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Long Beach, Ny, Us

St. Albans, New York

Long Beach, New York, United States

St. Mary’s Home Care- Responsible for the evaluation, planning, implementation, treatment, and documentation of patient status, including prior level of function and current performance levels. - Collaborated with family members within the home, as well as the interdisciplinary team, to determine communication needs and intervention strategies to improve functional communication and successful feeding.- Implemented low and high-tech AAC strategies as well as diet modifications for medically compromised patients.- Treated medically compromised patients (I.e., Rhett’s Syndrome, Marfan’s Syndrome, Edward’s Syndrome, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Cerebral Palsy, Cri du Chat Syndrome, and more).- Experience with tracheostomy, gastrostomy and ventilator-dependent patients. - Experience with American Sign Language, Proloquo2Go, Touch Chat and Tobii Dynavox.

Bayside, New York

Speech Language Pathologist, Center For Pediatric Feeding Disorders at St. Mary's Childrens Hospital- Responsible for evaluating child’s feeding skills, developing feeding protocol, administering protocol,assess patient’s progress, monitoring data, overseeing implementation of protocols by other staff members, parent training, and perform duties necessary for program development.

Rockville Centre, New York, United States

The Grand Pavilion For Rehabilitation And Nursing At Rockville Centre- Demonstrated incredible passion for neurological conditions and how each relates to a speech, language, cognition and swallowing disorder. - Conducted thorough chart reviews to assist in screens and evaluations to identify the presence of aphasia, oropharyngeal dysphagia, dysarthria, and cognitive communication deficits at the sub-acute level and in the long term care setting.- Effectively built rapport and relationships with patients and their family members after determining medical necessity and the most appropriate form of treatment.- Assisted in the development and implementation of clinical policy, guidelines and applications as well as providing in-services to other disciplines. - Demonstrated knowledge of scope of practice guidelines, including rehabilitation emergency procedures and maintained up to date with current research.- Attended care plan meetings, trained nursing staff and family members.- Educated and trained graduate students during their medical externship.- Knowledge of ICD and CPT codes, as well as the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM). - Assisted in Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) test.

Rockville Centre, New York, United States

The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center at Nesconset- Conducted screens and evaluations to identify the presence of aphasia, oropharyngeal dysphagia, dysarthria, and cognitive communication deficits in the long term care setting.- Formulated therapeutic programs targeting dysphagia, motor speech, language, and cognition therapy.

Commack, New York, United States

- Conducted screens and evaluations to identify the presence of aphasia, oropharyngeal dysphagia, dysarthria, and cognitive communication deficits in the long term care setting.- Formulated therapeutic programs targeting dysphagia, motor speech, language, and cognition therapy.

Ronkonkoma, New York, United States

- Conducted bedside swallow evaluations to identify the presence of oropharyngeal dysphagia, and determined the least restrictive diet based on the patients current level of functioning. - Assisted and participated in Modified Barium Swallow Studies.

Oceanside, New York, United States

Assisted the Speech-Language Pathologist conducting Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing with Sensory Testing in the acute care setting.Responsibilities included administering the bolus to the patient, controlling the calibrated air puff, properly cleaning The equipment, and verifying patient medical record numbers.

New Hyde Park, New York

Performed Clinical Swallow Evaluations to identify the presence of oropharyngeal dysphagia and generate a diagnostic and therapeutic dysphagia program in the long term and sub-acute care setting.Assisted the Speech-Language Pathologist conducting Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing. Responsibilities included administering the bolus to the patient, transporting the patient, properly cleaning the equipment, and verifying patient medical record numbers.Performed motor speech, dysphagia, language, and cognition therapy ​in the long term and sub-acute care setting.Administered the ​Brief Interview for Mental Status.

Mineola, New York, United States

Assisted in videofluoroscopic swallow studies to determine the presence or absence of oral, pharyngeal, or esophageal stage dysphagia by mixing the barium.Observed clinical bedside assessments in the emergency room, general, neurology, and cardiology intensive care unit, and post-surgical unit, with the adult and geriatric population.

Hy Weinberg Center For Communication Disorders

Conducted diagnostic sessions, formulated individualized goals, created lesson plans, treatment plans and progress reports for clients targeting cognitive communication, auditory processing, apraxia, aphasia, swallowing, and fluency.

Hy Weinberg Center For Communication Disorders

Neurophysiology in Speech Language Pathology LabParticipated in a pilot study that aimed to learn more about how individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder process emotional information differently from neurotypical individuals using an electroencephalogram ​when asked basic questions and shown pictures.

Greater New York City Area

Long Island Jewish Medical Center​: New Hyde Park, NYNorth Shore University Hospital: ​Manhasset, NYPerformed Otoacoustic Emissions and Auditory Brainstem Response hearing test, charted results of every hearing test, and submitted New York State Department of Health documentation.Worked parallel to other medical professionals in the well-baby nursery, Neonatal ICU and Pediatric ICU.Referred infants for cytomegalovirus (CMV) oral swab if they failed a newborn hearing screening via OAE and ABR.

Greater New York City Area

Transitions of Long Island- Observed clinicians treating patients with aphasia, apraxia, dysphagia, dysarthria, dysphonia, and cognitive deficits.- Witnessed LSVT, VitalStim and deep pharyngeal neuromuscular stimulation (DPNS) utilized in treatment.

Master Of Science - Ms, Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Clinician,​ Graduate​ ​Research Assistant

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

Activities and Societies: Dean’s List, Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society Member, NSSLHA Member, American Sign Language Club