Principal Speech Pathologist managing a team who provide evidenced based assessment and treatment to adults presenting with speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders. These disorders may arise from, but are not limited to, the following areas of specialty:♦ Ear, Nose and Throat♦ Respiratory♦ Geriatrics♦ Neurology♦ Psychiatry/Psychology♦ General Medicine♦ General Surgery♦ Palliative Care♦ DisabilityTherese specifically provides the following specialist services:♦ Voice - Including complete acoustic analysis for precise assessment and treatment planning.♦ Tracheostomy and Laryngectomy Management♦ Chronic cough/Laryngeal dysfunction management.♦ Stuttering - The Camperdown Program. ♦ Accent Modification - Full spectrum analysis of speech and non-speech patterns of communication and treatment provided to individuals and groups. ♦ Swallowing - Clinical assessment and treatment as well as utilisation of Video Fluoroscopic Swallow (VFS)/Modified Barium Swallow(MBS) assessments and Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) as required.♦ Speech - Management of the range of dysarthrias as well as lifelong speech disorders. Services and workshops are provided to the Corporate Sector targeting: ♦ Enhanced Voice for professionals♦ Utilisation of speech, language and voice to maximise business success♦ Accent modification to ensure communication is not a barrier to successEastern Suburbs Speech Pathology provides the following services:♦ Comprehensive assessment♦ Individual in-rooms therapy♦ Aged Care Facility services♦ Private Hospital services♦ Remote therapy♦ In-home therapy♦ Private sector seminars Special interest in Voice, Chronic cough, Dysphagia, Accent Modification, Aged Care, Head & Neck Oncology.Therese is personally accredited at St Vincent's Private Hospital, provides services to numerous Aged Care Facilities in Sydney, and provides private consulting through her rooms in Darlinghurst and The City, Sydney.

* Management of Speech Pathology Rehabilitation services based on the Mona Vale Hospital campus* Supervision of Level 1-2 Speech Pathologists in the delivery of specialised rehabilitation services.* Area-wide resource providing consultative advice regarding complex ENT/Head & Neck Oncology cases for peers, management and level 1/2 Speech Pathologists* Member of NSLHD Clinical Education Network contributing to the development of area wide resources for the management of university student placements.* NSLHD Allied Health representative on the Rehabilitation Working Party targeting best practice and service design in the area. * Provide highly specialised Speech Pathology assessment, diagnosis and intervention for inpatients and outpatients. These patients present with acquired communication and swallowing disorders across a range of areas of specialisation including Stroke, Neurology, Neurosurgery, ENT/Head and Neck Oncology, Gastroenterology/surgery, Geriatrics, Palliative Care, General Medicine and General Surgery.* Delivers Lee Silverman Voice Treatment for outpatients referred with Parkinson's Disease• Conceived and delivered a World Voice Day Health Promotion Project across Mona Vale and Manly Hospitals

Management of ENT/Head and Neck Oncology, Drug and Alcohol, and Plastic Surgical caseloads. This involved:• Specialist assessment and intervention for communication and swallowing disorders for inpatients and outpatients• Creation and management of The Speech Pathology Head and Neck Outpatient Clinic - The Kinghorn Cancer Centre• Provision of services through clinics including Multidisciplinary Head and Neck, Pre-admission, Voice and Swallow (including FEES), and Radiation Oncology• Management of the St Vincent's Hospital Video Fluoroscopy Clinic • Coverage of mental health, stroke, neurology, neurosurgery, ICU/HDU, heart/lung, geriatrics, gastroenterology/surgery, palliative care, general medical and general surgical caseloads• Chair of the Allied Health Clinical Handover Committee• Clinical resource and contact for colleagues throughout Rural NSW• Student teaching and supervision• Conference presentations

• Area-wide responsibility for ENT/Head and Neck Oncology and Voice Caseloads of Eastern and Western Clusters - Sydney West Area Health Services.• Supervision of two level 1-2 Speech Pathologists

• Assessment, diagnosis and intervention for adult inpatients and outpatients. These patients presented with acquired communication and swallowing disorders across a range of areas of specialisation including ENT/Head and Neck Oncology, Neurology, Stroke, Neurosurgery, Gastroenterology/surgery, Geriatrics, ICU/HDU, Mental Health, General Medicine and General Surgery.• Assessment and management of Paediatric swallowing disorders in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit, Special Care Nurseries, and Outpatient Feeding Clinics. • Paediatric speech and language assessment and intervention through the Tongue-Tie Clinic and the Paediatric Development Clinic. • Student supervision• Coverage of acute care caseloads at Auburn and Blacktown Hospitals as required.

• Speech Pathology Assessment and Intervention for inpatients and outpatients across three Central Coast sector sites.• Particular experience gained in acute care (specifically Stroke and Aged Care), inpatient sub-acute rehabilitation and slow-stream inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation.