About me
Ronak Dixit, MD, is an attending otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center. He treats all conditions relating to the ears, nose, and throat, including disorders of the tonsils, sinuses, voice, hearing, thyroid and salivary glands, and more. His clinical interests include sinus as well as voice disorders.
Dr. Dixit prioritizes a thorough diagnostic process to provide tailored medical and surgical treatment options to his patients. When appropriate, Dr. Dixit opts for minimally-invasive techniques that allow him to operate with precision. These techniques offer numerous benefits to patients, including reduced recovery time and less post-operative pain.
Dr. Dixit received his medical degree and residency training from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. During residency, Dr. Dixit was part of the hospital’s Leadership in Education and Patient Safety (LEAPS) committee, where he helped institute systemic changes to improve healthcare outcomes.
In his spare time, Dr. Dixit enjoys playing the piano and spending time with his wife and daughter.
Philosophy of Care
“While my specialty is in treating disorders of the ears, nose, and throat, I view each of my patients as a whole. Every person and situation is unique, so I always ask myself whether there are other medical problems or special circumstances that need to be considered. In order to provide the best possible treatment, I actively listen to patients’ concerns and goals before making my own plan of care. This is how I approach each and every one of my patients.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Abnormal Breathing
- Acute Laryngitis And Tracheitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Adenoiditis
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Benign Neoplasm Of Middle Ear
- Benign Neoplasm Of Mouth And Pharynx
- Candidiasis
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Middle Ear And Respiratory System
- Child Speech Disorders
- Chronic Diseases Of Tonsils And Adenoids
- Cleft Lip And Palate
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Eardrum Repair
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Facial Paralysis
- Head And Neck Cancer
- Hearing Testing
- Laryngoscopy With Biopsy
- Migraine
- Nasal Endoscopy With Biopsy, Polypectomy, Or Debridement
- Nasal Polyps
- Nasal Septal Button Placement
- Nosebleeds
- Oral Cancer
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Sinus Surgery
- Somatoform Disorder
- Throat Cancer
- Throat Infection (TONSILLITIS)
- Tongue Cancer
- Tonsil Cancer
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
- Vestibular Disorders
- Voice Therapy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Acute Laryngitis And Tracheitis
- Acute Sinusitis
- Adenoiditis
- Alimentary Tract Foreign Body
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
- Benign Neoplasm Of Middle Ear
- Benign Neoplasm Of Mouth And Pharynx
- Candidiasis
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Middle Ear And Respiratory System
- Child Speech Disorders
- Chronic Diseases Of Tonsils And Adenoids
- Cleft Lip And Palate
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear Causing Hearing Impairment
- Congenital Malformations Of Face And Neck
- Congenital Malformations Of Larynx
- Congenital Malformations Of Pharynx
- Congenital Malformations Of Skull And Face Bones
- Congenital Malformations Of Trachea And Bronchus
- Coughing Up Blood
- Cysts Of Oral Region
- Dentofacial Abnormality
- Diseases Of Esophagus
- Diseases Of Lip And Oral Mucosa
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Tongue
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Diseases Of Vocal Cords
- Disorders Of Cranial Nerves
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Disturbances Of Smell And Taste
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Facial Paralysis
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Head And Neck Cancer
- Inner Ear Diseases
- Jaw Diseases
- Lacrimal Gland Disorders
- Larynx Cancer
- Lip Cancer
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Lymph Nodes
- Mastoiditis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Nasal Polyps
- Nasopharynx Cancer
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Nosebleeds
- Oral Cancer
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otitis Media
- Otosclerosis
- Palate Cancer
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Somatoform Disorder
- Speech Disturbances
- Stomatitis And Related Lesions
- Superficial Mycoses
- Throat Cancer
- Throat Infection (TONSILLITIS)
- Tongue Cancer
- Tonsil Cancer
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
- Vestibular Disorders
- Zoster
Procedures I perform
- Adenoidectomy
- Cervical Lymph Node Dissection
- Change Trachea Tracheostomy Device
