Keynote Speakers
Dr Steven Zeitels
Dr Elizabeth Heller Murray
Dr Steven Zeitels
Dr Steven M. Zeitels, M.D., F.A.C.S is the Eugene B. Casey Professor of Laryngeal Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Voice Center. In 2004, the first endowed Chair in Laryngeal Surgery at Harvard Medical School was created for him while he re-established a Harvard Laryngeal Surgery service at the MGH, which had not been present 100 years. Zeitels’ contributions to voice and laryngeal surgery are highly recognized in the USA and throughout the world. He has received more than 80 awards and honored lectureships for his achievements including the Casselberry Award, De Roaldes Medal, and the Newcomb Award from the American Laryngological Association (founded 1879). Zeitels was the 4th surgeon in the organization’s history to win all three awards and it has been over 40 years since this was last achieved. He has also received the Chevalier Jackson Award and the Broyles Maloney Award (3 times) from the American Broncho-Esophagological Association (founded 1917) and he served as its president in 2004. Zeitels was the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Boston University (BU) School of Medicine in 2007. Since 1997, he has trained >40 Post-Residency Fellows in Laryngeal Surgery, many of whom have created their own fellowship programs. He has been a visiting professor at >35 departments, universities, & and hospitals in the US and abroad. Zeitels is widely regarded as a prolific surgical innovator having designed over 25 new voice restoration procedures (phonosurgery) and instruments and holds 7 patents for these innovations. He is acknowledged for pioneering novel laser applications to treat precancerous dysplasia and cancer as well as laryngeal papillomatosis, polyps, nodules, and is also well known for creating office-based laryngeal laser surgery. Most notable was his introduction of angiolytic laser treatment of vocal cord cancer, which was a substantial achievement evolving from Judah Folkman’s concepts of tumor angiogenesis and Rox Anderson’s theory of selective photothermolysis. Zeitels has also designed unique procedures to restore the voice of those who have had vocal paresis and paralysis. His techniques were featured in a National Geographic Channel documentary, “The Incredible Human Machine”, which highlighted Zeitels’ microsurgery on Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. In addition, his novel surgical treatment of Roger Daltrey (The Who) just prior to his halftime performance in the 2010 Super Bowl was discussed extensively on CBS news. In 2012, there was broad international coverage of Dr. Zeitels’ unique microsurgery that restored Adele’s voice who thanked him in the acceptance of the first of her 6 Grammy Awards. He pioneered office-based laryngeal laser surgery and has done voice restoration microsurgery on Julie Andrews and over 20 other Grammy-Award-winning performers, who have garnered >90 awards. In 2013, Zeitels’ career was highlighted in a long-form biographical profile in the New Yorker Magazine: ‘A Surgeon Pioneers Methods to Help Singers Sing’. In 2012, Zeitels was listed 13 in Rolling Stone’s ‘25 Best Things in Rock Right Now’ and 14 in Fast Company’s ‘100 most Creative People’. Zeitels was a member of the 1st class of Boston University Trustee Scholars (1975), graduated from the BU School of Medicine in 1982, and completed the BU - Tufts combined Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Program in 1987 as well as a Head & Neck Surgical Oncology Fellowship at BU in 1988.
Dr Robert Hillman
Dr Elizabeth Heller Murray
Dr Steven Zeitels
Robert E. Hillman, PhD, CCC-SLP received his BS and Masters degrees (speech-language pathology) from the Pennsylvania State University and his PhD (speech science) from Purdue University. He is currently the Co-Director and Research Director of the Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and an Adjunct Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and Boston University. He has been awarded over 30 grants from governmental and private sources to support his research. His research and over 200 publications have focused on the study of normal and disordered voice production, with a particular focus on hyperfunctional voice disorders and the related development of methods for clinical voice assessment. Dr. Hillman is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and an Associate Fellow of the American Laryngological and American Bronchoesophagological Associations. He has received 16 major awards related to his research, including the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, that organization’s highest award given to “recognize individuals whose contributions have been of such excellence that they have enhanced or altered the course of the Professions.”
