Ear Nose & Throat Specialists
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 Neil Vallance FRACS
Mr Vallance is an Australian-trained Otolaryngologist (Ear Nose & Throat Surgeon) with an illustrious career spanning 33 years across all areas of ENT and Head and Neck surgery, focussing on the past 25 years on the sub-specialties...
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...
Mr Malcolm Baxter FRACS, OAM
Mr Baxter is an Australian-trained Otolaryngologist (Ear Nose & Throat Surgeon) with vast experience, a sustained dedication and highly regarded expertise in all areas of ear, nose and throat-related disorders and surgery but especially laryngology. In 1970,...
Mr Charles Giddings FRACS
Charles Giddings is an ENT surgeon with fellowship training in head and neck, thyroid and airway surgery from the UK who relocated to Australia in 2014. We have been very fortunate to have him join us as...
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.
Dr Debbie Phyland SP
Dr Debbie Phyland is a speech pathologist having primarily worked for the past 31 years in acute hospital settings, part-time lecturing at Latrobe, Melbourne and James Cook Universities in voice, neurological and dysphagia subjects and running her...
Dr Jenni Oates SP
Dr Jenni Oates is an extremely accomplished and world-renowned speech pathologist with over 39 years’ experience as a clinician, researcher and university lecturer in the field of the human voice and its disorders. She is a co-founder...
Nicole Free SP
BSpPath (Hons), BMus (Perf), CPSP. Nicole has been working for 13 years as a speech pathologist after graduating from La Trobe University in 2004 with first class Honours; completing research in the area of voice for which...
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...
