Nicole Maronian, M.D.

Academic Rank
Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.

Hospital Appointment
Director of Laryngology and Voice Disorders
Medical Director of the Laryngology and Voice Disorders Center

Education
Allegheny College , Meadville , PA BS in Biology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY Doctor of Medicine

Internship
General Surgery
The University of Rochester
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester New York

Residency
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
The University of Rochester
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester New York

Fellowship
Laryngology and Voice Disorders
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle , Washington

Honors
Listed among the Top Doctors in Northeast Ohio in the Cleveland Magazine 2006-2007
Listed in Best Doctors in America 2005-2006
Service Excellence Award, University of Washington Academic Medical Center 2005

Board Certification
American Board of Otolaryngology

Clinical Interest
Evaluation and management of voice and swallowing disorders

Types of Disorders Managed
vocal cord paralysis/paresis, laryngeal lesions, spasmodic dysphonia, hoarseness, organ preservation procedures for laryngeal cancer, laryngeal effects of reflux disease, and zenker's diverticulum.

Selected Publications

1. Eubanks TR, Omelanczuk PE, Maronian N, Hillel A, Pope CE 2nd, Pellegrini CA.Pharyngeal pH Monitoring in 222 patients with Suspected Laryngeal Reflux.J Gastroint Surg. March-April 2001, 5(2):183-191; discussion 190-1.
   
   
2. Maronian, NC, Azadeh, H, Waugh, P, Hillel, AD. Association of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease and Subglottic Stenosis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2001; 110(7 Pt 1):606-612.
   
   
3. Eubanks TR, Omelanczuk P, Hillel A, Maronian N, Pope, CE Pellegrini CA.
   Pharyngeal pH Measurements in Patients with Respiratory Symptoms Before and
   During Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy. Am J Surg 2001;181(5):466-470.
   
   
4. Oelschlager, BK, Eubanks, TR, Maronian, NC, Hillel, AD, Oleynikov, D, Pope, CE, and Pellegrini , CA : Laryngoscopy and Pharyngeal pH are Complementary in the Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal-Laryngeal Reflux. J of Gastrointest Surg. 2002;6(2): 189-94.
   
   
5. Mendez, E, Cheng, C, Farwell, DG, Ricks, S, Agoff, SN, Futran, ND, Weymuller, EA, Maronian, NC, Zhao, LP, Chen C.: Transcriptional Expression Profiles of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Cancer, 2002;1;95(7):1482-94.
   
   
6. Barreca, M, Maronian, N, Bowdle, TA, Sinanan , MN : Combined Use of High-frequency Jet Ventilation and Abdominal Lift for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Patient with Glottic Impairment: Report of a Case. Surg Endosc. 2003, 17(4) 658.
   
   
7. Maronian, N, Waugh, P, Robinson, L, Hillel, A: Electromyographic Findings in Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Reinnervation. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2003;112-314-23.
   
   
8. Maronian, N, Haggitt R, Oelschlager BK, Bronner M, Yang J, Reyes V, Hillel A, Eubanks T, Pellegrini CA, Pope II, CE.: Histologic features of reflux-attributed laryngeal lesions. Am J Med 2003; 115(Supp 3a) :105S-108S.
   
   
9. Hillel, AD, Maronian, NC, Waugh, PF, Robinson, L, Klotz, DA. Treatment of the Interarytenoid muscle with Botulinum Toxin for laryngeal dystonia. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2004; 113(5): 341-348.
   
   
10. Maronian, NC, Waugh, PF, Robinson, L, Hillel, AD: Tremor laryngeal dystonia: treatment of the lateral cricoarytenoid muscle. Anna Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2004; 113(5): 349-355.
    
    
11. Klotz, DA, Maronian, N, Waugh, P, Shahinfar, A, Robinson, L, Hillel, A: Findings of Multiple Muscle Involvement in a Study of 214 Patients with laryngeal Dystonia Using Fine Wire Electromyography (FWEMG). Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2004 Aug;113(8):602-12.
    
    
12. Maronian, NC: A New Electromyographic Definition of Synkinesis. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. 2004;113:877-86.
    
    
13. Baylor CR, Yorkston KM, Eadie TL, Maronian NC. The psychosocial consequences of Botox® injections for spasmodic dysphonia: A qualitative study of patients' experiences. J of Voice 2007, 21(1), 231-247.
    
    
14. Altman KW . et al. The Voice and Laryngeal Dysfunction in Stroke:A Report from the Neurolaryngology Subcommittee of the AAO-HNS. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2007.