Ted Mau, MD PhD is Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Chief of the Division of Laryngology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and holds a PhD in Biophysics from UCSF. Dr. Mau joined Stanford in 2025 after 17 years at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where he was director of the Voice Center and vice chair of research for the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Mau’s clinical practice focuses on disorders of the voice, airway, and swallowing. He has particular interest in vocal fold and laryngeal lesions, voice disorders, vocal fold paralysis, recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries, and laryngeal dystonia. He has extensive experience with laryngeal framework surgery for the treatment of vocal fold paralysis, as well as in-office procedures for vocal fold and larynx lesions.

As a physician-scientist, Dr. Mau engages in clinical and laboratory research in voice science and voice disorders. He has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on several NIH-funded projects. Dr. Mau was a site investigator for a DNA therapeutic vaccine clinical trial for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. He was an Associate Editor for The Laryngoscope.