Dr Elizabeth Heller Murray
Dr Elizabeth Heller Murray
Dr Elizabeth Heller Murray
Liz Heller Murray, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Temple University and Director of the Vocal Development Lab. She received her BA from Emory University, her MA in Speech-Language Pathology from MGH Institute of Health Professions, and her PhD from Boston University. Her research focuses on pediatric voice disorders - an important, yet often overlooked, area of speech-language pathology. Recognized as an early career expert in pediatric voice, she has received awards such as the ASHA Early Career Research Award and the Sataloff Award for Young Investigators. Dr. Heller Murray is committed to open-science practices, sharing research resources including Praat plugins for cepstral peak prominence analysis, training and analysis protocols, and has been invited to present multiple tutorials and webinars to share her resources and to mentor others. Her research program, funded by grants from the National Institute of Health (R21 DC021248, R01 DC021407) and the ASHFoundation, focuses on two primary areas. The first is understanding the development of voice and speech in children with and without voice disorders. Grounded in the idea that children just want to be understood, her work examines both dysphonia and intelligibility, investigating how acoustic measures relate to perception. The second area of research focuses on improving access to expert pediatric voice care beyond medical settings. This work seeks to identify barriers to providing pediatric voice therapy in the school system and develop ways to address these barriers, ensuring high-quality pediatric voice care in all settings. A key component of this effort is defining clinical expertise in specialized pediatric voice clinics and translating these practices to improve access and equity in non-specialized environments.
Dr Mahinda Yogarajah
Dr Mahinda Yogarajah
Dr Elizabeth Heller Murray
Dr Mahinda Yogarajah graduated from UCL in medicine with an intercalated degree in neurosciences. He completed his neurological training at the Atkinson Morley Regional Neurosciences Unity at St George’s University Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. He is based within the epilepsy group at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Epilepsy Society at Chalfont. He carries out regular epilepsy and general neurology clinics, as well as a joint neurology-neuropsychiatry clinic.
Dr Ruth Huntley Bahr
Dr Mahinda Yogarajah
Dr Ruth Huntley Bahr
Ruth Huntley Bahr, PhD, CCC-SLP is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Dean of the Office of Graduate Studies at the University of South Florida. She received her BS in speech-language pathology from the University of Virginia, her MA in speech-language pathology from Auburn University and her PhD in Experimental Phonetics from the University of Florida. She is currently serving as the Voice Team Lead for the NIH Bridge2AI grant. The goal of this multi-institutional grant is to build an ethically-sourced bioacoustics database to understand disease processes. Her previous research has focused on understanding how physiological and neurological aspects of voice production impact the patient’s quality of life. In addition, she studies intra- and inter-speaker variability in voice production. This line of research has led her to serve as an expert witness in over 50 trials that focus on speaker identification, noise analysis and gunshot analysis. Dr. Huntley Bahr is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Secretary of the International Association of Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics, and recipient of the Svend Smith Award for Practical Applications of Phonetics.
Featured Speakers
Professor Ofer Amir
Professor Alessandro de Alarcon
Professor Ofer Amir
Professor Ofer Amir, PhD, is a speech pathologist and a full professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Communication Disorders from Tel Aviv University, before completing his doctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Prof. Amir has authored more than 70 publications in the fields of speech and voice disorders. He also served as the former head of the Department of Communication Disorders at Tel Aviv University. For over twenty years, Prof. Amir has been operating a multidisciplinary diagnostic voice clinic in close collaboration with a laryngologist at the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. Additionally, Prof. Amir runs a private practice in Tel Aviv, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of fluency and voice disorders in both children and adults. He is an active member of many local and international professional associations and committees.
For more detailed information see: www.oferamir.co.il/english
Dr Nicholas Cummins
Professor Alessandro de Alarcon
Professor Ofer Amir
Dr Nicholas (Nick) Cummins is a Lecturer in AI for speech analysis for health at the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics at King’s College London, where he leads the Voice and Speech Processing for Health group. The group conduct pioneering research to advance the integration of speech technologies and biomarkers into clinical research and practice. Guided by a responsible AI framework, Nick’s research combines cutting-edge speech processing techniques, patient and public involvement and engagement (PPI-E), advanced statistical analytics, and machine learning. This multidisciplinary approach aims to harness the transformative potential of speech technologies, creating reliable tools that drive innovation in health research and clinical applications.
