Bradley W Kesser, MD
Head and Neck Surgery
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Bio & Overview
Bradley Kesser, MD, specializes in congenital ear disease (aural atresia), hearing loss, dizziness and balance disorders, skull base tumors, acoustic neuroma, and chronic ear disease including cholesteatoma.
Dr. Kesser grew up in the Tidewater area of Virginia. He attended Princeton University and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He completed residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at the University of Virginia.
Following a two-year fellowship in Otology-Neurotology at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles, CA, he joined a private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. He returned to the faculty in the UVA Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 2004.
His research interests include unilateral hearing loss and its correction, simulation in otologic surgery and in teaching otologic surgery.
He loves spending time with his wife and three children.
Academic Information
- Department
- Otolaryngology
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Otology & Neurotology
- Research Interests
- Hearing loss, congenital ear malformations, simulation in otological surgery, pulsatile, pulse synchronous tinnitus, and unilateral hearing loss in children
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Virginia School of Medicine (1993)
- Residency
- University of Virginia Medical Center (1998)
- Fellowship
- House Ear Institute (2000)
- Certification
- American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Otolaryngology), American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Neurotology), American Board of Otolaryngology (Otolaryngology), American Board of Otolaryngology (Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck)
- Additional Specialties
- Neurotology, Otolaryngic Allergy
Highlights
Watch Dr. Kesser's profile video
I'm Brad Kesser and I'm an otolaryngologist at the University of Virginia. I specialize in otology neurotology, which is a subspecialty of otolaryngology that deals with patients with hearing loss, dizziness and balance disorders. Essentially, the "E" of ENT. A particularly gratifying part of my practice is seeing children with hearing loss, and seeing children with a specific type of congenital ear disease where the ear canal failed to develop. We call that congenital aural atresia. Being able to help people hear is an extremely gratifying experience that I have, and continue to have in my practice. In these children who are born without an ear canal, many times I can do an operation to open the ear canal and restore the sound conducting mechanism of the eardrum and the ear bones. And one week after surgery when I take the packing out, and the child hears for the first time in that ear, it is probably the most gratifying thing that I do. I think what sets UVA apart is the personalities and people that are invested in taking good care of patients. Patients are not just numbers here. Patients are people and we put ourselves in their shoes. We treat them with dignity and with respect and I think patients are owed that and patients need to know the nature of their problem, and the options for addressing their problem and getting them feeling better.
Awards
- 2022 Top Doctor in Virginia
- 2011-2022 Best Doctors in America® List
- 2018 Best Bedside Manner Awards, OurHealth Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley Magazine; Honorable Mention, Otolaryngology (ENT)
Reviews
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