RC Speech and Voice

New York, NY

Founder and Speech-Language Pathologist2010–Present

• Founded a private practice providing individualized speech and voice services for adults and adolescents, including professional voice users.
• Provide voice evaluation and treatment, gender-affirming voice care, and coaching in public speaking and presentation skills; evaluate and treat adults with language and cognitive-communication disorders.
• Serve as an educational consultant and speaker for professional events, private organizations, and nonprofit organizations; provide expert witness services in cases requiring speech-language pathology expertise.

Sean Parker Institute for the Voice, Weill Cornell Medical College

Senior Speech-Language Pathologist IIJuly 2016–Present

• Lead weekly speech-language pathology team meetings addressing administrative priorities, research and educational initiatives, and clinical case review.
• Co-organize clinical fellowship recruitment, interviewing, and selection; participate in hiring and provide direct and indirect supervision, clinical instruction, patient counseling guidance, and documentation review.
• Support staff recruitment through position advertising, application review, interview coordination, and candidate interviews. Help onboard new staff and mentor early-career clinicians.
• Develop and deliver educational outreach programs, local and national seminars, and ASHA-approved continuing education courses. Provide advanced clinical in-services and coordinate graduate student and professional observers.
• Establish treatment and research collaborations with other departments, including Neurology and the NewYork-Presbyterian Compass Program. Collaborate on study design, data collection, manuscripts, and national presentations.
• Evaluate and treat adults and adolescents with voice and upper airway disorders, including professional voice needs, neurologic voice disorders, gender-affirming voice care, postoperative vocal rehabilitation, inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO), exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO), and chronic cough.
• Collaborate in multidisciplinary laryngology clinics and weekly case conferences; conduct stimulability testing and acoustic, aerodynamic, and auditory-perceptual assessments. Educate patients and families about diagnoses, physician recommendations, and care plans.

Northern Westchester Hospital

Chappaqua, NY

Outpatient Speech-Language Pathologist, NWH Chappaqua Crossing2013–2016

• Partnered with the rehabilitation program director to expand speech services through development and marketing of specialized programs, including multidisciplinary Parkinson’s and concussion/sports rehabilitation services.
• Helped train and mentor new staff and coordinated services and care plans with the interdisciplinary team.
• Evaluated and treated adults and adolescents with acquired speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders; educated patients and families about care plans, community resources, and home practice.

Westchester Institute for Human Development

Valhalla, NY

Speech-Language Pathologist, Voice Care Center/Speech and Hearing Center2012–2016

• Coordinated care with otolaryngologists and other physicians for adults and children with voice, swallowing, and acquired speech, language, and cognitive-communication disorders.
• Provided specialized evaluation and treatment and educated patients, families, and caregivers about diagnoses, recommendations, treatment plans, and home practice.

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

White Plains, NY

Per Diem Speech-Language Pathologist, Outpatient Rehabilitation2012–2014

• Evaluated and treated adults with acquired speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders; educated patients and families about care plans, community resources, and home practice.

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Boston, MA

Speech-Language Pathologist, Inpatient Neurology/Stroke Unit2010–2012

• Coordinated interdisciplinary care, supervised and educated support personnel, and assisted with graduate intern supervision. Contributed to weekly team rounds, neurology rounds, and monthly journal club.
• Evaluated and treated cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders; led group therapy addressing swallowing, language, and cognitive-communication skills.
• Developed materials and provided evaluation and treatment for Spanish-speaking patients; educated patients and families about diagnoses, care plans, and home practice.

Lutheran Medical Center

Brooklyn, NY

Speech-Language Pathologist, Outpatient Rehabilitation2009–2010

• Organized and facilitated a monthly stroke support group for patients and caregivers. Supervised graduate interns, mentored undergraduates, and helped train new team members.
• Evaluated and treated adults with voice disorders, aphasia, right hemisphere dysfunction, traumatic brain injury, dysphagia, dysarthria, and fluency disorders, and children with articulation/phonological disorders, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, reading disorders, and speech/language delays.
• Provided evaluation and treatment in Spanish and counseled patients and families about diagnoses, community resources, and home practice.

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT

Clinical Fellow, Outpatient Pediatric Rehabilitation2008–2009

• Collaborated in a monthly craniofacial clinic, providing speech screenings, family education, and treatment recommendations for children with cleft lip, cleft palate, and velopharyngeal insufficiency.
• Evaluated and treated children with developmental and acquired conditions, including speech/language delays, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, fluency and craniofacial disorders, and hearing impairments.

Center for Speech and Learning

New Haven, CT

Clinical Fellow2008–2009

• Assessed and treated adults and children with speech and language disorders, articulation/phonological disorders, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, dyslexia/reading disorders, traumatic brain injury, and voice disorders.