Vanderbilt Voice Center Archive — Page 1 of 1

Dan Hannon sits in a medical examination room surrounded by voice-testing and monitoring equipment, including a device labeled “natus.”
November 18, 2025

A renowned music producer needed a laryngectomy. His VUMC team helped him achieve the ‘Cadillac’ of vocal recovery.

Dan Hannon’s music industry accomplishments include over a billion streams, more than 4 million albums sold and multiple No. 1 albums and songs. Doing it all without his voice wasn’t an option.

Black-and-white photograph of a seated man undergoing a throat examination with a medical scope while a woman and another doctor look on; a fourth person stands nearby.
July 9, 2025

Nashville’s voice doctors: where medicine meets Music Row – gallery & video

Portrait of Gaelyn Garrett, MD, MMHC, wearing glasses, a striped collared shirt, and dark blazer against a neutral background.
July 10, 2023

Gaelyn Garrett receives James E. Newcomb MD Award from the American Laryngological Association

Vanderbilt’s Gaelyn Garrett, MD, MMHC, recently received the James E. Newcomb MD Award from the American Laryngological Association.

Portrait of Gaelyn Garrett, MD, MMHC, wearing glasses, a striped collared shirt, and dark blazer against a neutral background.
June 15, 2023

Garrett elected president of the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Gaelyn Garrett, MD, MMHC, medical director of the Vanderbilt Voice Center, has been elected president of the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Black-and-white concert photograph of a smiling performer holding a microphone and adjusting a knit cap under stage lights.
April 11, 2023

Vanderbilt Voice Center’s Professional Voice Conference brings medical professionals and vocal athletes together

A Vanderbilt Voice Center conference will focus on wellness, readiness and resilience for vocal professionals and will touch on topics such as vocal hygiene, recovery after injury, allergies, surgery, respiration, life on the road, and more.

Yike Li, PhD, and Maria Powell, PhD, examine patient Judit Kiss during a follow-up appointment at the Vanderbilt Voice Center.
October 20, 2022

Implanted stimulator used to treat vocal cord paralysis

Vanderbilt is the only place in the world that has an implantable bilateral pacemaker that can stimulate opening of both vocal folds in patients with bilateral vocal fold paralysis, allowing them to both breathe and speak.