Penn Medicine Provider
Otorhinolaryngology
Natasha Mirza, MD
4.9
(344)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Perelman
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About me

  • Director, Penn Center for Voice and Swallowing at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

Natasha Mirza, MD is Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Penn Voice and Swallowing Center. Her clinical practice is based at the Perlman Center, Penn. Her areas of expertise are Voice, Airway and Swallowing disorders. She performs office based procedures including Botox injections for laryngeal and head and neck dystonias. Her research is based on experiments studying subglottic stenosis. She collaborates with GI, Pulmonary, Thoracic Surgery and the School of Engineering. She is a member of multiple national committees and is active in teaching. She is co founder of a medical device for recording endoscopic images and is developing the department’s telemedicine program.

She has presented extensively nationally and internationally and has published more than a 100 peer reviewed papers, abstracts and book chapters.

Recognized in America's Top Doctors, 2013 - 2018

Recognized by Best Doctors in America 2015 - 2018

Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2012 through 2021

Education and training

  • Medical School: Dow Medical College
  • Residency: Civil Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan
  • Residency: Ohio State University Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of California Irvine

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

344 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

June 2025
5.0
5.0
caring physician
May 2025
5.0
5.0
can not say enough nice things about her.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. mirza was very knowledgeable and cordial. she explained my diagnosis and as well as the treatment completely. and put me at ease.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
she has saved me.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Mirza is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Lam D, Xu K, Mirza N. Is Postoperative Voice Rest Unnecessary? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Voice Rest Recommendation Outcomes. , J Voice. , 28(24): 2024,S0892-1997(24)00304-7.

Hobday Sara, Mirza N. Psychiatric Diagnosis and Psychotropic Medication Usage among Patients undergoing Gender Affirmation Voice Surgery , J Voice. : 2024,1997

Aronsson M, Mehta A, Friedman R, Ghaderi D, Borek R, Mcdaid K, Bui Nguyen H, Mirza N, Jacobs I, Gottardi R. Amelioration of Subglottic Stenosis by Antimicrobial Peptide Eluting Endotracheal Tubes , Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering: 2023

Husain S, Campe L, Mirza N. Modification of Wendler Glottoplasty for Male to Female Gender Transition. , J Voice. , 23: 2023,1997

Go B, Suresh N, Go C, Chorath K, Mirza N, Thaler E, Moreira A, Rajasekaran K. Gender Analysis of the top classic papers in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery , World J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg: 2022

Rereddy SK, Cao AC, Blackwell B, Poling-Skutvik R, Arratia PE, Mirza N. Rheology of saliva in health and disease. , Biorheology. , 56: 2022

Nguyen NCB, Chao T, Coehn NC, Mirza N Persistent inflammation and nitric oxide dysregulation are transcriptomic blueprints of subglottic stenosis , Frontiers in Immunology, 12: 2021

Cao AC, Rereddy S. and Mirza N. Current Practices in Endotracheal Tube Size Selection for Adults. , The Laryngoscope, 131: 2021,1967-71

Cao AC, Nimmo ZM, Mirza N, Cohen N, Brody R, Doty R. Objective screening for olfactory and gustatory dysfunction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study in healthcare workers using self-administered testing , World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg .: 2021

Thomas A, Mirza N, Eliades S. Auditory feedback control of vocal pitch in Spasmodic Dysphonia. , Laryngoscope: 2020