6th Annual Walk for Talk
This past weekend, Dr. Robert Bastian attended the local, 6th Annual Walk for Talk! event with many of his patients that cope with Spasmodic Dysphonia and other voice disorders.
2 Laryngologists from Spain Complete a Visitorship at BVI
Drs. Bastian, Richardson, and Hoesli and PA Wingo had the pleasure in June of hosting colleague laryngologists from Spain. With our patients’ gracious permission, Dr. Carmen Gorriz from Madrid and Dr. Itziar Gotxi from Bilbao spent a week observing our work with voice, swallowing, and airway disorders, as well as sensory neuropathic cough and inability […]
Dr. Bastian Presents at the Danish Laryngological Society
Dr. Bastian recently returned from the Danish Laryngological Society conference, held at a convention center in Nyborg, about two hours from Copenhagen. He was graciously hosted by Dr. Jesper Balle and Dr. Kristine Gregersen. During the conference, Dr. Bastian was invited to deliver two tutorials: Sensory Neuropathic Cough and Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction—also known as the […]
Vocal Underdoer / Overdoer Presentation with Chris Johnson at Teach Voice
Vocal therapists, coaches and singing teachers – this one’s for you! Dr. Robert Bastian will be leading an informal, yet deeply insightful online discussion on April 7th at 8pm (UK/London), specifically designed for those who work with singers. This won’t be your typical stuffy lecture – no endless slides or overcomplicated science. Instead, it’ll be […]
Dr. Bastian Answers R-CPD (no-burp) Questions for Fox News
\R-CPD (no-burp) and Bastian Voice Institute are in the news again! Fox News reached out to Dr. Bastian for a story that included his discovery of the disorder and its treatment: Botox injection into a specific muscle of the throat. Kudos to Erica Lamberg. Her article will surely help readers who are not yet diagnosed […]
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.