RBRobert Bastian — no licensed photograph is available, so the academic plate is shown instead.

Academic

Robert Bastian

otolaryngologist and expert in treating retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics

Last quoted

Sept 2026

Robert Bastian: key facts

Kind of voice
Academic
Role
otolaryngologist and expert in treating retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction
Quoted on
Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics
Press citations held
1
Most recently quoted
29 Sept 2026

“If we think of it mechanistically, there is a sphincter, which is a circular muscle...people with retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction have normal antegrade function—they swallow; none of them really have any trouble swallowing—but they can't burp, and some of them can't vomit.”

Where Robert Bastian has been quoted

  1. ‘Daily misery’—why some people can’t burp, and how Botox comes to the rescuescientificamerican.com · 29 Sept 2026

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