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NYU Medical Center Opens New Voice Center Specializing in Throat Disorders

Center Also Launches Comprehensive Website for Both Patients and Physicians

An extensive gallery of images and videos of conditions and treatment options are available at the NYU Voice Center’s comprehensive website. This photograph of an esophageal stricture was revealed by a barium swallow study that was performed after a patient complained of swallowing difficulty.

New York, July 29, 2005 -- The Department of Otolaryngology recently established the NYU Voice Center under the directorship of Milan Amin, M.D., who also serves as the Chief of Division of Laryngology at NYU Medical Center.

The NYU Voice Center provides state-of-the-art evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders affecting the throat. These may include sore throat, chronic cough, hoarseness, voice loss, or swallowing dysfunction. The Voice Center also specializes in the care of the professional voice which for such individuals including singers, lawyers, and clergy. Additionally, the Center addresses disorders such as gastroesophageal reflux, presbylaryngis, benign and malignant growths, and neurologic dysfunction such as spasm, tremor, paresis, and paralysis. The Center also addresses external factors such as allergies or inhaled toxins and injuries related to overuse and misuse of the voice.

The NYU Voice Center utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to arrive at a diagnosis and effectively treat the problem. A team of professionals, including specialists in otolaryngology, speech pathology, neurology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine and radiology collaborate to provide a balanced approach to solving the variety of problems that affect voice and swallowing disorder patients.

For both patients and physicians interested in learning more about disorders affecting the throat, the NYU Voice Center also launched a new comprehensive website, www.nyuvoicecenter.org. The website contains numerous features including a descriptive inventory of conditions and treatment options, clear explanations of swallowing, breathing, and vocal functions, and useful tips to maintain good vocal health. Additionally, a comprehensive library of video and photographs of conditions, diagnostic procedures, and treatment methods are also available.

Dr. Amin comes to NYU Medical Center from Drexel University College of Medicine, where he was the Director of the Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders. He previously completed a fellowship in Laryngology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Other faculty members of the NYU Voice Center include Stephen Rothstein, M.D. and Cathy Lazarus, Ph.D.

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