ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: CARE OF THE PROFESSIONAL VOICE
55th Symposium Dates: May 27th – May 31st, 2026

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What is the Annual Symposium?

The Annual Symposium is a five-day international meeting, held in Philadelphia USA, featuring advanced programming presented by leading professionals in the voice care field. Papers, Posters, Workshops and Panels are presented to educate the scientific and artistic communities about advances being made in voice science, care and training.

Voice professionals, including surgeons, scientists, speech-language pathologists, voice teachers, performing artists and students from all over the world come to gather the most up-to-date research findings, therapeutic techniques, and improved surgical methods in the field of voice medicine. At this event, participants have the opportunity to network with colleagues, see product demonstrations, learn cutting-edge techniques and earn continuing education credits.

The Voice Foundation Symposium is CME and CEU -accredited.

The program is designed to encourage upcoming researchers and teachers. As part of the symposium, young researchers have an opportunity to connect with and learn from senior scientists by first presenting their research as posters and, as they progress, as oral presentations.

Who Will Be At The Symposium?

More than 500 voice care professionals attend, including a strong faculty attendance from hospitals and universities world-wide. Papers presented at this Symposium educate the public and the scientific community on the latest advances in voice science and care.

  • Representatives from approximately 35 states and 30 countries
  • Researchers in Otolaryngology, Voice Science, Speech Pathology and Voice Pedagogy
  • Speech Language Pathologists in Voice
  • Professors and Teachers of Singing, Acting and Speaking
  • Otolaryngologists, Fellows, Residents and Graduate Students in training
  • Performing Artists and Celebrities

Why Attend the Annual Symposium?

  • Network with the world’s leading Otolaryngologists, SLPs, Scientists, Performing Artists and Teachers.
  • For the INTERDISCIPLINARY presentations, posters and workshops
  • For the most up-to-date research information for diagnosis, treatment and care of the voice
  • Possibility to earn CME Credit Hours
  • Possibility to earn CEU Credit Hours
  • Be part of advancing the research, diagnosis and treatment of the Professional Voice, helping those who depend on their voices to earn a living, including Actors; Singers; Broadcasters; Teachers; Physicians; Lawyers; Salespeople and countless others
  • Unite Medicine, Science & Art
  • Review the offerings of companies with products specific to Voice

Annual Symposium Research Awards

The New Investigators Research Forum Award gives two young researchers the opportunity to present their research-in-progress to the world’s most respected scientists in the field for feedback, as well as free registration to the symposium.

Symposium Committees

Planning Committee
Michael S. Benninger, MD, Philip Doucette, CCC-SLP,  Amanda Gillespie, PhD, Mary Hawkshaw, RN,
Michael M. Johns, MD, Thomas Murry, PhD, Robert T. Sataloff, MD, Ronald C. Scherer, PhD, Nancy P. Solomon, PhD,  Johan Sundberg , PhD

Basic Science Program
David Eddins, PhD, Ronald C. Scherer, PhD, Johan Sundberg, PhD,
Zhaoyan Zhang PhD

Medicine Program
Michael S. Benninger, MD, Thomas Carroll, MD
Michael M. Johns, MD, Robert T. Sataloff, MD

Speech-Language Pathology Program
Lady Catherine Cantor Cutiva, PhD, Thomas Murry, PhD,
Debra Phyland, PhD, SLP

Voice Pedagogy Program
David Meyer, DM, Ken Bozeman, MM, John Nix, MM

Workshops Program
Philip Doucette CCC-SLP, Bridget Rose CCC-SLP,
Jennifer Yeatts, CCC-SLP

Panel Development
Robert T. Sataloff, MD

Young Laryngologists
Aaron Jaworek, MD, Chair

New Investigators Research Forum
Rita Patel, PhD, Chair
Mara Behlau, PhD, Christian Herbst, PhD,
Shigeru Hirano, MD, David Meyer, DM

Quintana Voice Research Award
Dimitar Deliyeski, PhD, Chair
Mara Behlau, PhD,  Robert Hillman, PhD, Jack Jiang, PhD, Luc Mongeau, PhD,
Seiji Niimi, MD, Cara Stepp, PhD, Johan Sundberg, PhD, Zhaoyan Zhang, PhD

Sundberg-Titze Award
Michael M. Johns, MD, Ronald Scherer, PhD, Co-Chairs
Michael Benninger, MD, Thomas Carroll, MD, Coen Elemans, PhD, Christian Herbst, PhD,
Norman Hogikyan, MD, Krzysztof Izdebski,PhD, Joan Lader, SLP,
Tom Murry, PhD, Luc Mongeau, PhD, Betty Moulton, ARCT, Adam Rubin, MD,
Richard Sjoerdsma, PhD, Brenda Smith, DMA, Nancy Solomon, PhD,
Jan Švec, PhD, Peak Woo, MD, Zhaoyan Zhang, PhD

Hamdan Best Student / Giselle Oliveira Awards Committee
Shaheen Awan, PhD, Chair
Ümit Daşdöğen, PhD, CCC-SLP, Lisa Willson DeNolfo, DMA,
David Eddins, PhD, Lyndsay Leigh Madden, DO,
Stephanie Misono, MD, Adam Rubin, MD

Hamdan International Presentation Award
Rahul Shrivastav, PhD, Chair
Jonathan Bock, MD, Aaron Johnson, PhD

Sataloff Award for Young Investigators
Norman Hogikyan, MD, Chair
Dale Ekbom, PhD, Eric J. Hunter, PhD,
Denis Lafreniere, MD, David E. Rosow, MD, Kristiane Van Lierde, PhD

Van L. Lawrence Fellowship Award
Robert T. Sataloff, MD, Chair
Margaret Baroody, MM, Alexis Davis-Hazell, DMA,
Amelia Rollings Bigler, PhD, Adam Rubin, MD,
Josef Schloemicher-Thier, MD

Dysphonia International Research Award (DIRA) Award
Kristina Simonyan, MD, Chair  
Linda Carroll, PhD, Mary (Molly) Erickson, PhD, Chayadevie Nanjundeswaran, PhD,
Rita Patel, PhD, Cara Stepp, PhD, Gayle Woodson, MD