Education

Other Post Graduate Training
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Medical School
Harvard Medical School (2002)
Internship
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (2003), General Surgery
Residency
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (2007), Otolaryngology
Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2008), Otolaryngology

Research Interest

  • Aging voice
  • Computer simulation of voice production and of laryngeal surgery
  • Electroglottography
  • Improved anesthesia for laryngeal framework surgeries
  • Injection laryngoplasty
  • Vocal fold biomechanics
  • Vocal fold paralysis
  • Voice and self-identity
  • Voice therapy adherence and effectiveness

Publications

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Honors & Awards

  • American Laryngological Association Casselberry Award
    (2017)
  • American Laryngological Association Young Faculty Award
    (2010)
  • Henderson Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis in Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University
    (1992)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship
    (1992)
  • Distinction in Teaching, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University
    (1991)
  • John Harvard Scholarship
    (1990)
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College
    (1990)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2003)
  • American Broncho-Esophagological Association (2011)
  • American Laryngological Association (2015)
  • Pan-American Vocology Association (2015)
  • The Triological Society (2012)
  • The Voice Foundation (2008)