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Physicians & Faculty
Department Heads
Elliot Abemayor, MD, PhD
Professor-in-Residence and Vice Chief
Primary Interest: Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Our Faculty
David Berry, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Director, Laryngeal Dynamics Laboratory
Director, Laryngeal Dynamics Laboratory
Primary Interest: Laryngeal dynamics and high-speed imaging
Dinesh Chhetri, MD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Primary Interest: Voice, Airway, and Swallowing Disorders
Roger Dafter, PhD
Associate Director, Mind-Body Medicine Group, UCLA Head and Neck Surgery
Clinical and Health Psychologist
Clinical and Health Psychologist
Primary Interest: Role of emotions in mind/body healing
Bruce Gerratt, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Co-Director, Voice Perception Laboratory
Co-Director, Voice Perception Laboratory
Primary Interest: Voice and motor speech disorders
Quinton Gopen, MD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Primary Interest: Neurotology and skull base surgery
Larry Hoffman, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Director, Vestibular Neuroscience Laboratory
Director, Vestibular Neuroscience Laboratory
Primary Interest: Vestibular and neuroscience research
Jody Kreiman, PhD
Professor-in-Residence
Co-Director, Voice Perception Laboratory
Co-Director, Voice Perception Laboratory
Primary Interest: Perception and production of voice
Jennifer Long, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Primary Interest: Voice, Airway, and Swallowing disorders
Ivan Lopez, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Director, Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Inner Ear Laboratory
Director, Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Inner Ear Laboratory
Primary Interest: Molecular anatomy of inner ear
Abie Mendelsohn, MD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Primary Interest: Transoral Laser (TLM) and Transoral Robotic (TORS) Surgery
Vishad Nabili, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Head and Neck Surgery
Primary Interest: Microvascular and reconstructive surgery
Juergen Neubauer, PhD
Assistant Researcher
Co-Director, Speech Production Laboratory
Co-Director, Speech Production Laboratory
Primary Interest: Speech production
Marcos Paiva, MD, PhD
Associate Researcher
Director, Laser Laboratory
Director, Laser Laboratory
Primary Interest: Head and neck oncology and laser research
David Rapkin, PhD
Clinical and Health Psychologist
Founding Director, Mind-Body Medicine Group, UCLA Division of Head and Neck Surgery
Founding Director, Mind-Body Medicine Group, UCLA Division of Head and Neck Surgery
Primary Interest: Guided Imagery and Clinical Hypnosis
Jeffrey Rawnsley, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Primary Interest: Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Joel Sercarz, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Primary Interest: Head and neck oncology, thyroid and parathyroid
Yvonne Sininger, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Director, Auditory Research Laboratory
Director, Auditory Research Laboratory
Primary Interest: Audiology and hearing sciences
Maie St. John, MD, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Primary Interest: General otolaryngology, head and neck oncology
Jeffrey Suh, MD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Primary Interest: Nasal and sinus disease, head and neck oncology
Marilene Wang, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Primary Interest: Head and neck oncology, nasal and sinus disease
Alisha West, MD
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Primary Interest: Pediatric Otolaryngology, hearing loss, allergy
Charlene Williams, PhD
Clinical and Health Psychologist
Clinical Programs Director, Mind-Body Medicine Group, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA
Clinical Programs Director, Mind-Body Medicine Group, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA
Primary Interest: Hypnosis as preparation for surgery
Zhaoyan Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence
Co-Director, Speech Production Laboratory
Co-Director, Speech Production Laboratory
Primary Interest: Speech production
