Dr. Andrew Tritter Appointed Chief of Laryngology
Andrew G. Tritter, MD, director of the Texas Voice Performance Institute™, a comprehensive medical and surgical program for patients with voice and swallowing disorders, has been appointed chief of laryngology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. As division chief, he is charged with expanding the practice to meet Houston’s high clinical demand for treatment of voice, airway, and swallowing disorders.
“These are disorders that disrupt how we express ourselves, understand others, and build relationships in personal and professional settings,” says Dr. Tritter, a lifelong musician and singer, which has contributed to his interest in caring for patients with voice problems. “Communication allows us to create, maintain, and change our relationships, which affects our personal development and identity. Long-term disruptions in communication can result in social isolation, anxiety, and depression, all of which affect overall health and increase society’s care burden.”
“Experience has shown that patients have a better experience and are more compliant when they meet with their physician and therapist in the same location and at the same time,” he says.
A native Houstonian, Dr. Tritter joined the Department of Otorhinolaryngology in 2021 after completing a laryngology fellowship at Columbia/Weill-Cornell Medicine in New York City, with extensive training in voice, swallowing, and airway disorders. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he majored in Spanish linguistics with a double minor in biology and chemistry. He received his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine and completed residency training at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Dr. Tritter offers in-office procedures that include laser treatments and vocal cord injections for voice issues, as well as transnasal esophagoscopy to evaluate patients with acid reflux, dysphagia, globus sensation, and chronic cough. His research interests include the pathophysiology and clinical significance of retrograde cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction, the natural history of vocal fold paralysis, improving outcome measures in laryngology, and procedure innovation in surgery of the larynx and pharynx. He is fluent in English and Spanish.