Welcome to the Nu Voices LA Support Group Website!
non-profit laryngectomee and caregiver support group based in Los Angeles, California

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• All meetings will be conducted over online video chat platform until further notice.
• Please email to nuvoicesla@gmail.com to receive the link for upcoming weekly support group meetings! 

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Special Guest Speaker: Harry Glasson
May 3rd, 2021 @ 5pm PST

Special Guest Speaker:
​Dr. Niels Kokot
May 24th, 2021 @ 6:30pm PST

Harry Glasson was born in 1951 at Cowscramp on the Clowance estate near Praze an Beeble, Cornwall and was the eldest of 8 children.  He grew up in a mainly farming community but decided to go to sea at sixteen in the merchant navy. In his 20’s he started writing poems and Cornish dialect verse, which quickly then progressed to putting the words he had written to music.  Harry gigged around Cornwall for 30+ years building up a legion of fans from all over the world and also toured the USA several times between 1998 and 2008. In July 2009 Harry was diagnosed with Cancer of the vocal cords, which subsequently resulted in his vocal cords being removed in September 2009.  Harry will occasionally will get up and play a few songs on his guitar and sing, with the aid of a hands-free valve which he inserts into a hole in his neck.  Harry can now often be found out in the countryside, often near water partaking in his love of photography.  Harry’s songs are sung throughout Cornwall by many Cornish choirs, shanty groups and other artists, the most popular song being the anthemic “Cornwall my Home”.

Niels Kokot, MD, serves as Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Residency Program Director in the USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Kokot is trained in the new technique of Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS), a minimally invasive technique allowing for the treatment of many head and neck tumors without requiring traditional open approaches.
Dr. Kokot's clinical specialties encompass all aspects of head and neck surgery, including the management of tumors in the oral cavity, larynx, pharynx, skull base, salivary glands, and thyroid gland, as well as microvascular surgery. He has a particular interest in conservation surgery of the larynx, which is designed to treat cancers of the larynx (voice box) without sacrificing speech or requiring permanent tracheostomy.