Dr. Lucinda A. Halstead is the Vice Chairman for Resident Education in the department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and the Medical Director of the MUSC Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing. Dr. Halstead founded the MUSC Voice Center in 1987 to support research and advanced care in laryngology, swallowing, voice, pediatric otolaryngology, and performing arts medicine. In 2000, she became the medical director of the Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing

She is the laryngologist for the internationally renowned Spoleto Festival USA, and president of the Performing Arts Medicine Association.