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Marshall E. Smith
( out of 314 reviews )

Marshall E. Smith, MD, FACS

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

LDS Hospital

Salt Lake City
801-408-4972

Primary Children's Hospital

Pediatric ENT Clinic
Salt Lake City
801-662-1740

Surgical Specialty Center

Salt Lake City
801-587-3550

Ear, Nose, & Throat Clinic

Otolaryngology/ENT, Area E
Salt Lake City
801-587-8368
  • Dr. Marshall Smith is a professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. He is a board certified otolaryngologist and the medical director of the Voice Disorders Center. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology at UCLA and a fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology in Cincinnati. He is an NIH funded investigator and participates in research on various voice disorders. He provides evaluation, medical and surgical care of the voice. He is the medical director of our multidisciplinary team dedicated to comprehensive care of the larynx.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Otolaryngology
    National Board of Medical Examiners

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 314 reviews )

    The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.

    The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

    Patient Comments

    Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

    June 28, 2025
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Dr. Marshal Smith is kind, caring and most importantly very good at what he does. He has been treating me for over 30 years for spastic dysphonia and he has my full confidence.

    June 26, 2025
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

    Dr. Smith is an amazing doctor. I donÕt think thereÕs another doctor with the knowledge that this man has! He is kind and caring and has your best interest at heart. He actually saved my life by opening my airway. I would recommend him in a minute to anyone who needs care with their breathing. He is remarkable.

    June 23, 2025
    EXTERNAL SITE

    He is an excellent and caring doctor.

    June 20, 2025
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Very helpful with my case and would recommended him to anyone.

    June 19, 2025
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Dr. Smith was very kind and gentle. He explained everything until we understood and told us the pros and cons. He wanted an other test done for a special look and explained it all. He was very throughal.

    June 15, 2025
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Dr Smith is incredibly kind and caring. He took me from breathing through 4mm to breathing through about 20 mm.

    June 14, 2025
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    Dr M. Smith seem to know what he's doing and performs procedures efficiently.

    June 14, 2025
    CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

    He is very good!

    June 13, 2025
    EXTERNAL SITE

    The most thorough and caring doctor I have ever met.

  • Dr. Marshall Smith is a professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. He is a board certified otolaryngologist and the medical director of the Voice Disorders Center. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology at UCLA and a fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology in Cincinnati. He is an NIH funded investigator and participates in research on various voice disorders. He provides evaluation, medical and surgical care of the voice. He is the medical director of our multidisciplinary team dedicated to comprehensive care of the larynx.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery -Professor
    Internal Medicine -Adjunct Professor
    Pediatrics -Adjunct Associate Professor
    Academic Divisions Public Health
    Board Certification
    American Board of Otolaryngology
    National Board of Medical Examiners

    Education history

    Fellowship Children's Hospital Medical Center Fellow
    Residency Head & Neck Surgery - UCLA, Medical Center Resident
    Internship General Surgery - St. Joseph Hospital Intern
    Professional Medical Univ of IL-Coll. of Medicine-Urbana M.D.
    Undergraduate Physics - Brigham Young University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Smith ME, Houtz DR (11/2015). Outcomes of laryngeal reinnervation for unilateral vocal fold paralysis in children: associations with age and time since injury. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol.
    2. Bliss MR, Wark H, McDonnall D, Smith ME (09/2015). Functional electrical stimulation of the feline larynx with a flexible ribbon electrode array. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol.
    3. Bliss MR, Wark H, McDonnall D, Smith ME (09/01/2015). Functional electrical stimulation of the feline larynx with a flexible ribbon electrode array. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol.
    4. Duval M, Tarasidis G, Grimmer JF, Muntz H, Park A, Smith ME, Asfour F, Meier J (2015). Role of operative airway evaluation in children with recurrent croup: a retrospective cohort study. Clin Otolaryngol, 40(3), 227-233.
    5. Gelbard A, Donovan DT, Ongkasuwan J, Nouraei SAR, Sandhu G, Benninger M, Bryson PC, Lorenz RR, Tierney WS, Hillel AT, Gadkaree SK, Lott DG, Edell ES Ekbom DC, Kasperbauer JL, Maldonado F, Schindler JS, Smith ME, Daniero JJ, Garrett CG, Nettervill JL, Rickman OB, Sinard RJ, Wootten CT, Francis DO (2015). Disease homogeneity and treatment heterogeneity in idiopathic subglottic stenosis. Laryngoscope.
    6. Bliss M, Houtz D, Smith ME (2015). Cricoid reduction laryngoplasty for treatment of dysphonia after pediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 40(3), 227-233.
    7. Duval M, Tarasidis G, Grimmer JF, Muntz H, Park A, Smith ME, Asfour F, Meier J (2015). Role of operative airway evaluation in children with recurrent croup: a retrospective cohort study. Clin Otolaryngol, 40(3), 227-33.
    8. Murray PR, Thomson SL, Smith ME (March 2014). A synthetic, self-oscillating vocal fold model platform for studying augmentation injection. J Voice, 28(2), 133-43.
    9. Hudson S, Sampson C, Muntz HR, Jackson WD, Smith ME (2013). Foreign body impaction as presentation of eosinophilic esophagitis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 149(5), 679-681.
    10. Roy N, Smith ME, Houtz DR (2011). Laryngeal features of external superior laryngeal nerve denervation: revisiting a century-old controversy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 120(1), 1-8.
    11. Tanner K, Roy N, Merrill RM, Kimber K, Sauder C, Houtz DR, Doman D, Smith ME (2011). Risk and protective factors for spasmodic dysphonia: a case-control investigation. J Voice, E-pub.
    12. Houtz DR, Roy N, Merrill RM, Smith ME (2010). Differential diagnosis of muscle tension dysphonia and adductor spasmodic dysphonia using spectral moments of the long-term average spectrum. Laryngoscope, 120(4), 749-757.
    13. Tanner K, Sauder C, Thibeault SL, Dromey C, Smith ME (2010). Vocal fold bowing in elderly male monozygotic twins: a case study. J Voice, 24, 470-476.
    14. Sauder C, Roy N, Tanner K, Houtz DR, Smith ME (2010). Vocal function exercises for presbylarygis: a multidimensional assessment of treatment outcomes. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 119(7), 460-467.
    15. Thibeault SL, Klemuk SA, Smith ME, Leugers C, Prestwich G (2009). In vivo comparison of biomimetic approaches for tissue regeneration of the scarred vocal fold. Tissue Eng Part A, 15(7), 1481-7. (Read full article)
    16. Roy N, Smith ME, Dromey C, Redd J, Neff S, Grennan D (04/01/2009). Exploring the phonatory effects of external superior laryngeal nerve paralysis: An invivo model. Laryngoscope, April(119), 816-26.
    17. Smith ME, Elstad M (2009). Mitomycin C and the endoscopic treatment of laryngotracheal stenosis: are two applications better than one? Laryngoscope, 119(2), 272-83. (Read full article)
    18. Smith ME, King J, Elsherif A, Muntz HR, Park AH, Kouretas PC (2009). Should all newborns who undergo patent ductus arteriosus ligation be examined for vocal fold mobility? Laryngoscope, 119, 1606-1609.
    19. Reilly J, Thompson J, MacArthur C, Pransky S, Beste D, Smith M, Gray S, Manning S (1997). Pediatric aeordigestive foreign body injuries are complications related to timeliness of diagnosis. Laryngoscope, 107, 17-20.