Dr. Katherine Yung is a laryngologist and Director of Laryngology at Sutter California Voice and Swallowing in San Francisco. With a lifelong background in music, she was drawn to laryngology’s intersection of artistry and medicine. She previously spent a decade on the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco, where she served as Acting Director of the UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center, was promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology, and received the Sooy Award for Clinical Excellence. She later founded San Francisco Voice & Swallowing, nationally recognized for professional voice and gender-affirming voice care.

Dr. Yung consults for the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Broadway SF, and San Francisco Opera and is a member of the International Association of TransVoice Surgeons.