Kara Kerscher Prickett BA, MD

Kara K. Prickett, MD, is an Associate Professor with joint appointments in the Departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Prickett works clinically as a pediatric otolaryngologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and specializes in the care of neonatal and pediatric head and neck tumors and airway concerns. She serves as a member of several multidisciplinary treatment teams at Children's: the head and neck cancer team, which treats sarcomas, salivary gland tumors, odontogenic tumors, and other rare malignancies; the pediatric thyroid surgery team, which cares for both benign and malignant thyroid lesions; and the fetal care team, which manages prenatally diagnosed neck or airway lesions requiring special attention or intervention during delivery. Dr. Prickett is academically active in departmental and university-wide patient safety and quality improvement measures and educates medical trainees on the science of quality improvement in healthcare.