USF Health was host to the 2024 Voice AI Symposium, providing a unique opportunity to hear from voice and AI experts on the innovations, standards and direction for using voice as a biomarker for health.
Learn more about how the Bridge to AI Voice Symposium advances the use of voice and AI in health care.
We are building the first center of its kind for innovative voice, speech, hearing and balance care. This new center will integrate clinical care, research and technology across professions and disciplines to discover new therapies, treatments and approaches to change lives. Help us bring our vision to life.
The USF Health Voice Center is the only multidisciplinary academic voice center in the Tampa Bay Area. Our mission is to provide state of the art, personalized, compassionate, and evidence-based care to patients with voice, upper airway, and swallowing disorders.
Our center is committed to treating patients with a multidisciplinary team approach focused on patient-centered care while integrating innovation and standardized algorithms of care to optimize the patient experience and produce positive outcomes.
Our center is proud to provide multidisciplinary care to all our patients with voice, swallowing and upper airway disorders. All patients are assessed jointly by a laryngologist and a speech pathologist to provide optimal diagnosis and management.
We recognize that every patient is unique, with specific needs. Our team of providers customizes a care plan to suit the specific needs of every patient.
Our team is part of multidisciplinary collaborations through our partners at USF Health and Tampa General Hospital.
Providers of the USF Voice Center treat all conditions related to voice, upper airway and swallowing disorders including:
The evaluation of a voice disorder may include a combination of tests. We also work closely with our ENT, allergy, and pulmonary faculty.
Yael Bensoussan, MD, MSc
Laryngologist, Director, USF Health Voice Center, Division Chief, Laryngology Division
Yassmeen Abdel-Aty, MD
Laryngologist
Megan Urbano, CCC-SLP
Speech Pathologist
Stephanie Watts, PhD, CCC-SLP
Speech Pathologist, Section Head, Speech Pathology, Laryngology Division
Jennifer Larsson, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech Pathologist
USF Health Laryngectomy Clinic
Located at the USF Health South Tampa Center for Advanced Healthcare (STC)
ENT Clinic, 2nd Floor
2 Tampa General Cir.
Tampa, FL 33606
USF Health Making Life Better
Reflecting on the pivotal role Dr. Bensoussan played in his recovery, stating, “She did what nobody else would do, and did what everyone said couldn’t be done.” - James Peach, Grateful Patient
Learn more about how the USF Health Voice Center gives patients a better life.
