# James Tracey Heaton Associate Professor of Surgery ![James Heaton](/sites/g/files/omnuum3501/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/dms/files/heaton_james.jpg?itok=3RCxlfol) location\_on Massachusetts General Hospital Voice Center, 11th Floor 1 Bowdoin Square Boston, MA 02114 smartphone [ 617/573-5570]() email laptop\_windows [Lab Website](https://www.mghihp.edu/ihp-directory/james-heaton-phd) laptop\_windows [Publications](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Heaton%2C+James&sort=date) James T. Heaton, Ph.D. is Adjunct Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. His research interests include voice and speech physiology focusing on the use of face and neck electromyography for automatic speech recognition, methods for improving cranial nerve regeneration, and restoration of paralyzed facial and laryngeal function using implantable devices that provide closed-loop functional electrical stimulation. - ## Faculty [SHBT](/faculty/shbt)