Overview

• Totally revised and updated new edition
• Very much an area of current interest in otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Gastroenterology
• Concise, practical coverage of an extremely common yet, under-diagnosed condition
• New chapters on anatomy and physiology of phonation, esophageal function and gastroesophageal reflux
• Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and line diagrams

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Audience

Primary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Voice and Voice Therapy
Audience Level: Professional/Textbook - 90 Days

About The Authors

Robert Sataloff, M.D.

Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D. is Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Graduate Hospital. He is President-Elect of the American Laryngological Association; Chairman of the Speech, Voice and Swallowing Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; and Chairman of the Voice Foundation. A prolific author and contributor to over 80 books and some 450 articles and learned papers, he is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Voice and the Ear, Nose and Throat.

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Donald Castell, M.D.

Donald O. Castell is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Esophageal Disorders Program at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He has held faculty positions at George Washington University School of Medicine, the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Jefferson Medical College, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and MCP/Hahnemann School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

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Philip Katz, M.D.

Philip O. Katz is Chairman of the Division of Gastroenterology at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a recognized national authority on esophageal disease. Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, his research interests include all aspects of gastro-esophageal reflux disease. A practicing clinician with active teaching and editorial positions, he is also widely published and is an editorial reviewer for the Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology, Journal of the American Geriatric Association, and Digestive Diseases and Sciences.

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Dahlia Sataloff, M.D.

Dahlia M. Sataloff is Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Graduate Hospital and has been a member of the Department of Surgery since 1985. She has served as co-director of the Breast Panel of the Joan Karnell Comprehensive Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital and also as Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery. Her practice is devoted exclusively to breast surgery for benign and cancerous conditions and she has lectured extensively on breast cancer detection, treatment and management. A recipient of a number of prestigious awards, she has also published papers on a variety of surgical subjects and has co-authored a textbook.