Professor Alessandro de Alarcon
Professor Alessandro de Alarcon
Professor Alessandro de Alarcon
Dr de Alarcon is a Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Director of the Center for Pediatric Voice Disorders, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, Associate Chief of Staff Surgery/Perioperative Operations and an integral member of the Aerodigestive and Esophageal Center. He joined the faculty in July 2008 after completing his fellowship at Children’s. In addition to his fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology he completed a fellowship in laryngology as a visiting clinical fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation in Boston.
His expertise is in pediatric voice disorders, airway reconstruction, and post airway reconstruction voice problems. He treats all aspects of pediatric otolaryngology and has subspecialty expertise in patients with airway/voice, sinus, and swallowing issues. He is an NIH funded researcher with interests include pediatric dysphonia, post airway reconstruction dysphonia, high speed video endoscopy, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, and outcomes research. He is a prolific academic surgeon who has published over 100 articles and chapters in national/international journals and books. He is a bilingual international lecturer who has presented throughout the world on the topics of airway reconstruction and voice disorders in children.
Professor Guan-Min Ho
Professor Guan-Min Ho
Professor Alessandro de Alarcon
Dr Guan-Min Ho, graduated from Medical University of Vienna, is a senior consultant in otorhinolaryngology, head & neck surgery, subspecializing in laryngology and phonosurgery. He was assistant professor at the National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences. His research was dedicated to hearing disorders and treatment of glottic insufficiency. He is also the inventor of the VOIS-Implant for medialization thyroplasty, an innovative implant, which can be adjusted both intra- and postoperatively to adapt to changing laryngeal conditions.
Dr Anne Hseu
Professor Guan-Min Ho
Dr Jarrad Van Stan
Dr Anne Hseu is a pediatric laryngologist at Boston Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School. She is dual fellowship trained in pediatric otolaryngology and laryngeal surgery, having completed her fellowships at Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Her clinical expertise and research interests are in pediatric voice and airway disorders. She is part of the national voice committee in the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr Jarrad Van Stan
Professor Guan-Min Ho
Dr Jarrad Van Stan
Dr Van Stan is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Associate of Speech Language Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital's Centre for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation, and an Adjunct Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. His research program explores the nuance of rehabilitation assessment and treatment, harnessing the latest theories, wearable technology, machine learning, and virtual reality to ensure that every voice is heard.
Speakers
Dr Kate Beaven-Marks
Dr Kate Beaven-Marks is an energetic, enthusiastic, experienced clinical hypnotist, hypnotherapy trainer, international presenter and author, with extensive practical and theoretical knowledge of hypnosis which is supported by her extensive studies and research (including her Professional Doctorate of Education research of how hypnotherapy is taught) and a broad range of practical applications including medical and surgical hospital environments and a busy London-based hypnotherapy practice. As well as teaching with HypnoTC and creating courses with Hypnosis-Courses.com (co-founder), she teaches in Universities, Colleges and in the NHS, as well as to hypnosis societies around the world. Contributing to the hypnotherapy profession is a key interest for Kate, together with a passion for raising hypnotherapy education standards. She is an experienced and sought-after clinical supervisor and has an active role on the Profession Specific Board for Hypnotherapy with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) and is Chair of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH). This is supported by a range of memberships and Fellowships with a broad range of hypnotherapy, education and professional organisations.
Mr John Rubin
John Rubin is a Consultant ENT Surgeon at UCLH He is an Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery where he co-leads the Voice and Swallowing Unit.
John is honorary Visiting Professor at the School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, as well as honorary Associate Professor, Department for Targeted Intervention at University College London He is a member of numerous professional societies, serves on a number of committees and professional bodies, lectures widely and is involved in research and teaching. He has published extensively in the medical literature, including articles in medical journals, chapters in textbooks, as well as being the editor of several books.
He is current Chair of the Voice Committee of the Union of European Phoniatrics. He is a past- President of Collegium Medicorum Theatri; previous Council member of the British Laryngological Association; previous honorary Treasurer and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of ENTUK; past- President of the British Voice Association. John’s interests include poetry, sculpting, and painting.
