Joel H. Blumin, MD, FACS is the Chief of the Division of Laryngology & Professional Voice and Professor of Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI.  He is a native of California and grew up in the Los Angeles area but ventured to the University of Iowa for medical school where he first was exposed to otolaryngology and laryngology.  He went back home for residency in otolaryngology-head & neck surgery at UCLA and during this time his interest in laryngology blossomed and he became the inaugural fellow in laryngology under the mentorship of Gerald Berke, MD at UCLA.  Following his training, he has been on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dr. Blumin practices the full spectrum of clinical laryngology – taking care of patients with airway, swallow, and voice disorders, as well as those with cancers of the larynx.  He has a special interest in laryngeal dystonia and has been active with the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association/Dysphonia International over the last 25 years.  He regularly collaborates with Nikki Johnston, PhD in the laboratory looking at epithelial defense.  He is a co-author of over 125 scientific manuscripts, book chapters, and other publications and has presented over 250 papers, lectures, and workshops.  He has been a co-author on papers that have won the Broyles-Maloney award (twice) and the Harris Mosher award.  He has been in leadership with committee service for the Medical College of Wisconsin and many of our national societies including the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Triological Society, American Broncho-Esophagological Association, and the American Laryngological Association, where he currently is serving as President. He is an Associate Editor for The Laryngoscope and oversees manuscript submission in bronchoesophagology.