Claudio Milstein, Ph.D.

Claudio F. Milstein, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Speech Scientist with clinical interests in laryngology and voice disorders. Born in Buenos Aires, he completed his studies at the Medical School of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He taught at this same University, and joined the faculty of the National Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, teaching voice courses for actors and singers, and developing an expertise in the care of the professional voice.

In the U.S., he obtained his PhD in Speech Sciences from the University of Arizona and trained at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary of Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He has been actively involved in the clinical management of voice patients for over 20 years, and is frequently invited as a lecturer at national and international meetings. Dr. Milstein has authored numerous publications primarily related to the human voice and its disorders. He has been a Staff Member of the Head and Neck Institute at the Cleveland Clinic since 2001 and holds an Affiliate Scholar appointment at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.

His primary interests involve diagnosis and treatment of adults and children with laryngeal--vocal-fold voice pathology, aerodigestive-tract disorders, treatment of early glottic carcinoma, functional voice disorders and vocal-cord dysfunction.

• Visitng Professor, XIII Congress of the Mexican Association of  Communication, Audiology, Neuro-Otology, and Phoniatrics, 2007, Merida, Mexico
• Visiting Professor, VX Brazilian Congress of Speech Sciences, 2007, Gramado, Brazil
• Visiting Professor, VII International Congress on Speech Sciences, 2007, Gramado, Brazil

• Internship, Voice Laboratory -ENT Department, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Mass.
• Internship, Speech Science Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

Voice disorders, care of the professional voice, aerodigestive tract disorders, laryngeal physiology.

• Graduated with honors, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina 
• National Secretary of Culture Award, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina
• National Secretary of Culture Award, Province of Chubut, Argentina
• Flinn Foundation Gradauate Fellowship, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.

• American Academy of Otolaryngology
• American Speech, Language, Hearing Association
• Ohio Speech, Language and Hearing Association
• North East Ohio Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Society

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