Education

• MD - Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
• DMA in Voice Performance - Combs College of Music
• BA in Music Theory and Composition - Haverford College

Awards & Honors

Robert Thayer Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS, provides medical care exclusively for vocal professionals and specializes in otology. He obtained an undergraduate degree from Haverford College in music theory and composition and then graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University. He received a doctor of musical arts in voice performance from Combs College of Music. Dr. Sataloff completed his residency in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery and a fellowship in otology, neurotology and skull-base surgery at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Sataloff has developed numerous novel surgical procedures, including total temporal bone resection for formerly untreatable skull base malignancy, laryngeal microflap and mini-microflap procedures, vocal fold lipoinjection, vocal fold lipoimplantation, and others. He has invented more than 75 laryngeal microsurgical instruments distributed currently by Integra Medical, ossicular replacement prostheses produced by Grace Medical, and novel laryngeal prostheses with Boston Medical.

Dr. Sataloff is recognized as one of the founders of the field of voice, having written the first modern comprehensive article on care of singers, and the first chapter and book on care of the professional voice, as well as having influenced the evolution of the field through his own efforts and through the Voice Foundation for nearly four decades.

Dr. Sataloff has been recognized by Best Doctors in America (Woodward White Athens) every year since 1992, Philadelphia magazine since 1997, and Castle Connolly’s "America’s Top Doctors" since 2002.

Clinical Services

Residencies

• Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery – University of Michigan

Fellowships

• Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery – University of Michigan

Affiliated Hospitals

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Robert Thayer Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS, is a professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine. He is also adjunct professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, adjunct clinical professor at Temple University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and is on the faculty of the Academy of Vocal Arts. He has served as conductor of the Thomas Jefferson University Choir for nearly four decades. Dr. Sataloff is also a professional singer and singing teacher.

Dr. Sataloff is chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Voice Foundation and of the American Institute for Voice and Ear Research. He has also served as chairman of the Board of Governors of Graduate Hospital; president of the American Laryngological Society, the International Association of Phonosurgery, the Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, and the American Society of Geriatric Otolaryngology; and in numerous other leadership positions.

Dr. Sataloff has been involved extensively throughout his career in education, including development of new curricula for graduate education. He has been instrumental in training not only residents, but also fellows and visiting laryngologists from North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.  His fellows have established voice centers throughout the United States, in Turkey, Singapore, Brazil and elsewhere. He also is active in training nurses, speech-language pathologists, singing teachers and others involved in collaborative arts medicine care, pedagogy and performance education.

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