Prashant Solanki Malhotra, MD – Biosketch

Since 2013, Prashant Solanki Malhotra, MD, FAAP has been a surgeon in the Department of Otolaryngology and the Hearing and Implant Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.  He has helped build this program into a national leader in pediatric cochlear implantation and ear surgery.  Dr. Malhotra received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his surgical residency in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and spent an additional year as a fellow in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in California. Prior to moving to Columbus, Dr. Malhotra was faculty at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.  Dr. Malhotra’s academic and clinical interests primarily focus on problems relating to pediatric hearing loss and pediatric cochlear implantation.  He passionately advocates for the needs of deaf/hard of hearing children at the state and national level.  He is an engaged instructor of ENT and Pediatric resident and fellow trainees and medical students.  Dr. Malhotra’s current innovation focus is in developing digital applications to help deaf/hard of hearing children with language and literacy goals.