Claudio Milstein, PhD
Speech-Language Pathology
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Age Groups Seen
- Adult
Languages
- Spanish
- French
- Italian
- Portuguese
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Claudio Milstein
Biography
Claudio F. Milstein, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Speech Scientist with clinical interests in laryngology and voice disorders. Born in Buenos Aires, he completed his studies at the Medical School of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He taught at this same University, and joined the faculty of the National Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, teaching voice courses for actors and singers, and developing an expertise in the care of the professional voice.
In the U.S., he obtained his PhD in Speech Sciences from the University of Arizona and trained at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary of Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He has been actively involved in the clinical management of voice patients for over 20 years, and is frequently invited as a lecturer at national and international meetings. Dr. Milstein has authored numerous publications primarily related to the human voice and its disorders. He has been a Staff Member of the Head and Neck Institute at the Cleveland Clinic since 2001 and holds an Affiliate Scholar appointment at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.
His primary interests involve diagnosis and treatment of adults and children with laryngeal-vocal-fold voice pathology, aerodigestive-tract disorders, treatment of early glottic carcinoma, functional voice disorders, inducible laryngeal obstruction / vocal-cord dysfunction.
Listen to Dr. Milstein on our Head and Neck Innovations podcast: Breathing Easy: Understanding Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction
Locations
- Twinsburg Family Health and Surgery Center
- 8701 Darrow Road, Twinsburg, OH 44087
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- 2049 East 100th Street, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Education & Board Certifications
Education
- Internship: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1999
- Medical Education: University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1999
- Graduate School: University of Buenos Aires, 1987
Board Certifications
- Speech Language Pathologist: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1998
Professional Highlights
- Visiting Professor, XIII Congress of the Mexican Association of Communication, Audiology, Neuro-Otology, and Phoniatrics, 2007, Merida, Mexico
- Visiting Professor, VX Brazilian Congress of Speech Sciences, 2007, Gramado, Brazil
- Visiting Professor, VII International Congress on Speech Sciences, 2007, Gramado, Brazil
- Keynote Speaker, 2nd Australasian and Asia Pacific Laryngology Conference, 2014. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Invited speaker. 1st Kuwait Laryngology Conference. Farwaniya Hospital, 2016, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
- Invited speaker. Surgical Subspecialties Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, 2016, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Invited speaker. World Phonocon, Joint Meeting of International Association of Phonosurgery and Association of Phonosurgeons of India. 2017, Gurgaon, Delhi, India
- Invited speaker,. 1st meeting of the Laryngology Society of South Africa. 2018, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Invited Workshop. 2019 World Phonosurgery Congress. September 2019. Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Invited Lecture at the 2021 Annual Virtual Conference of the Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology & Head Neck Surgery. November 26-28. Gurgaon, New Delhi, India.
- Invited speaker, ILO Conference, June 15-17, 2022. Bergen, Norway
- Invited speaker. 16th meeting of the International Association of Phonosurgery (IAP), October 13-14, 2022, Kyoto, Japan
- Invited speaker. Mexican Chapter of the Voice Foundation. Mexico City. March 2024
- Invited speaker. Section of Laryngology, EROC Global Forum 2025. Dubai World Trade Center, UAE
- Keynote Speaker. Voice Istanbul 2025. Istanbul, Turkey
- Faculty Council member, representing Otolaryngology, for Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Faculty Senate
- Board Executive Member. Global Initiative for Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction - GIILO
Additional Training
- Internship, Voice Laboratory -ENT Department, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Mass.
- Internship, Speech Science Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Awards
- Graduated with honors, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- National Secretary of Culture Award, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina
- National Secretary of Culture Award, Province of Chubut, Argentina
- Flinn Foundation Graduate Fellowship, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
- Fellow of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association - ASHA
Professional Memberships
Research & Publications
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