Amanda I. Gillespie, PhD

Amanda I. Gillespie, PhD is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the Emory University School of Medicine, Director of Speech Pathology and Co-Director of the Emory Voice Center. She earned an undergraduate degree in speech-language pathology and audiology from New York University and a master of science in speech-language pathology from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed her Ph.D. with Katherine Verdolini Abbott at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Gillespie treats patients with voice and upper airway problems including voice therapy, chronic cough therapy, and gender-affirming voice therapy.

Dr. Gillespie’s program of research is supported by federal funding from the NIH and numerous institutional and foundation awards.  The clinical research program she leads focuses on voice and upper airway treatment efficacy and efficiency across the lifespan, challenges existing voice therapy and diagnostic paradigms, and explores factors that influence therapeutic learning.

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

To provide the highest quality of care, interpreter services may be utilized to ensure proper communication of medical information for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English speaking patients or family members.

Fellow, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 2023.

Emory University Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Education, 2023.

University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Rising Star Award, 2020

Emory University Department of Otolaryngology Over the Top Award, 2020

Emory University Department of Otolaryngology Scholar of the Year Award, 2020