Northwest Clinic for Voice and Swallowing

The OHSU Northwest Clinic for Voice and Swallowing was founded in 1998 and expanded in 2010 to provide more services and multi-disciplinary providers. As part of OHSU - Oregon's only academic health center - we are a leading Northwest center for voice care, swallowing problems, vocal treatment, research and training.

We offer:

  • State-of-the-art vocal care for those who use their voices professionally
  • Singing-voice specialists
  • Leading-edge treatment for anyone (professional or not) with any type of voice or swallowing disorder
  • Advanced technology for vocal cord imaging and vocal analysis
  • A team approach, with experienced otolaryngologists and speech pathologists
  • A strong medical resource for the community for care, education, and research.

As part of our commitment to your care, our doctors are constantly improving their services, educating the community, and providing future physicians with the information they need to provide quality care for patients with voice and swallowing problems. 

Please continue to read through our website, and find out a little more about our providers, what a typical visit includes, the anatomy of your voice and swallowing system, medical conditions that affect the voice and swallowing, tools we use to diagnose the problem, and rehabilitation treatments and therapies we provide for our patients.

How to Make an Appointment

Please contact our office regarding scheduling appointments. Prior to scheduling an appointment, our providers often need to review chart notes related to the reason you want to be seen in order to coordinate any additional tests they may need in order to make the most of your visit.  In some cases, we will require a referral from your primary care physician.  We would be happy to discuss this with you to ensure we have all we need to expedite the scheduling process.  Please contact us by phone or email to begin the process. If you need to cancel or reschedule an appointment, you can do so via MyChart.

Phone: NW Clinic for Voice & Swallowing  503-494-5947
Email: Otolaryngology - ENT Clinic 

If you would like more information about our doctors and staff, please go to our providers page.

Locations

Center for Health & Healing, Building 1

3303 S. Bond Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97239

Center for Health & Healing, Building 2

3485 S. Bond Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97239

OHSU Beaverton

15700 S.W. Greystone Ct.
Beaverton, Oregon 97006

Physicians Pavilion

3270 SW Pavilion Loop
Portland, Oregon 97239

Clinical Fellowship (CF) in Speech Language Pathology

Full-time clinical fellowships (2) are offered at the NW Center for Voice and Swallowing, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.  The primary purpose of the program is to train professionals in the areas of voice and swallowing disorders.  Training in direct patient care to patients (adult and pediatric) with voice disorders; alaryngeal voice restoration, speech and swallowing disorders after head and neck cancer and adult dysphagia.  More information can be found on the Training and Education web page.