Steven B. Leder, Ph.D.

Steven B. Leder, Ph.D., professor of surgery (otolaryngology), has been installed as the incoming president of the Dysphagia Research Society for 2010-2011. The society is an international organization devoted to all aspects of swallowing and its disorders. Leder is involved in clinical care. He also does research in dysphagia diagnostics and rehabilitation for patients with head and neck cancer, as well as other acute and long-term diseases, voice restoration following total laryngectomy, and voice rehabilitation following tracheotomy and ventilator dependency. Leder received his doctorate from the University of Connecticut and is a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.