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Mark Courey, M.D.

Director of the UCSF Voice Center

Dr. Mark Courey is an otolaryngologist specializing in voice, airway and swallowing disorders at UCSF Medical Center. He is the director of Laryngology and the medical director of the UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center. Courey specializes in the management of professionals with vocal difficulties, vocal fold paralysis, airway obstruction, spasmodic dysphonia, respiratory papillomatosis, vocal fold nodules, polyps and cysts and laryngeal cancer. Courey conducts research on rehabilitation of the paralyzed larynx, extra esophageal reflux disease (EER) and the evaluation of laryngeal response to surgical intervention and injection laryngoplasty.

Courey earned a medical degree at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo. He completed a residency in surgery at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and a residency in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery at State University of New York at Buffalo. He completed a fellowship in laryngology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he directed the Vanderbilt Voice Center for 12 years. Courey came to UCSF Medical Center in 2004, where he is a professor of clinical otolaryngology.

Clinics

Speech and Swallowing Rehabilitation
2380 Sutter St., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 885–7528
Fax: (415) 885–7711

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Voice and Swallowing Center
2330 Post St., Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 885–7700
Fax: (415) 885–7800

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

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Education

SUNY, Buffalo School of Medicine 1987

Residencies

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Surgery 1989
SUNY, Buffalo School of Medicine, Otolaryngology 1992

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Clary MS, Courey MS. Development of procedures and techniques for the office. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2013 Feb; 46(1):1-11.
  2. Chang J, Fang TJ, Yung K, van Zante A, Miller T, Al-Jurf S, Schneider S, Courey M. Clinical and histologic predictors of voice and disease outcome in patients with early glottic cancer. Laryngoscope. 2012 Oct; 122(10):2240-7.
  3. Prendes BL, Yung KC, Likhterov I, Schneider SL, Al-Jurf SA, Courey MS. Long-term effects of injection laryngoplasty with a temporary agent on voice quality and vocal fold position. Laryngoscope. 2012 Oct; 122(10):2227-33.
  4. Cohen SM, Kim J, Roy N, Asche C, Courey M. Factors influencing the health care expenditures of patients with laryngeal disorders. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Dec; 147(6):1099-107.
  5. Cohen SM, Kim J, Roy N, Asche C, Courey M. The impact of laryngeal disorders on work-related dysfunction. Laryngoscope. 2012 Jul; 122(7):1589-94.
  6. Cohen SM, Kim J, Roy N, Asche C, Courey M. Direct health care costs of laryngeal diseases and disorders. Laryngoscope. 2012 Jul; 122(7):1582-8.
  7. Rosen CA, Gartner-Schmidt J, Hathaway B, Simpson CB, Postma GN, Courey M, Sataloff RT. A nomenclature paradigm for benign midmembranous vocal fold lesions. Laryngoscope. 2012 Jun; 122(6):1335-41.
  8. Ongkasuwan J, Yung KC, Courey MS. The physiologic impact of transnasal flexible endoscopy. Laryngoscope. 2012 Jun; 122(6):1331-4.
  9. Cohen SM, Pitman MJ, Noordzij JP, Courey M. Management of dysphonic patients by otolaryngologists. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Aug; 147(2):289-94.
  10. Cohen SM, Kim J, Roy N, Asche C, Courey M. Prevalence and causes of dysphonia in a large treatment-seeking population. Laryngoscope. 2012 Feb; 122(2):343-8.
  11. Cohen SM, Pitman MJ, Noordzij JP, Courey M. Evaluation of dysphonic patients by general otolaryngologists. J Voice. 2012 Nov; 26(6):772-8.
  12. Ongkasuwan J, Yung KC, Courey MS. Pharyngeal stasis of secretions in patients with Zenker diverticulum. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Mar; 146(3):426-9.
  13. Yung KC, Likhterov I, Courey MS. Effect of temporary vocal fold injection medialization on the rate of permanent medialization laryngoplasty in unilateral vocal fold paralysis patients. Laryngoscope. 2011 Oct; 121(10):2191-4.
  14. Simpson CB, Sulica L, Postma GN, Rosen CA, Amin MR, Merati AL, Courey MS, Patel V, Johns MM. Idiopathic ulcerative laryngitis. Laryngoscope. 2011 May; 121(5):1023-6.
  15. Kim EY, Courey MS, Kezirian EJ. Treatment of trigger-point hypersensitivity of gag reflex following surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Dec; 145(6):1055-6.
  16. Mau T, Brewer JM, Gatzert ST, Courey MS. Three-dimensional conformation of the injected bolus in vocal fold injections in a cadaver model. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Apr; 144(4):552-7.
  17. Fang TJ, Tam YY, Courey MS, Li HY, Chiang HC. Unilateral high vagal paralysis: relationship of the severity of swallowing disturbance and types of injuries. Laryngoscope. 2011 Feb; 121(2):245-9.
  18. Yung KC, Courey MS. The Effect of office-based flexible endoscopic surgery on hemodynamic stability. Laryngoscope. 2010 Nov; 120(11):2231-6.
  19. Ekbom DC, Garrett CG, Yung KC, Johnson FL, Billante CR, Zealear DL, Courey MS. Botulinum toxin injections for new onset bilateral vocal fold motion impairment in adults. Laryngoscope. 2010 Apr; 120(4):758-63.
  20. Sulica L, Rosen CA, Postma GN, Simpson B, Amin M, Courey M, Merati A. Current practice in injection augmentation of the vocal folds: indications, treatment principles, techniques, and complications. Laryngoscope. 2010 Feb; 120(2):319-25.

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