Dr. Rodel Velasquez Visitorship
Last month, we were pleased to host Dr. Rodel Velasquez from the Philippines for another visitorship at our practice! Dr. Velasquez has applied many of our concepts and techniques in Laryngology (sensory neuropathic cough [SNC], spasmodic dysphonia [SD], and retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction [R-CPD, aka no-burp], etc.) to his country to better serve his patients. Especially […]
University of Toronto R-CPD Webinar with Dr. Bastian
Dr. Bastian presented a webinar on retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD) to laryngologists and speech pathologists of the University of Toronto. Thank you to Dr. R. Jun Lin, Canadian laryngology colleague, for the invitation!
USA Today Interview with Dr. Bastian
Inability to burp is in the news! Rae Ellen Bichell interviewed Dr. Robert Bastian about his innovative treatment for R-CPD, and spoke to Dr. Bastian’s first R-CPD patient from 2015, a sky-diver from Texas.
O.R. No More
Dear Patients and Fellow Clinicians: Change is in the air! Dr. Robert Bastian is reorienting his energies to focus not only on patient care, but also more heavily on further development of his public service website, Laryngopedia. To free up time, as of September 2024, he will be stepping away from performing surgical procedures in […]
Verywell Health Interviews Dr. Bastian for R-CPD
Dr. Robert Bastian talks with Verywell Health about the Inability to Burp (R-CPD, No-burp), his pioneering treatment of botox injection into the UES muscle, and his first no-burp patient.
Dr. Bastian treats 1,000 R-CPD Patients
Dr. Robert Bastian, renowned laryngologist and founder of Bastian Voice Institute, achieves a major milestone on May 1, 2024. Kicking off National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, Dr. Bastian will treat his 1,000th patient with the diagnosis of R-CPD.
R-CPD and the Brazilian Academy of Laryngology
Last month, Dr. Bastian was invited to speak for the Brazilian Academy of Laryngology (Academia Brasileira de Laringologia e Voz) on the topic of R-CPD (inability to burp, no-burp). Presented to several Brazilian otolaryngologists via zoom, Dr. Bastian reviewed the diagnosis, treatment, and his personal caseload of R-CPD patients, raising awareness of this debilitating disorder […]
New Zealand Interview with Dr. Bastian
Federico Magrin from the New Zealand media company, Stuff, talked with Dr. Bastian about R-CPD (inability to burp, no-burp): its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. We appreciate the opportunity to help New Zealand readers halfway across the world find relief from their daily no-burp misery.
Dr. Rodel Velasquez visits BVI
Bastian Voice Institute was pleased to host Dr. Rodel Velasquez (ENT from Manila, Philippines) last week! Dr. Velasquez is chair of the Philippine Academy of Laryngology and Phoniatrics (PALP) and is one of the first doctors in South East Asia to treat R-CPD (inability to burp) patients. After completing a mini fellowship/preceptorship with our BVI […]
Celebrating our 20th Anniversary
This week, we celebrate 20 years of helping thousands of patients from all 50 states, and more than 50 countries across the globe with their voice, swallowing and airway disorders. After a career in academic medicine, Dr. Robert W. Bastian founded Bastian Voice Institute, opening its doors in October 2003. Doctors recruited to the practice […]