Mona Abaza,
M.D.
 is
a research associate for the National Center
for Voice and Speech and Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck
Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She
completed her laryngology fellowship in June of l999, specializing
in care of the professional voice with Dr. Robert T. Sataloff
at the American Institute of Voice and Ear Research in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Prior to that, she received her medical degree from
The Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed a two-year research
fellowship at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders, National Institutes of Health. A board-certified ENT
surgeon, she completed her otolaryngology training at the University
of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She was elected
to the American Bronchoesophagology Association in 2003 (a society
of otolaryngologists with an interest/emphasis in voice and airway
problems) and the Society of University Otolaryngologists in 2002
(a society of academic otolaryngologists in significant roles
in education and research). Dr. Abaza maintains an active role
in the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
(the national association of otolaryngologists) by her election
to several committees, including the Neurolaryngology subcommittee
(a groups of voice doctors with interests in neurologic voice
problems).
Dr. Abaza’s practice focuses on voice problems
of professional voice users and the general public. She divides
her time each week
between the University of Colorado Hospital Voice Practice at the
NCVS (where she sees actors, singers and the public for voice problems),
University Hospital (where she performs surgery), the ENT Specialists
Clinic at the Anschutz Outpatient Pavillion at the Fitzsimmons
campus (where she also sees patients), various NCVS research teams
(where
she works on clinical research grants) and at the Department of
Otolaryngology at UCHSC, where she runs the otolaryngology residency
training program and teaches.
For a partial - but continuously updated - list of Dr. Abaza's publications,
explore the
National Library of Medicine's website, PubMed. [Note: this link will
open in a new browser window. Close it when you are done to return
to ncvs.org]
Mailing Address:
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
National Center for Voice and Speech
1101 13th Street
Denver, CO 80204
phone: 303-848-2820 (Aurora)
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