Education

• MD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1965
• Residency, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 1966-1970

Professional Activities

Dr. Ford is on the editorial board of several national specialty journals, including Laryngoscope, Journal of Voice, and ENT Journal, Microsurgery. He is past President of the Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons as well as the American Broncho-Esophagological Association, and active in several other major specialty societies.

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Ford is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He specializes in diseases of the larynx, voice disorders, and phonosurgery.

Dr. Ford provides a wide range of services including Airway Dilation, Airway Reconstruction, Arytenoid Adduction, Endoscopic Partial Laryngectomy, Esophageal Dilation, Laryngeal Papilloma Laser Treatment, Laryngeal Surgery, Laser Procedures, Leukoplakia Laser Treatment, Microlaryngoscopy, Open Partial Laryngectomy, Repairs Of Skull Base Defects, Sinus Surgery, Thyroplasty, Total Laryngectomy, Tracheostomy, Transnasal Esophagoscopy (TNE), Transnasal Laryngotracheoscopy (Airway Examination), Vocal Cord Injection, and Zenker's Diverticulectomy.

Research Interests

The focus of Dr. Ford’s research is laryngeal function, scarring of the vocal folds, refinements to optimize phonosurgical results, and neurolaryngology.

Recent Publications

• Prospective multi-arm evaluation of surgical treatments for vocal fold scar and pathologic sulcus vocalis.
  Welham NV, Choi SH, Dailey SH, Ford CN, Jiang JJ, Bless DM
  Laryngoscope 2011 Jun; 121(6):1252-60.
  [PubMed ID: 21557241, PMC ID: 3100420]
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• GERD-related chronic laryngitis: pro.
  Ford CN
  Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 2010 Sep; 136(9):910-3.
  [PubMed ID: 20855685]
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• Differentiating between adductor and abductor spasmodic dysphonia using airflow interruption.
  Hoffman MR, Jiang JJ, Rieves AL, McElveen KA, Ford CN
  Laryngoscope 2009 Sep; 119(9):1851-5.
  [PubMed ID: 19554636, PMC ID: 2770801]
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• Comparative study of vocal outcomes with silicone versus Gore-Tex thyroplasty.
  Suehiro A, Hirano S, Kishimoto Y, Tanaka S, Ford CN
  Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 2009 Jun; 118(6):405-8.
  [PubMed ID: 19663371]
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• Use of lasers in laryngeal surgery.
  Yan Y, Olszewski AE, Hoffman MR, Zhuang P, Ford CN, Dailey SH, Jiang JJ
  J Voice 2010 Jan; 24(1):102-9.
  [PubMed ID: 19487102, PMC ID: 3325096]
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