Experience

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  Harper hospital / university health center - detroit medical center

  May 1989 - Jul 1994

  Senior speech language pathologist

  •Planned and presented budgetary needs for speech-language pathology department.•Supervised speech-language pathologists and speech-language pathology student-trainees.•In-serviced SLPs and in-serviced incoming Medical /residents.•Administered speech-language, voice, and swallowing evaluations, including in-patient MBSS, alaryngeal voice rehabilitation: esophageal voice therapy and TEP management, including sizing, fitting, and care instruction.•Member of multi-disciplinary team for ventilator dependent patients.•Member of neurology staff rounds for Stroke Unit.•Laryngectomy speech rehabilitation and support group member.•Provided stuttering therapy and aphasia therapy.•Serviced the ventilator, infectious disease, and hospital critical care units.•Implemented In and out-patient treatment, as well as patient and family counseling. Show less

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  Sinai-grace hospital / rehabilitation institute of michigan

  Oct 2002 - Mar 2009

  Speech language pathologist

  Trauma Level II, 334 beds:•In and out-patient speech, language, cognitive, and memory evaluations and treatments.•Out-patient dysphagia evaluation and treatment.•Conferencing for out-patients and families (with PT and OTR).•Family counseling

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  Michigan health & rehabilitation services

  Oct 2009 - Feb 2014

  Speech language pathologist

  •Speech, language, cognitive, dysphagia (bedside), and voice evaluations.•Treatment for speech, language, cognitive, dysphagia, and voice disorders.

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  Prime healthcare staffing

  Jan 2014 - now

  Speech language pathologist

  ·Service pre-school, elementary, and middle school populations.·Conduct Speech, language, articulation, and dysfluency, voice evaluations and treatments.·Administer REED, MET, and IEPT evaluations and provide recommendations.

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  Aequor healthcare technologies

  Jan 2016 - now

  Speech language pathologist

  ·Administer hospital in-patient speech, language, voice evaluations and treatment, bedside dysphagia evaluation and treatment. Service general medicine, critical care, otolaryngology, and ventilator care units.·Complete VFSS evaluations for both in-patients and out-patients.·In-serviced on videostroboscoby for laryngeal/vocal fold function.·Implement TBI/CHI & MVA, cognitive, memory, dysphagia treatment with out-patient rehabilitation.