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
- Sentara Health
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-POS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- OA Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Navigate
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- Network OA
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Basic
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- TRICARE East Select
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- UHC Passport
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Student Resources
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Choice POS II
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- HighMark
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- POS OA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- Employee Health Plan
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
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.