Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
The Ohio State University
Biography
Laura Matrka, MD, is a Professor at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. She graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College with a BA in English and concentrations in Anthropology and Spanish, completed medical school at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, completed her residency in Otolaryngology at The Ohio State University, and completed a Laryngology fellowship at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio with Dr. Blake Simpson. She is a full-time clinician who devotes significant additional time to clinical research, focusing on complicated airway management, tracheostomy complications, dysphagia after anterior cervical spine surgery, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, and opioid-related research, among other topics. She is also devoted to improving gender-affirming health care and addressing issues of diversity in medicine and education. She was inducted into the American Laryngologic Association in 2020, the Triological Society in 2019, and the American Bronchoesophageal Association in 2015. She was awarded the Exceptional Physician Peer Award in 2015, has twice received Press-Ganey recognition for patient satisfaction, and has received Castle Connolly’s Exceptional Women in Medicine and Top Doctors awards since 2019.