Milan R. Amin, MD
Milan R. Amin, MD, is Director of the NYU Voice Center, Chief of the Division of Laryngology, and Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Amin received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Northwestern University in Chicago. He completed an internship in Surgery and residency in Otolaryngology at Temple University School of Medicine, and a fellowship in Laryngology and Voice Disorders at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He has served as the Hahnemann Director of Residency Education for the Temple University Otolaryngology Residency Program, Director of the Medical Student Otolaryngology Pathway at Drexel University, and Director of the Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders at Drexel University College of Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. He is also a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and on the Council of the American Bronchoesophagology Association (ABEA). Dr. Amin specializes in the evaluation and treatment of voice, airway, and swallowing disorders. His research interests include esophageal reflux disease, neurologic voice disorders, and swallowing dysfunction.
Ryan C. Branski, Ph.D
Ryan C. Branski, Ph.D is Associate Director of the NYU Voice Center and Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at New York University. Dr. Branski received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Florida, and his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. He completed his Clinical Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center. Prior to joining the NYU Voice Center, Dr. Branski served as the Associate Director of the Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Branski is an elected member of the Steering Committee and Chair of the Research Subcommittee of Voice and Voice Disorders Division of the American Speech, Language, Hearing Association (ASHA). He is also the recipient of the Award for Early Career Contributions in Research by ASHA. Dr. Branski runs an active research laboratory studying the dynamics of vocal fold injury and repair. This program is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Stephen G. Rothstein, MD
Stephen G. Rothstein, MD, is a founder of the NYU Swallowing Disorders Center and the Sony Vocal Health Laboratory. Dr. Rothstein is clinical associate professor of Otolaryngology at the New York University School of Medicine and his clinical practice has a special focus on laryngology. Dr. Rothstein received his medical degree from the University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School. He completed residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, as well as a fellowship in head and neck surgery, at NYU Medical Center.
Stratos G. Achlatis, M.D
Dr. Achlatis is a Singing Voice Specialist at the NYU Voice Center with particular expertise in rehabilitating the injured singing voice. He received his medical degree from University of Athens, Greece and is a professional singer and performer. His expertise is lyrical repertoire, with many appearances on stage in the opera and theater. He has an holistic understanding of the voice and breathing through his extensive experience with yoga and modern dance. Dr. Achlatis is a certified Vocologist from the National Center of Speech and Voice.
Carin Searby, M.M., M.S., CCC-SLP
Carin Searby received graduate training in Music Performance (Opera) and Italian a the University of California-Los Angeles prior to studying Speech Pathology at Columbia University. Ms. Searby has particular expertise is the rehabilitation of the speaking and singing voice. She sees patients at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Danielle Lodewyk-Falciglia, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Danielle Lodewyck-Falciglia, PhD completed her Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees in Speech Pathology at Northwestern University. Dr. Lodewyck-Falciglia currently sees patients at both the NYU Voice Center and Bellevue Hospital Center. Her caseload includes inpatients and outpatients with diagnoses from muscle tension dysphonia from phonotrauma, strokes, trauma, head and neck cancer, and post-intubation vocal pathologies. She has undergone special training on fitting and maintenance of Provox and Inhealth indwelling tracheoesophageal prostheses following total laryngectomy, flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES), and the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) for improvement of hypophonia in patients with Parkinson's Disease and other hypokinetic movement disorders.
Latimer Kells, M.S., CCC-SLP
Latimer Kells, M.S., CCC-SLP, received her master’s degree in speech pathology from Columbia University, graduating with honors in 1991. Since that time she has specialized in the evaluation and treatment of voice disorders. Her expertise ranges from voice restoration for laryngectomees to rehabilitation of professional voice users. Ms. Kells has extensive experience in techniques to improve resonance, breath support, and vocal quality for patients who are recovering from surgery to the vocal cords or who have been prescribed voice therapy as a means to resolve vocal cord lesions. Her background as a singer has informed her understanding of the performing voice, and her training in scientific principles of voice production has informed her choice of therapy techniques. She tailors her approach to the individual for optimal success. Ms. Kells has been certified as an instructor in Lee Silverman Voice Therapy, an effective means of improving vocal quality and loudness level in Parkinson’s patients. She has also been trained in Lessac-Based Resonant Voice Therapy, which has proven valuable in rehabilitating clients with hyperfunctional voice disorders. Since 1992, Ms. Kells has performed and interpreted videolaryngostroboscopy, a technique whereby the vibratory characteristics of the vocal cords are viewed in detail. This has further enhanced her ability to understand which therapeutic techniques will be efficacious. Ms. Kells is a member of the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association Special Interest Division 3: Voice Disorders, and the Voice & Speech Trainers Association. She is an associate member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Ms. Kells has been a guest lecturer at NYU Medical School, Department of Otolaryngology, on the topics of videolaryngostroboscopy and tracheo-esophageal voice restoration. She has also presented at NYU, Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, on the topic of voice disorders. She currently sees patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Manhattan Campus.
