Ask the Experts: Q&A Session

This webinar, presented on October 4, 2023, was a Q&A session with the perspective of both a physician and speech-language pathologist, featuring Adam Rubin, MD and Juliana Codino, PhD, CCC-SLP, from Lakeshore Professional Voice Center in Michigan. It was moderated by Charlie Reavis, President of Dysphonia International.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
ADAM RUBIN, MD | With a lifelong passion for the human voice, Adam D. Rubin, MD is a board-certified laryngologist and voice specialist practicing at Lakeshore Ear, Nose & Throat Center in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. He helps patients, including professional, student, and amateur singers and actors from the metropolitan Detroit area to protect, preserve, and heal their voices. Dr. Rubin is also the director of the Lakeshore Professional Voice Center operated by Lakeshore ENT.
Before pursuing his medical degree at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Rubin earned his undergraduate degree from Yale University and had a long career as a professional actor and singer, where he developed an understanding of the need for expert care for professional voices.
Dr. Rubin is a fellow of the American Laryngological Association, the Triological Society, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the American Broncho-Esophagological Association.
Besides his clinical practice and artistic expertise, Dr. Rubin is active in voice research. He has written an array of medical articles and book chapters and is the author of “The Vocal Pitstop: Keeping Your Voice on Track.” He’s also a frequent guest speaker at national and international meetings and conferences.
JULIANA CODINO, PhD, CCC-SLP | Juliana Codino, is the Director of Voice Pathology and supervisor of the SLP voice-centric Clinical Fellowship at Lakeshore Professional Voice Center (LPVC). At LPVC she has the pleasure to be able to take care for high-end performers, as well as the everyday voice user treating all voice, swallowing and airway disorders. Juliana has a strong interest in research, at LPVC she continues to be fairly prolific in voice studies. Juliana completed her PhD focusing on electroglottography at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Juliana has a particular interest in acoustics of voice production and has been teaching acoustical analysis of voice and phonetics for many years.
She has written chapters in books and several research articles in scientific journals related to the specialty. In addition, Juliana has been a reviewer of scientific presentations in several voice conferences and journals. She has a background in musical theater and enjoys singing for fun.