Dr. Jonathan Aviv is the Clinical Director of the Voice 
and Swallowing Center™. He comes to the practice from Columbia
University, where he served as Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck
Surgery, Director, Division of Laryngology and Medical Director, Voice
and Swallowing Center at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Among
his many substantive credentials, he is the inventor and developer of
the endoscopic air-pulse laryngeal sensory testing technology known as
FEESST (Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing with Sensory
Testing) and a pioneer in the use of unsedated upper endoscopy known as
TransNasal Esophagoscopy (TNE). He is a graduate of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and completed both
internship in General Surgery and residency in Otolaryngology at the
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and then added a Fellowship at Mount
Sinai in Microvascular Head and Neck Reconstruction.
He is now entering private practice after completing an impressive 18-year tenure in Academic medicine at Columbia. Dr Aviv was Chairman of the Speech, Voice and Swallowing Disorders Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery, the Technical Advisor to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research branch of the Department of Health and Human Services regarding swallowing problems in the elderly and former President of both the American BronchoEsophagological Association (ABEA) and The New York Laryngological Society. Dr. Aviv has been in New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors” 1998-2008, Best Doctors in America 2004-2008, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare and Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. Dr. Aviv has been featured in press articles in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and has appeared on Good Morning America, the Discovery channel and has been on several local and national radio programs.
ENTA’s Voice and Swallowing Center provides state of the art care for voice and swallowing disorders at. Like the entirety of ENTA, the Voice and Swallowing Center uses the latest equipment such as distal video chip Flexible Endoscopes, Videostroboscopes, Laryngeal Sensory Testing, and Transnasal Esophagoscopy for diagnostics and therapeutics.
Dr. Aviv sees adult patients at our East Side location in Manhattan.
If you are interested in making an appointment with Dr. Aviv or would like more information from one of our staff specialists, please contact our Manhattan location at (212) 722-5570.
Vocal fold and Swallowing Disorder Surgery
Voice and Swallowing Disorder Surgery is surgery for vocal fold tumors- both benign and malignant, and also includes surgery to improve the swallow.
The types of vocal fold surgery I perform ranges from vocal fold cancer surgery to microsurgery of the larynx. These type of operations are performed under an operating microscope so that tumors of the larynx can be removed as safely as possible with minimal trauma to the vocal folds.
U.S. Patent 6,036,655 (issued 3/14/00)
Apparatus And Method To Objectively Measure Sensory Discrimination Thresholds In The Upper Aero Digestive Tract
U.S. Patent 6,036,655 (issued 3/14/00)
Apparatus And Method To Objectively Measure Sensory Discrimination Thresholds In The Upper Aero Digestive Tract
U.S. Patent 5,970,978 (issued 10/26/99)
Measurements of Respiratory Sensory Discrimination Thresholds
U.S. Patent 5,377,688 (issued 1/3/95) and 5,515,860 (issued 5/14/96)
Apparatus And Method To Objectively Measure Sensory Discrimination Thresholds In The Upper Aero Digestive Tract
National CommitteesSIPAC Editorial Review Board
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery -1999
Interactive Multimedia Committee -1999Chairman Committee on Speech, Voice and Swallowing Disorders
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery -1998Selected to be in the American Laryngological Association (ALA)
Vice-President of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association (ABEA).
Technical Advisor
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
Department Of Health and Human Services: Diagnosis and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders in Older Patients -1997
New York Magazine's "Best Doctors" : 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Who's Who in America 2001
Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2000
Who's Who in Science and Engineering 2000
Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare 1998
Who's Who in Science and Engineering 1997
Upcoming Presentations
to be given by Dr. Aviv
At this time there are no Upcoming Presentations by Dr. Aviv
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