Nausheen Jamal, MD, MBA, is a Professor and the Harry Carothers Wiess Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. She then completed her residency in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, followed by a fellowship in Laryngology at the University of California, Los Angeles. A fellowship-trained laryngologist, Dr. Jamal specializes in voice, airway, and swallowing disorders, providing expert care to patients with complex laryngeal conditions. In addition to her clinical expertise, she has been deeply involved in graduate medical education (GME), having served in multiple leadership roles, including residency program director, Associate Dean for GME, and Designated Institutional Official (DIO) to the ACGME and NRMP. She is passionate about mentoring learners and fostering professional development, particularly through her work with the Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) Leadership Development & Mentorship Committee. Dr. Jamal is also a prominent voice in national otolaryngology forums, frequently contributing to discussions on leadership, psychological safety in healthcare, and medical education.

Associate Professor and Laryngologist. Chair of AAO-HNS Airway and Swallowing Committee, Council member of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association (ABEA), Medical Advisor to the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders (NFOSD). Active Fellow of the Triological Society.

Priya Krishna MD, MS, FACS is a laryngologist, Associate Professor and  Co-Director of the Loma Linda University Voice and Swallowing Center in Loma Linda, California, USA. She is current Chair of the Voice Committee for the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She did otolaryngology training at Southern Illinois University then completed a 2 year fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh under Dr. Clark Rosen. She stayed on as faculty at University of Pittsburgh during which time she had extramural funding for research in the area of vocal fold scarring. She joined Loma Linda University in 2011. Since that time she has explored various interests within laryngology including vocal fold atrophy, injection laryngoplasty,  behavioral treatment for chronic cough and more recently reflux related dysphagia. She practices nearly the full breadth of laryngology.

MEDICAL RESIDENT/ENT-DOCTOR • 06/2012 • NCJSC “ASTANA                       MEDICAL UNIVERSITY”

I was recognized by Dean of Postgraduate Education as the most successful                 resident.

MD • 06/2015• NCJSC “ASTANA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY”

The title of my work in Magistracy was “Optimization of diagnostic and treatment methods of dysphonia in voice-speech professions”.

  PhD • 06/2019• NCJSC “ASTANA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY”

  The title of my work in PhD was “Features of the clinical and functional state of laryngeal stenosis”.

COURSES:

COURSE BY PHONIATRICS •/03/2013• RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EAR, THROAT, NOSE AND SPEECH OF ST. PETERSBURG

The course included materials on the basics of Phoniatrics. Russia, Saint- Petersburg.

PHONIATRICS AND SLP • 10/2016• SCIENTIFIC CLINICAL CENTER OF OTORYNOLARYNGOLOGY OF THE FEDERAL MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENCY

The course was combined with the SLP, where I learned a lot of about voice disorders. Russia, Moscow.

COURSE BY LARYNGOLOGY • 02/2017• KOREA, PUSAN• PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

The most useful course that helped me to grow as laryngologist and which

COURSE BY ENT• 06/2017• EAST – TALLINN CENTRAL HOSPITAL SURGICAL CLINIC

Studied LEMG and methods of treatment spastic dysphonia.

Course by laryngology and SLP • 09/2017• YESON VOICE CENTER Complicated an internship project on voice diseases with professor Hyung-tae Kim, MD, PhD. Korea, Seoul.

COURSE BY LEMG • 09/2021• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH NAMED AFTER ACADEMICIAN S. KH. AVDALBEKYAN

Studied LEMG and its diagnostic and prognostic values in the diagnosis of paresis and paralysis of the larynx. Armenia

COURSE BY VOICE THERAPHY • 06/2022•MASTER CLASS OF PROFESSOR ILTER DENIZOGLY (TURKEY)

Studied voice therapy technics with DoctorVox. Tashkent. Uzbekistan.

PHONOSURGERY COURSE • 10/2023• MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCOOLE OF MEDICINE

Studied about phonosurgery, LEMG technics and using botulin toxin in ENT. Istanbul. Türkiye

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ENT-DOCTOR, PHONIATRICS •ENT-center “VOICE” • 09/2023 — TO PRESENT

In my private practice, I mainly deal with voice problems where there is modern equipment of the first need and help patients with functional voice disorders to restore their voice.

ASSISTANT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENT-DISEASES•NCJSC “ASTANA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY” • 01/09/2020-TO PRESENT

I have an experience in teaching foreign students at the University.

PHD-DOCTORAL STUDENT • NCJSC “ASTANA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY” • 01/09/2019 — 10/09/2022

The title of my work “Features of the clinical and functional state of laryngeal stenosis after microsurgery”. I have introduced a new diagnostic method for paresis and paralysis of the larynx: electromyography of the muscles of the larynx

PHONIATRICS • THE OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE "ASTANA OPERA" •01/09/2016 — 01/09/2020

Founder a phoniatric office in the Theatre and I continue work together with professional singers.

ENT-DOCTOR, PHONIATRICS •DOM ZDOROVYA • 12/09/2012 — 01/09/2019

Consulted adults and children with ENT-pathologies. I performed emergency operations on ENT-organs and treated patients conservatively.