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
- Acute Sinusitis
- Adenoidectomy
- Adenoiditis
- Aphagia And Dysphagia
- Chronic Diseases Of Tonsils And Adenoids
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Control Nasal Hemorrhage Anterior Complex
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Head And Neck Cancer
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Laryngoscopy With Biopsy
- Nasal Endoscopy With Biopsy, Polypectomy, Or Debridement
- Nasal Polyps
- Nosebleeds
- Sinus Surgery
- Tonsillectomy
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
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 Middle Ear
- Benign Neoplasm Of Mouth And Pharynx
- 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 Pharynx
- Congenital Malformations Of Skull And Face Bones
- Coughing Up Blood
- Dentofacial Abnormality
- 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
- Disturbances Of Smell And Taste
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Facial Paralysis
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Head And Neck Cancer
- Jaw Diseases
- Lacrimal Gland Disorders
- Larynx Cancer
- Lip Cancer
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Lymph Nodes
- Mastoiditis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Nasal Polyps
- Nasopharynx Cancer
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Nosebleeds
- Oral Cancer
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otitis Media
- Otosclerosis
- Palate Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Throat Infection (TONSILLITIS)
- Tongue Cancer
- Tonsil Cancer
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
- Vestibular Disorders
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
- Hoarseness Treatment
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Intranasal Biopsy
- Intranasal Lesion Excision
- Laryngeal Cancer Treatment
- Laryngeal Function Study
- Laryngoscopy With Biopsy
- Laryngoscopy With Tumor Excision And Microscope
- Laryngoscopy With Vocal Cord Injection
- 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
- Parotid Gland Surgery
- Salivary Gland Stone Removal
- Sinus Surgery
- Throat Cancer Treatment
- Thyroid 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
- Vocal Cord Paralysis Treatment
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
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Beech Street PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Choice Fund PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Network OA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Indemnity
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- POS OA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- HighMark
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Choice POS II
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Optimum Choice
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- First Health PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA EPO
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- TRICARE East Prime
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Choice POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-POS
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Navigate
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Medicare FFS
- OA Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-POS Plus
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology, 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.