Lisa Bazemore, MS, MBA, CCC-SLP, is director of consulting services at Fleming-AOD Consulting in Silver Spring, Maryland. She has managed and consulted with rehabilitation departments of various sizes across the continuum of care, including acute medical/surgical, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, LTACH, and skilled nursing. She has presented at numerous national and state conferences on topics related to 60% rule changes and compliance, coding accuracy, documentation strategies, managing denials, group utilization and productivity strategies, effective management of outpatient clinics, and swallowing evaluation and treatment.
Barbara Bogomolov, MS, RN, is manager of refugee health services for Barnes-Jewish Hospital Center for Diversity and Cultural Competence in St. Louis, Missouri. In that capacity, she directs the activities of a team responsible for coordinating and interpreting over 36,000 new arrival patient visits in the acute and primary care settings annually. Other responsibilities include trans-cultural case consultation, staff and professional educational program delivery in cross-cultural health care, and clinical coordination for the USAID Health Care Partnership with the country of Latvia. She is co-author of "Immigrant Health Care," a chapter of the Washington University Manual of Ambulatory Therapeutics, 2002.
James B. Coyle, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, is assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches courses in dysphagia, medical speech pathology, head and neck anatomy, and neuroscience. His research interests include meta-analysis of published dysphagia research, evidence-based practice, single subject methodology, and dysphagia outcomes measurement. He is a Board Recognized Specialist in Swallowing Disorders and a member of the Specialty Recognition Board. He has authored or co-authored several chapters and articles in the areas of adult dysphagia and motor speech disorders.
Roberta DePompei, PhD, CCC-SLP/A, is a distinguished professor and director of the School of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Akron. Her major area of research and interest is in cognitive-communicative challenges to the individual with brain injury and the impact of brain injury on the family system. An advocate for the needs of youths with brain injuries and their families, she is on numerous national task forces and committees, and serves as co-chair of the Special Interest Group on Children and Adolescents with Brain Injuries for the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA). Widely published, and a national and international presenter, Dr. DePompei is recognized for her unique and innovative approaches for functional community inclusion. She was awarded the Sheldon Berrol, MD Clinical Service award by BIAA in July, 2002. She also received the Robert L. Moody Prize for Distinguished Initiatives in Brain Injury Research and Rehabilitation in March, 2004, and was made a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2006.
Joseph R. Duffy, PhD, CCC-SLP, is head of the Division of Speech Pathology in the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic, and professor in the Mayo School of Medicine. He is primarily a clinician who spends most of his workdays evaluating people with communication disorders, many of them neurologically based. His research, scholarly, and teaching activities are primarily in the area of acquired neuropathologies of speech and language. He is the author of two editions of the book Motor Speech Disorders: Substrates, Differential Diagnosis, and Management. He serves on the editorial board or as an editorial consultant to many professional journals, has served as co-chair of the Certification Board of the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS). A member of ANCDS Practice Guidelines committees for dysarthrias and apraxia of speech, he is an ASHA Fellow and has been awarded the Honors of ASHA.
Roxann Diez Gross, PhD, CCC-SLP, is the director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Swallowing Disorders Center, and assistant professor of otolaryngology in the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She also holds a secondary appointment as an assistant professor in the communication science and disorders department of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Dr. Gross has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed research papers and text book chapters on tracheostomy and swallowing function. Her primary area of research examines the interaction between breathing and swallowing in individuals with indwelling tracheostomy tubes, Parkinson's disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Dr. Gross has over 22 years of clinical experience, lectures extensively in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and gives workshops on tracheostomy, ventilators, and swallowing rehabilitation. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association,American Physiological Society, Dysphagia Research Society, Geriatric Otolaryngology Society, and American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Edie Hapner, PhD, CCC-SLP, is the director of speech-language pathology at the Emory Voice Center and a faculty member in the Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine. She graduated with a PhD in Voice Science and Exercise Science from Vanderbilt University in 2003. She has worked for over 25 years with specialty interest in voice. She received the Clinician of the Year Award from the Georgia Speech Language and Hearing Association in 2007 and Outstanding Alumnae from the University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Education the same year. She is the associate coordinator of ASHA's Special Interest Division 3 Steering Committee, a member of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Research Group, and a Scientific Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology. In 2006, she was awarded the Clinical Scholars designation from the American Academy of Otolaryngology. She serves as a reviewer for the Archives of Otolaryngology and ORL-Head and Neck Nursing.
Janet M. Krebs, MS, CCC-SLP, is director of the Communication Therapy Center in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Ms. Krebs has 25 years of experience working with children with speech, language, learning, oro-motor and auditory processing disorders. She has been in private practice in Bergen County since 1980 and has served as a consultant to many public and private schools. She received her training and education from the City University of New York and Teachers College of Columbia University.
Nidhi Mahendra, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an assistant professor in the department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders and director of the Aging and Cognition Research Clinic at California State University, East Bay. She is a certified bilingual speech language pathologist and has worked clinically with persons who have dementia (PWD) in acute hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and in a university clinic setting. She is a member of the Dementia Best Practice Guidelines Committee, jointly convened by ASHA and the Academy of Neurologic and Communicative Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS). Her primary area of research interest is in cognition and communication in healthy aging, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia. She was the 2006 recipient of the American Journal of Speech Language Pathology Editors Award for a first-authored article, and has published over 30 scientific articles on cognitive and communicative characteristics in PWD and outcomes of cognitive interventions in dementia.
