Dr. Bastian Interviewed for Classical Singer
Bastian Voice Institute physician Dr. Robert Bastian is featured as an interview subject in the January 2015 issue of Classical Singer magazine. The article, entitled “Vocal Surgery, Myths, and More,” highlights Dr. Bastian’s experience and insights regarding vocal fold microsurgery for singers. Click here to read the interview. (The full article is made available here […]
BVI Launches Patient Portal
Bastian Voice Institute now offers its patients access to a patient portal. A patient portal is a secure website that lets patients conveniently access and manage many of the logistics of their healthcare at our institute. This portal can be used to request appointments, request prescription refills, send messages to our physician(s), obtain records, and […]
Dr. Richardson Presents on HPV at Oncology Meeting
Bastian Voice Institute physician Dr. Brent Richardson presented with several others a study on the human papillomavirus (HPV) at the 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago. The study was titled “Detection of Novel HPV Mutations and Chromosomal Number Imbalance (CNI) in Laryngeal Cancer Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS).” The new testing […]
BVI Physicians Speak at NSDA 25th Anniversary Symposium
Bastian Voice Institute physicians Dr. Bastian and Dr. Richardson both spoke on May 3 at the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association’s (NSDA) 25th Anniversary Symposium, held at the Hilton Garden Inn O’Hare Airport in Des Plaines, IL. The symposium featured a number of medical professionals who have extensive experience with spasmodic dysphonia, and the sessions included […]
Dr. Bastian Contributes to New Book on Singing
Bastian Voice Institute physician Dr. Robert Bastian contributed two articles to the new book The Ultimate Guide to Singing: Gigs, Sound, Money and Health. The book includes 18 chapters with answers to 187 different questions asked by singers, on topics from navigating the music business to keeping one’s voice healthy. Dr. Bastian wrote answers to […]
Learning Website Now Easier to Use
Dr. Bastian’s educational website, Bastian Medical Media for Laryngology,has received a significant facelift. The website’s large repository of multimedia encyclopedia entries—featuring information about disorders of the larynx, throat, and upper airways—are now grouped into topical landing pages, like “Swallowing disorders” or “Diagnostics: Voice phenomenology.” This addition gives users one more way to explore the site, […]
BVI Physicians Teach at 2013 Annual Meeting
Bastian Voice Institute physicians Dr. Bastian and Dr. Richardson both taught courses at the 2013 Annual Meeting for the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, held from September 29 to October 2 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The annual conference draws thousands of attendees. Dr. Bastian taught two courses. The first, “Vocal Play […]
Spasmodic Dysphonia Featured in E-news Service
Health enews, a service of Advocate Health Care, recently published an article on spasmodic dysphonia (SD), a neurological voice disorder. Bastian Voice Institute’s Dr. Bastian is included in the article as an expert on SD. Bastian Voice Institute has a significant caseload of SD patients, performing about 80 Botox injections per month. Periodic injections of […]
YouTube Channel Hits 500,000 Views
This month the YouTube channel for Bastian Voice Institute and its educational offshoot, Laryngopedia, surpassed the 500,000-view mark. Our YouTube channel features more than 25 educational videos on a variety of voice, swallowing, airway, and coughing disorders. The three most-watched videos are: Mucus Retention Cyst: Before and After; Laryngospasm: Sudden, Terrifying Difficulty Breathing; and Cricopharyngeus […]
Dr. Bastian to Speak at 2013 Phonosurgery Symposium
Dr. Robert Bastian will be a keynote speaker next month at the 2013 Phonosurgery Symposium, presented by the National Center for Voice and Speech. The conference will be held on July 18-19, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and this year’s focus is “How Behavioral Treatment Can Enhance Surgical Outcomes.” Dr. Bastian will share an […]