- Chemodenervation Of Salivary Glands
- Control Nasal Hemorrhage Anterior Complex
- Debridement Of Mastoidectomy Cavity
- Diagnostic Laryngoscopy
- Ear Tube Insertion
- Eardrum Repair
- Endoscopic Inspection Of Tracheobronchial Tree
- Excision Lesion Floor Mouth
- Excision Of External Ear
- Excision Of Sublingual Gland
- Fracture Nasal Inferior Turbinate
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Testing
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Intranasal Biopsy
- Intranasal Lesion Excision
- Labyrinthectomy
- Laryngeal Cancer Treatment
- Laryngeal Function Study
- Laryngoscopy With Biopsy
- Laryngoscopy With Tumor Excision And Microscope
- Laryngoscopy With Vocal Cord Injection
- Mastoidectomy
- Nasal Endoscopy With Biopsy, Polypectomy, Or Debridement
- Nasal Endoscopy With Concha Bullosa Resection
- Nasal Endoscopy With Nasal Hemorrhage Control
- Nasal Endoscopy With Sphenoidotomy
- Nasal Septal Button Placement
- Oral Tissue Biopsy
- Oropharynx Biopsy
- Ostectomy
- Parotid Gland Surgery
- Percutaneous Tracheostomy
- Salivary Gland Stone Removal
- Sinus Surgery
- Throat Cancer Treatment
- Tongue Biopsy
- Tongue Release
- Tonsillectomy
- Tonsillectomy And Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
- Turbinate Excision
- Turbinate Submucous Resection
- Tympanic Membrane Repair
- Tympanostomy With Ventilating Tube
- Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
- Vestibule Biopsy
- Vestibuloplasty
- Vocal Cord Paralysis Treatment
- Voice Therapy
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice POS II Open Access
- TRICARE for Life East
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice POS II
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-HMO
- Navigate
- Optimum Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- POS OA
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-EPO Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- HighMark
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Choice POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- TRICARE East Select
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Sentara Health
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Basic
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA Indemnity
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2020)
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2015)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
1: Cooper T, Dixit R, Hobson CE, Hirsch BE, McCall AA. Metachronous Sudden
Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Patient Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Mar;162(3):337-342. doi:
10.1177/0194599820902387. Epub 2020 Jan 28. PMID: 31986973.
2: Hendrickson R, Popescu A, Dixit R, Ghearing G, Bagic A. Panic attack symptoms
differentiate patients with epilepsy from those with psychogenic nonepileptic
spells (PNES). Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Aug;37:210-4. doi:
10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.06.026. Epub 2014 Jul 31. PMID: 25084477.
3: Dixit R, Popescu A, Bagić A, Ghearing G, Hendrickson R. Medical comorbidities
in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic spells (PNES) referred for video-EEG
monitoring. Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Aug;28(2):137-40. doi:
10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.05.004. Epub 2013 Jun 5. PMID: 23747495.
4: Dixit R, Weissfeld JL, Wilson DO, Balogh P, Sufka P, Siegfried JM, Grandis
JR, Diergaarde B. Incidence of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma among
subjects at high risk of lung cancer: results from the Pittsburgh Lung Screening
Study. Cancer. 2015 May 1;121(9):1431-5. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29189. Epub 2015 Jan
5. PMID: 25559556; PMCID: PMC4409462.
5: Dixit R, Kemp C, Kulich S, Seethala R, Chiosea S, Ling S, Ha PK, Duvvuri U.
TMEM16A/ANO1 is differentially expressed in HPV-negative versus HPV-positive
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma through promoter methylation. Sci Rep.
2015 Nov 13;5:16657. doi: 10.1038/srep16657. PMID: 26563938; PMCID: PMC4643216.
6: McCoy JL, Dixit R, Dohar JE, Tobey ABJ. Pediatric subperiosteal orbital
abscess characterization and prediction of size, location, and management. Int J
Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Mar 28;144:110693. doi:
10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110693. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33813099.
7: Pradeep T, Kalra G, Leader JK, McCoy J, Dixit R, Dohar J, Tobey A, Sahel JA,
Pu J, Fu R. Lesion-Mapping Software for the Measurement of Subperiosteal Abscess
Volume for Pediatric Orbital Cellulitis: A Retrospective Chart Review.
Ophthalmol Ther. 2021 Feb 4. doi: 10.1007/s40123-021-00333-6. Epub ahead of
print. PMID: 33537950.