Mr Jonathan Fishman
Jonathan Fishman BM BCh (Oxon), MA (Cantab), PhD, FRCS (ORL-HNS) is a Consultant Laryngologist and subspeciality lead for Laryngology at the Royal National ENT Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Associate Professor at University College London. He has both an adult and paediatric laryngology practice and runs weekly multidisciplinary voice clinics. He also leads the airway service and runs dedicated neurolaryngology clinics at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He has a dedicated interest in voice disorders and neurolaryngology.
Jonathan was awarded a PhD from University College London in 2013 for his research. He has received numerous awards, grants, prizes and research fellowships and has published widely in the field of laryngology. He has lectured both nationally and internationally and has organised and chaired sessions at National, European and International meetings pertaining to laryngology. He is Senior Editor for the Journal of Laryngology & Otology, founded in 1887.
Mr Guri Sandhu
Guri Sandhu is a consultant Laryngologist and Airway Surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He is Professor of Laryngology at Imperial College London. He graduated from the University of London and trained in ENT at The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear, and Great Ormond Street Hospitals. He co-founded, and is the lead, for the National Centre for Airway Reconstruction, and co-founder of the British Laryngological Association. He has 30 years’ experience in the field of Laryngology, with over 150 peer reviewed publications, 20 book chapters and 3 textbooks in Laryngology. He has delivered numerous international presentations, keynote and posthumous lectures.
As well as airway surgery he has large practice managing voice problems, and receives referrals from the music industry, media and stage.
His honours include Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music, ENT Surgeon to The Royal Society of Musicians, Honorary Fellow to The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and the only British ENT surgeon to be made fellow of the American Laryngological Association. He is Past-President for the section of Laryngology and Rhinology at the Royal Society of Medicineand Past-President of the British Laryngological Association. He is recipient of the Isshiki prize for ‘outstanding contributions to the field of Laryngology’.
Mr Yakubu Karagama
Mr Yakubu Karagama MBBS, DLO, MSc, FRCS (ORL-HN), PGCertMed is an international renowned
laryngologist based at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital, London. He leads the Voice, Airway and Swallowing Service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. He is the Founder and Course Director for London and Manchester Phonosurgery course, Laser Laryngeal Course and TNO & Dysphagia Course. He is an
Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College University London. He was the first the
Secretary of the British Laryngological Association. www.phonosurgerycourse.com
Miss Michelle Wyatt
Michelle Wyatt is Head of the Departments of ENT Surgery, Audiology and Cochlear Implantation at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH). She is also an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute of Child Health, University of London. She qualified in 1992 from Cambridge University and following a Fellowship at Great Ormond Street was appointed as a consultant there in 2004.
Her practice is purely paediatric, and her main interest is in the management of complex airway pathology. She is also the ENT surgeon to the GOSH National Craniofacial Service.
Michelle is the immediate past President of the British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology and is currently the President of the Section of Rhinology and Laryngology at the Royal Society of Medicine. She is a member of the Standing Scientific Committee of the European Society of Paediatric Otolaryngology and she has previously been the inaugural paediatric representative for the British Laryngological Association working closely with adult colleagues to deliver laryngeal reinnervation to the paediatric population in the UK. She is a Specialist Advisor to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and has been heavily involved with the paediatric guidelines section of the United Kingdom National Tracheostomy Safety Project.
She has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, mainly reflecting her interests in laryngology and management of patients with craniofacial abnormalities. She has been part of the faculty for the British Paediatric Otolaryngology Course for 20 years and is a director of the GOSH Advanced Airway course. Equality and Diversity in surgery have been a particular focus during her career and she works with the Royal College of Surgeons mentorship programme to promote surgery as accessible to all.
Mrs Kate Heathcote
Kate Heathcote is a consultant Laryngologist at University Hospitals Dorset in the UK where she established the Robert White Centre for Airway Voice and Swallow for NHS patients. Fellowships in France and London supported her in developing her service to encompass cutting edge techniques including a full range of in-office procedures. She teaches, lecturers and publishes widely on her areas of expertise. In collaboration with colleagues at Southampton Children’s Hospital she has established a national programme for paediatric laryngeal reinnervation. She is on the council of the British Laryngological Association and is chair of the scientific committee on dysphagia for the European Laryngology Society.
