Voice and Communication in Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals

This book serves as a guide to any patient, clinician, or person who desires to understand how transgender and gender diverse individuals can be assisted in achieving voice and communication congruity with gender.

Mark S. Courey, MD

Professor and Vice Chair of Quality, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Vice Chairman of Quality

Director, Division of Laryngology Mount Sinai Health System

Director, Eugen Grabsheid Voice and Swallowing Center

Mark S. Courey, MD, currently works at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City where he serves as the Director of the Grabscheid Voice and Swallowing Center, Division Chief of Laryngology, and Vice Chair of Quality for the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is well-regarded nationally and internationally for his skills in the clinical management of patients with airway, voice, and swallowing disorders, as well as his interdisciplinary approach to patient care, incorporating speech-language pathologists, vocal trainers, laryngologists, neurologists, radiation oncologists and voice scientists into each patient’s treatment when appropriate. He is also one of few laryngologists in the country focusing on transgender voice care with vast experience performing the thyroid cartilage reduction and endoscopic vocal fold shortening procedures.

Sarah K. Rapoport, MD

Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery 

Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Georgetown University Hospital 

Sarah K. Rapoport, MD is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery at Georgetown University Hospital and is a Laryngologist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. She completed her laryngology fellowship at the Grabscheid Voice and Swallowing Center at Mount Sinai in 2021 where she was trained by Dr. Mark Courey in the management of voice disorders with a focus on surgical management of trans gender voice care. Dr. Rapoport now serves on the Veteran Health Administration (VHA)'s National Surgery Office's Gender Affirmation Surgery Surgical Advisory Board where she counsels the VHA on optimal management of voice care for trans and nonbinary veterans, and is authoring the surgical guidelines for voice care among trans and nonbinary veterans.

Leanne Goldberg, MS, CCC-SLP

Director of Speech-Language Pathology

Department of Otolaryngology

Mount Sinai Health System

Clinical Specialist

Mount Sinai

Leanne Goldberg, MS, SLP-CCC, is the Director of Speech Language Pathology at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City where she works extensively with singers and actors with voice problems, professional voice users, and transgender and non-binary  patients seeking voice modification.

Sarah K. Brown MS, CCC-SLP

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Laryngology, 

Mount Sinai Health System 

Sarah is a voice-specialized speech-language pathologist and singing teacher. She is New York City based where she runs her private vocal studio for voice rehabilitation and habilitation.

Sarah earned a BM in Vocal Performance from Chapman University and an MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern University where she focused her studies and training in voice rehabilitation. She completed her clinical fellowship as well as her first several years in clinical practice at the Grabscheid Voice and Swallowing Center of Mount Sinai. Her singing background combined with her clinical expertise has enabled her to serve elite performers including Broadway singers and recording artists.