinal Reflex Pathways in the Toadfish, Opsanus Tau: Anatomy and Electro physiology. Woods Hole Marine biological Laboratory, Massachusetts Abstract, July 1989.
Kitch, R. Highstein S., Baker R., Central Projections of the Primary Octavolateralis Afferents in the Toadfish, Opsanus Tau, Society of Neuroscience Abstract, November 1987.
Black, F.O., Wall, C. III, Rockette, H.E., and Kitch, R.D.: Normal Subject Postural Sway During the Romberg Test, Am. J. Otolaryngology, 3:3078-318, 1992.
Black, F.O. and Kitch, R.D., A Review of Vestibular Test Results in Meniere's Disease Otolaryngologic Clinics of North American., 13, 361-42, 1980.
Black, F.O., Moller, M., Wall, C., and Kitch, R., Vestibular and Auditory Responses to Glycerol in Meniere's Disease: Preliminary Results: In Meniere's Disease, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment, International Symposium, 181, 151-1559.
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