Associate Professor
UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center
VyVy Young, MD, is an Associate Professor and the Associate Residency Program Director in the UCSF Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center. She pursued her Otolaryngology training at the University of Louisville, in Louisville, Kentucky and fellowship in Laryngology and Care of the Professional Voice at the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center.
Dr. Young currently serves the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery as a member of the Annual Meeting Program Committee and Executive Committee for ENThealth.org. She has national leadership and involvement in the American Laryngological Association (ALA), American Broncho-Esophagological Association (ABEA), and Triological Society. She is a Fellow of the American Laryngological Association and was recently selected to join UCSF’s prestigious Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators.
Her clinical practice covers all aspects of laryngology including disorders affecting voice, airway, and swallowing, although her current research efforts focus on gender-affirming voice care, airway stenosis, spasmodic dysphonia, vocal fold paralysis, and voice outcomes research. She also has particular interest in gender, diversity, and wellness issues in medicine.