Dr. Rebecca Hoesli was invited to join the other three clinicians at Bastian Voice Institute after recognizing in her the personal and medical capabilities needed for advanced laryngology patient care. Originally from the Chicagoland area, she completed 10 years of medical training at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is a co-author of more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, has presented at more than 10 national meetings, and has been an invited speaker at dissection and national teaching courses.
Of Dr. Hoesli, Dr. Bastian says that along with Dr. Brent Richardson and PA Melissa Wingo, she has “intelligent ears,” which gives her the ability to utilize the Bastian Diagnostic Model for Laryngology. And, along with Dr. Richardson, she also has gifted hands suitable for delicate microsurgery, including in singers.
Dr. Hoesli’s passion for laryngology is rooted in the understanding of the critical role the larynx plays in spoken and sung interactions with the world around us, as well the laryngopharynx’s role in breathing and swallowing. Her hobbies include choral singing and worship leading, which continues to fuel her interest in the voice, as well as travel and food, which also give her a passion to assist patients with swallowing disorders.
Her interests include the entire spectrum of voice, swallowing, and airway disorders, along with sensory neuropathic cough and throat clearing, laryngospasm, and inability to belch (retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction).