Dr. Daniela Carvalho
Pediatric Otolaryngologist
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Dr. Daniela Carvalho is a pediatric otolaryngologist and Medical Director of Surgical Services at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, California.
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Episode # 219 • 22 Apr 2025
New Frontiers in Pediatric Hearing Loss: Implants, Gene Therapy & CMV
Are new solutions for pediatric hearing loss finally within earshot? In this episode of the Back Table ENT Podcast, we talk with Dr. Daniela Carvalho, pediatric otolaryngologist and director of the Cochlear Implant Program at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego.
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About
Dr. Daniela Carvalho, MD, MMM, is a pediatric otolaryngologist with expertise in pediatric otology. She serves as the Medical Director of Surgical Services, Director of the Hearing and Cochlear Implant Program, and Director of the CHARGE Center at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. She is also a Professor of the Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Department at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Dr. Carvalho earned her medical degree and completed her otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) School of Medical Sciences (FCM) in Brazil. She then completed a two-year pediatric otolaryngology fellowship training at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego.
Her current research includes the impact of bilingualism in pediatric cochlear implant patients, improvement of pediatric cochlear implant evaluation process, and endoscopic otologic surgery in pediatrics. Dr. Carvalho is very active in several national and international otolaryngology societies and served as the Past President of SENTAC (Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advancements in Children). In addition to English, she is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, and also speaks German and French. She has published extensively in pediatric otolaryngology, and is frequently invited to speak at otolaryngology conferences both here and abroad.
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