Dr. Al Merati

Albert Merati, M.D., is a surgeon and chief of Laryngology at University of Washington Medicine's Head and Neck Surgery Center.
Dr. Merati earned his M.D. at the UW. He has clinical expertise in office-based and operative laryngology, including complex airway, voice and swallowing. This includes vocal fold paralysis, surgery for dysphagia/aspiration (including Zenker's), and endoscopic and open surgery for airway stenosis and laryngeal cancer.
Dr. Merati's research is related to better understanding the dominant clinical issues facing patients, including diagnostic testing and treatment of vocal fold paralysis, surgical management of airway stenosis, the impact of reflux on laryngeal disorders and tracheotomy complications.
His professional pathway has taken him from his native Pacific Northwest through California, Tennessee, Kansas/Missouri, and finally Wisconsin before returning home to Seattle in 2007 to take what he describes as his “dream job” running the laryngology program at the University of Washington with the intent to create the finest laryngology program in the country.
Dr. Merati describes himself as “first and last a clinician [who has] earned a reputation of clinical accessibility for our patients and colleagues in the region.”