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Kenneth W. Altman, MD PhD

Professor and Chair
Geisinger Health System and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Danville, PA, United States

Dr. Altman is Chair of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at Geisinger Health System in Central Pennsylvania, and Professor at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. He is board-certified, and a renowned expert in laryngology, care of the professional voice, cough and dysphagia. After receiving his BS from the University of Illinois at Champaign, Dr. Altman went to Duke University for his MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering prior to obtaining his MD degree. He was at the University of Pennsylvania for residency in Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, and then completed a fellowship in Laryngology & Care of the Professional Voice at Vanderbilt University. In addition, he has a certificate in Managing Healthcare Delivery from Harvard Business School. Dr. Altman spent six years in Chicago directing the Center for Voice at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, almost 10 years in New York as Director of the Eugen Grabscheid Voice Center at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and 5 years as Vice Chair at Baylor College of Medicine where he was also Chief of Otolaryngology at CHI-Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

He has over 150 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, edited 2 books, and delivered over 260 conference and course presentations, along with receiving multiple awards including New York and Texas Super Doctors. Presently Secretary/Treasurer of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Dr. Altman is Past-President of the American Laryngological Association. He is board-certified, and a fellow of the ALA, American Academy of Otolaryngology, American College of Surgeons, American Rhinological Society, and The Triological Society.

He has numerous research interests including care pathways, chronic cough (as a member of the cough guideline committee of the American College of Chest Physicians), pre-malignant vocal fold disease, and dysphagia in the presence of neurodegenerative disorders.

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