Speech-Language Pathologist / Dysphagia & Choking

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

I am a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist (CCC-SLP), and I have been since 2013 when I was first licensed in the State of New Jersey. I obtained my Board Certification as a Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (BCS-S) from the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (AB-SSD) in 2022. I have been a certified speech-language pathologist (SLP) with my Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association (ASHA) since 2013 after completing my Clinical Fellowship Year in 2012-2013. I have reviewed 6 cases under SwallowStudy & Associates, LLC, alongside the founder, Karen Sheffler, also a board-certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders. Please see her listing as well. She has been practicing clinically since 1996 and has reviewed over 55 cases as an expert witness since 2016. We both take cases nationally. I have earned 6 ACE awards from ASHA for far exceeding the required hours for continuing education by both presenting at and attending conferences/webinars. I am currently the CEO of an SLP company providing mobile endoscopic swallowing tests in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Clinically, I have worked with the adult and geriatric populations, specializing in dysphagia evaluation and management in subacute care, acute rehab, acute care, and critical illness recovery from 2015 to the present. I work clinically at Select Specialty Hospital of Northeast New Jersey, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, and Hackensack Meridian Health. In these clinical settings, I work in an interdisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, nurse’s aides, dieticians, dietary managers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and case managers, among other medical professionals, to provide a comprehensive plan to care for the patients and keep them safe. I author research-based articles via ASHA and other online publications. I teach and mentor regularly throughout the year. I provide dysphagia expert consulting to companies and organizations through publications, live seminars, and live webinars. My special interests include medical complexity, geriatrics, high-risk populations, choking prevention, aspiration pneumonia, oral hygiene/infection control, and end-of-life decision-making.