Hang Zhou, M.D., M.S.
Hang Zhou, M.D., M.S. is a Research Scientist at the Voice Center and the Department of Otolaryngology. Dr. Zhou received his graduate training in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Jilin University in China and his medical degree from Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences.
New York University Voice Consortium
The NYU Voice Consortium is a diverse cohort of NYU faculty committed to issues related to the human voice. The working group was founded in 2009 by Drs. Martin Daughtry and Douglas Cook. This group actively contributes to the NYU Voice Center and the voice community at large.
Douglas Cook, Ph.D.
Douglas Cook, Ph.D. received his undergraduate education in mechanical engineering from Utah State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University (mechanical engineering). Dr. Cook’s research focuses on the biomechanics of the human voice. He began his undergraduate career studying music, and now applies his engineering training to better understand the biomechanics of singers in the hopes that this research can eventually be employed to help those with voice disorders. By studying singers adept at vocal compensation, he is investigating how to teach those with vocal disabilities to do the same. Dr. Cook’s research regarding the biological mechanisms of sound generation has won him grants from the National Science Foundation and Purdue University. He has published extensively. He also conducted research for the National Natural Science Foundation of China at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Dr. Cook is currently on faculty at NYU Abu Dhabi.
Martin Daughtry, Ph.D.
Martin Daughtry, Ph.D. completed his undergraduate studies in Russian Studies at New College of Florida. He then completed his graduate and doctoral training in Ethnomusicology at the University of California-Los Angeles. As a specialist in Ethnomusicology, Dr. Daughtry studies the intersection of music, literature, and politics. He is particularly interested in the transformation of musical traditions in the wake of cataclysmic events, which he recently explored in the edition he co-edited on music in the post-9/11 world. He is currently at work on the ethnography of musical listening practices in conflict zones, centering on the experiences of US military personnel and Iraqi civilians in post-Hussein Baghdad. He has published extensively and is currently on faculty at NYU Abu Dhabi.
Brian Gill, D.M.A., Certificate in Vocology
Brian Gill, D.M.A. (tenor) is Music Assistant Professor/Associate Director for Vocal Pedagogy at the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Dr. Gill received his B.M. from the University of North Carolina, his M.M. from the University of Colorado under the tutelage of the late Dr. Barbara Doscher, his D.M.A. from the University of Kentucky at Lexington, and a certificate in Vocology from the University of Iowa under the tutelage of Dr. Ingo Titze. He has performed numerous operatic and musical theater roles, concerts, and recitals in the United States and abroad. Dr. Gill also played bass and sang in Disney's Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Paris, France where he performed with the Grammy-nominated country band, The Moody Brothers (winners of three International Country Music Awards). In 2002 and 2003, Dr. Gill was a featured soloist in a series of concerts celebrating the life and music of Rosemary Clooney. Dr. Gill has served as a Master Clinician/Guest Lecturer for The New York Singing Teachers' Association (Voice Science Masterclass and Comparative Pedagogy), US Army Soldier's Chorus, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Quisisana Regional Theater in Maine, New York University's department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, The New York Voice Study Group, and OPERA America. Abroad, Dr. Gill has given master classes in France, Portugal, Sweden, and South Korea. Dr. Gill's students perform throughout the United States and abroad, including: Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, English National Opera, Sante Fe Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Los Angeles Opera, On and Off Broadway, in Broadway national and international tours, The US Army Soldier's Chorus, and many regional theaters in the US and abroad.
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/voice/
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/theatre/
Michael Long, Ph.D.
Dr. Long is Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Physiology and Neuroscience.
His laboratory aims to uncover the cellular and circuit properties that allow for precise coordination of a well-studied, learned motor behavior - vocal production in the songbird. Songbirds represent the most useful animal model for understanding basic vocal production mechanisms and their relation to auditory perception. We employ behavioral, electrophysiological and imaging techniques in the songbird to gain insight into the mechanisms of human speech production in health and disease.
http://longlab.med.nyu.edu/
