Nathan V. Welham, PhD, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery K4/723 Clinical Science Center 600 Highland Avenue Madison , WI 53792-7375 Clinical Appointments: (608) 263-6190 Office: (608) 263-0121 Fax: (608) 252-0939 welham@surgery.wisc.edu

Education

• PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 2000-2005
• MSLT (Dist), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1999-2000
• BSLT (Hons I), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1995-1998

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Welham holds clinical training and certification in speech-language pathology and specializes in the evaluation and treatment of patients with voice, resonance and airway disorders.

Research Interests

Dr. Welham's research interests include mechanisms of vocal fold injury and repair, vocal fold scarring and sulcus vocalis, proteomics and biomarker discovery.

Active Grants

Proteomic Profiling of the Vocal Fold Extracellular Matrix

Recent Publications

• Lin Y, Yamashita M, Zhang J, Ling C, Welham NV. Pulsed dye laser-induced inflammatory response and extracellular matrix turnover in rat vocal folds and vocal fold fibroblasts., Lasers in surgery and medicine. 2009 Oct;41(8):585-94.
  [PubMed ID: 19746432]
• Welham NV, Montequin DW, Tateya I, Tateya T, Choi SH, Bless DM. A rat excised larynx model of vocal fold scar., J. Speech Lang. Hear. Res. 2009 Aug;52(4):1008-20.
  [PubMed ID: 19641079]
• Goodyer E, Welham NV, Choi SH, Yamashita M, Dailey SH. The shear modulus of the human vocal fold in a transverse direction., Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation. 2009 Mar;23(2):151-5.
  [PubMed ID: 18215500]
• Dailey SH, Tateya I, Montequin D, Welham NV, Goodyer E. Viscoelastic measurements of vocal folds using the linear skin rheometer., Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation. 2009 Mar;23(2):143-50.
  [PubMed ID: 17485196]
• Yamashita M, Bless DM, Welham NV. Surgical method to create vocal fold injuries in mice., Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 2009 Feb;118(2):131-8.
  [PubMed ID: 19326764]
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