Miss Katrina Mason
Katrina mason is a Paediatric ENT Consultant at Evelina Children’s Hospital having completed her higher surgical training in London. She received a distinction for her MSc in Surgical Science and Practice from The University of Oxford and now teaches on the Surgical Innovation module.
Katrina is the Associate Medical Director at Ufonia, a digital health company specialising in autonomous clinical conversations using Artificial Intelligence. Katrina has led on grant funded work to automate head and neck cancer triage and continues to support the research and evidence generation at Ufonia through collaboration with patients, clinicians and academic colleagues. She is passionate about finding digital solutions to real-world clinical problems and has been a DigitalHealth. London Digital Pioneer Fellow and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur alongside this work. Alongside her digital and clinical career, she is the editor for The Unofficial Guide to Surgery, a surgical textbook which has pro-actively sought to improve the representation of black and brown skin in medical textbooks and was recently included in the Royal Society of Medicine’s ‘Tackling Inequalities: Through Innovation and entrepreneurship’ conference. She is currently a mentor and advisory panel member on the DigitalHealth.London ‘Leap Programme’ aiming to foster inclusivity and cultivate an environment conductive to the success of digital health founders from underrepresented communities.
Mr Chang Woo Lee
Mr Chang Woo Lee, MRCS(ENT), is a specialty registrar in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He graduated from the University of Cambridge (Magdalene College) in medicine with an intercalated degree in physiology, development and neuroscience. He is currently out of programme for clinical research having been awarded the Royal College of Surgeons of England Surgical Research Fellowship. His research interest lies in voice, swallow, and the upper airway. He is based within the Laryngology department at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals.
Tori Burnay
Tori Burnay BSc(Hons), MRCSLT, MHCPC is the Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist of
the voice service for adults at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals in London. Tori has a particular
interest in the management of complex voice issues including neuro-laryngology and in working
with professional voiceusers. She is an expert-level practitioner working with professional voice
users of all genres, working collaboratively with BAPAM Vocal Rehabilitation Coaches and the wider
MDT in the medical field and the arts. She has contributed to several publications and book chapters.
Tori is a visiting lecturer in voice therapy on the MSc course at University College London.
She is the chair of the Vocal Health Committee for The British Association for Performing
Arts Medicine (BAPAM) and has been an integral member of the British Voice Association’s
Education Working Party. Tori is also a SLT representative on the British Laryngological
Association Council.
Tori is a BAPAM registered practitioner and runs a busy independent practice, Tori Burnay
Associates, where she works with recording artists and West End performers alongside a
general voice caseload. She is committed to the ongoing training of speech and language
therapists and has delivered presentations at national and international conferences and
training days.
Dr Rehab Awad
Dr. Rehab Awad MBBCh, MSc, MD, PG Dip (Voice Disorders) is clinical lead Speech and Language Therapist at University Hospital Lewisham since 2009. She leads the voice services for both adults and children in the Speech and Language Therapy Department and provides voice therapy input in the Multidisciplinary voice clinic at UHL, one of the leading Voice Disorders clinics in the UK. She is also a Professor of Phoniatrics Sciences at Kasr Alaini Hospital, Cairo University. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Cairo University in 1996. She was awarded both an MSc and MD in Phoniatrics Sciences from the University of Cairo in 2000 and 2008 respectively. Rehab studied voice disorders at UCL and was awarded a post-grad diploma in 2005. She has an interest and passion for research and has publications in the field of voice. She has been the British Voice Association treasurer for 2021-2022, a member of the BVA council since 2021 and has been a member of the BVA Education Working Party since 2018. Rehab has a long experience in managing voice disorders in both adults and children, providing a holistic approach to improving voice quality and ensuring the multidisciplinary approach to addressing voice problems. She has special interest working with professional voice users (singers, actors, performers) with special interest in using treatment naso-endoscopy. She has special interest in research and has published a few research articles in national and international journals and has been a speaker in many national and international conferences.
Dr Cath Gregory
Dr Cath Gregory gained her PhD in Neurophysiology in 2002 from Imperial College London. A previous ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship holder, Catherine changed countries and careers, completing a Master of Speech Pathology with 1st class honours in Sydney in 2011. Since then, she has worked as a clinical speech pathologist and clinical educator in both private practice and in several hospitals across New South Wales, providing evidence-based assessment and management of voice, swallowing, and communication disorders. She is currently a lecturer in voice and clinical educator at the University of Technology Sydney where she is passionate about the student learning experience. Her current research includes the use of Virtual Reality in treatment of FND related communication disorders and gender affirming voice training.
Jameson Cooper
Jameson Cooper MS, CCC-SLP is a Speech Pathologist in research at the MGH Center for Laryngeal Surgery & Voice Rehabilitation with a clinical background in voice disorders and medical speech pathology. His research interests include investigating the relationships of personality traits with voice disorders and ambulatory voice monitoring in patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders.
Jeremy Wolfberg
Jeremy Wolfberg, MS, CCC-SLP is a research speech-language pathologist at the Massachusetts
General Hospital Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation. He is also a second
year PhD student at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, MA under the
mentorship of Dr. Jarrad Van Stan. Jeremy's research is currently focused on applying the
Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) to clinical practice, research, and
education, leveraging novel technologies such as ambulatory voice monitoring and biofeedback
in clinical practice and research, and integrating implementation science into voice research.
Dr Nor Shahrina Mohd Zawawi
Dr Nor Shahrina Mohd Zawawi graduated from UKM (University Kebangsaan Malaysia) in 2000 and
obtained her Masters of Speech-Language Therapist with Distinction from the University of
Canterbury in 2010. Subsequently, she completed her doctorate studies under the Stroke
Rehabilitation PhD. Studentship: Nottingham UK and Malaysia Collaboration Project. She has worked
with a range of communication and swallowing disorders, pediatric and adult cases, at Hospital
Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (formerly known as UKM Medical Centre (UKMMC)) since 2000. She has
vast experience in developing speech-language therapy services in UKM Medical Centre, and has
been working closely with various professionals to ensure the best care is provided for patients and
their caregivers. She is also the Coordinator for Post-Stroke Care Service Improvement Committee, a
committee formed by her department, aiming to improve the post-stroke care and rehabilitation
through integrated and multidisciplinary approach. Her clinical interest falls in the area of dysphagia,
dysphonia and. family-based intervention. Specifically to voice, she has special interest in
psychological aspect of voice disorders, and has experience working with singers and politicians.
Currently, she is and also representing the Speech-Language Therapist profession in the Malaysian
Council of Allied Health Profession, and serves the Malaysian Association of Speech and Hearing
(MASH) as an auditor.
Dr Robert Brinton Fujiki
Robert Brinton Fujiki, PhD CCC-SLP, is an assistant professor in the department of otolaryngology in Indiana University School of Medicine. His research program and clinical expertise focuses on the evaluation and treatment of voice, upper airway, and resonance disorders in children and adolescents.
Gaya Noam
Gaya Noam, SLP, Doctoral Student is a speech therapist and doctoral student in the Department of Communication Disorders, Tel Aviv University. She earned her BA and MA degrees from Tel Aviv University. Her
doctoral dissertation focuses on the classification of voice disorders, aiming to validate and
clinically apply a continuous, two-dimensional model for arranging voice disorders. As a
clinician, she is a speech therapist at the Hearing, Speech & Language Center at Sheba, Tel
HaShomer Medical Center, and in a private clinic, specializing in the diagnosis and therapy of
fluency and voice disorders in both children and adults. In addition, Gaya supervises a practical
exercise of voice therapy for undergraduate students.
Emma Willis
Emma Willis, M Ed, CCC-SLP is a Research Speech Language Pathologist at the MGH Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation and a second year PhD Student in Rehabilitation Science at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. She currently works under the mentorship of Daryush Mehta. Her current research focuses include investigating how voicing efficiency changes pre-to-post-treatment, ambulatory voice monitoring, vibrato stability as a potential biomarker of vocal hyperfunction, and application of exercise science to voice production