Amy McConkey Robbins, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist in private practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. She sees children and families for intervention and consults with school districts and industry on issues related to hearing loss and cochlear implants. She is the author or co-author of several assessment procedures, including the MAIS, IT-MAIS, and Common Phrases Task. An adjunct assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, Ms. Robbins has published on such topics as communication assessment, training methodologies, and language development in D/HH children. Her recent publications include "TuneUps," an integrated music and communication program co-written with music therapist Chris Barton, and a chapter, "Evidence-Based Management of Speech and Language Delays," in the new Pediatric ENT textbook (Springer Publishing).
Vicki McCready, MA, CCC-SLP, is the director of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Speech and Hearing Center and is a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the School of Health and Human Performance. A Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), she has over 20 years' experience as a clinical educator and has published and presented extensively in the areas of supervision and clinical education.
Barbara Messing, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, is the clinical/administrative director of the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She is recognized as a Clinical Specialist in Head and Neck Rehabilitation and is a Board Recognized Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Barbara has over 23 years of clinical experience in speech-language pathology treating adults with speech, swallowing, voice, language, and cognitive deficits and over 18 years of administrative and leadership experience. Her clinical and research areas of interest are in head and neck cancer rehabilitation and the diagnosis and treatment of voice and swallowing disorders. She is actively involved in the ongoing research in the areas of dysphagia and voice.
William Plonk, Jr., MD, is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Virginia School of Medicine and has active board certifications in family medicine, geriatrics, and hospice and palliative medicine. A rural family physician in upstate New York for nine years, he has served as a hospice medical director, nursing home medical director, and assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Virginia. He writes and lectures extensively on end-of-life care and artificial hydration and nutrition issues and was a featured speaker at the 2005 ASHA Convention in San Diego.
Patricia Prelock, PhD, CCC-SLP, received her doctorate in speech-language pathology with a concentration in cognitive psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1983. Currently, she is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Vermont (UVM). She was the project director for the Vermont Rural Autism Project (VT-RAP), a federally funded project, which was designed to prepare speech-language pathologists, special educators, and related service providers to better serve children with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Dr. Prelock is a member of the Board of Directors of ASHA as Vice President for Standards and Ethics in Speech-Language Pathology. She is a board recognized child language specialist, an ASHA Fellow, a UVM University Scholar, and has nearly 100 publications and over 340 presentations in the areas of autism, collaboration, phonology, and language assessment and intervention.
Shari Robertson, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a professor of speech-language pathology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In addition, she owns and operates Phoenix Enterprises, a high performance business consulting firm, and Philly Street Sweets, where she creates and sells gourmet confections in a retail setting. She enjoys helping her fellow ASHA members find ways to nurture both their professional skills and their entrepreneurial talents.
Tommie L. Robinson, Jr., PhD, CCC-SLP, is director of the Scottish Rite Center for Childhood Language Disorders in the Children's Hearing and Speech Center at Children's Hospital in Washington, DC, and is an associate professor of pediatrics in The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He specializes in communication disorders in children, with a focus on children who stutter. Dr. Robinson's research and writings have focused on normal fluency behaviors in children and adults as well as service delivery to children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. In 1998, Dr. Robinson was elected a Fellow of ASHA. He is currently ASHA's president-elect.
Kate Romanow, JD, is the director of health care regulatory advocacy at the ASHA National Office. Kate worked for three years as a speech-language pathologist in both skilled nursing facilities and schools before attending the Boston University School of Law. Before joining the ASHA staff she worked in law firms on a variety of health care issues, including Medicare coverage and reimbursement.
David A. Rosenberg, JD, is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Ford & Harrison, LLP. He defends employer clients against federal claims brought under Title VII, the ADEA, ADA, and the FLSA, all types of state-law employment related claims, breach of employment contracts, and business-related and intentional torts. He regularly advises corporate clients in all areas of law of the workplace and lectures frequently on how businesses can minimize their exposure to employment-related claims and disputes.
Catriona Steele, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a scientist and director of the Swallowing Rehabilitation Research Laboratory at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. She is an associate professor in the graduate department of speech-language pathology at the University of Toronto. Before completing her PhD, Dr. Steele worked as a medical speech-language pathologist for ten years. Dr. Steele is a past president of the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and a past board member of the Dysphagia Research Society. She currently serves as coordinator of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Special Interest Division 13, Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia).
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, is director of speech-language pathology and respiratory care at Central Baptist Hospital, an acute care facility in Lexington, Kentucky. Prior to this, for twenty-six years, Nancy was the president of Swigert & Associates, Inc., a private practice providing speech-language pathology services in the central Kentucky area. Her main interests are in pediatric and adult dysphagia and other neurogenic disorders. She is a former president of ASHA, and currently chairs the Health Care Economics Committee and serves on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation's Board of Trustees.
Kelly VanDahm, MS, CCC-SLP, is a pediatric speech-language pathologist at Banner Children's Hospital at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. Currently the clinical lead for the NICU, she has over 15 years of experience with infants and children with medically-complex diagnoses or trachs and vents. She regularly performs pediatric MBS and FEES examinations. Kelly is the co-author of Tracheostomy Tubes and Ventilator Dependence in Adults and Children, and is currently under contract with Therapro in developing a manual on pediatric feeding assessment and intervention with a multidisciplinary perspective.
Keith Williams, PhD, is the director of the feeding program at the Hershey Medical Center. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Williams has over 20 publications in the area of childhood feeding problems including the recent book, Treating Eating Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Williams teaches medical students, residents, and graduate students both at the College of Medicine and Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg.
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