The NW Clinic for Voice and Swallowing was founded in 1998 as a way of offering specialty care for voice & swallowing disorders within the Otolaryngology department at OHSU.  As part of OHSU - Oregon's only academic health center - we are a leading center for vocal treatment, research and training in the Northwest. We offer comprehensive medical and surgical treatments for voice and swallowing disorders as well as rehabilitation in our multidisciplinary clinics. We also work in close collaboration with the medical specialists at OHSU to offer voice, speech and swallowing rehabilitation to individuals with cancer of the head-and-neck. Since welcoming two board-certified laryngologists, Dr. Joshua Schindler and Dr. Paul Flint, we are now one of the leading voice centers on the West Coast dedicated to the care of individuals with a wide variety of disorders.

We offer:

• State-of-the-art vocal care for those who use their voices professionally
• Singing-voice specialists
• Leading-edge treatment for the general public and any type of voice disorder
• Advanced technology for vocal cord imaging and vocal analysis
• Comprehensive evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders
• Rehabilitation for the head-and-neck cancer patient
• A team approach, with experienced otolaryngologists and speech pathologists
• A strong medical resource for the community

For more information about these resources, click on the links on the right.

Physicians and Faculty
Joshua Schindler, M.D.
Donna Graville, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Paul W Flint, M.D.
Yong-Bing (Baker) Shi, M.D., Ph.D.
Melanie Fried-Oken, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Karen Drake, M.A., CCC-SLP
Andrew Palmer, M.S., CCC-SLP
Linda Bryans, M.A., CCC-SLP
Jana Childes, M.S., CCC-SLP