Speech Pathologists
A Speech Pathologist is a paramedical / health professional who has expertise in the assessment and management of communication, voice and swallowing disorders. As many problems have a functional basis, the speech pathologist has expertise in the evaluation of the function of the laryngeal mechanism particularly regarding the efficiency of voicing for speech and singing. Our Speech Pathologists at the Melbourne Voice Analysis Centre all have significant experience, additional qualifications and sustained dedication to the field of laryngology working alongside their Otolaryngology colleagues as integral team members.
A/Prof Debbie Phyland SP
PhD, MAppSC, Grad Dip Ed, BAppSc, FSPAA. Dr Debbie Phyland is a speech pathologist having primarily worked for the past 35 years in acute hospital settings, part-time lecturing at Latrobe, Melbourne and James Cook Universities in voice,...
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Professor Jenni Oates SP
Dr Jenni Oates is an extremely accomplished and world-renowned speech pathologist with over 40 years’ experience as a clinician, researcher and university lecturer in the field of the human voice and its disorders. She is a co-founder...
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Natasha Curham SP
BSpPath (Hons), CPSP Natasha graduated as a speech pathologist from Latrobe University in 2004 with first class Honours (having undertaken her Honours’ project investigating voice in Parkinson’s Disease). She has over 18 years’ experience as a Speech...
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Meaghan Sullivan SP
Meaghan has been working as a Speech Pathologist since graduating from Latrobe University in 2002. Prior to commencing speech pathology, she completed a Bachelor of Music specialising in voice at the Victorian College of Arts. She has...
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Our Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists are all fellows of the Royal Australasian college of surgeons, and members of the Australian Society of Head & Neck Surgery, and the Laryngology Society of Australasia. All have had many years of sub-specialty training and practice in the management of voice disorders, and have published and presented widely in the discipline. They all collaborate closely with speech pathologists in the care of patients with voice disorders.
Mr Paul M Paddle FRACS
Paul Paddle is an ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon with Fellowship training in Laryngology – Voice, Airway and Swallowing Disorders. He completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with Honours at Melbourne University in 2003, receiving the...
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Mr Anthony Rotman FRACS
Anthony is a Melbourne-trained ENT Surgeon with a special interest in voice, swallow and airway disorders. He joined MVAC in 2020 after returning from the United Kingdom where he undertook not one, but two Laryngology Fellowships. After...
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A/Prof Catherine Sinclair FRACS
A/Prof Catherine Sinclair is a dual board certified, dual fellowship trained surgeon in laryngology and head & neck surgery. She completed her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with Honours at Flinders University, receiving the Dean’s prize for...
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