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Albert L. Merati, MD

Professor and Laryngology Division Director

University of Washington / Seattle, Washington

Areas of workLaryngologyVoice and swallowingPerioperative quality

The work behind the name.

Dr. Albert Merati directs laryngology at the University of Washington and serves as an associate medical director for perioperative quality and safety. His clinical expertise includes voice, swallowing, vocal-fold paralysis, and complex airway disorders. He completed ENT residency at UC San Diego and laryngology fellowship training at Vanderbilt before academic appointments in Kansas, Wisconsin, and Washington.

WHY FOLLOW

He leads UW laryngology and serves in perioperative quality and safety leadership.

PROFILE SOURCES
1. otolaryngology.uw.edu ↗2. uwmedicine.org ↗

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