ANCDS Podcasts

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Ep. 22: A Conversation with Therese O'Neil-Pirozzi & McKay Sohlberg of the ANCDS TBI Writing Group

Nov 17 2023 58 mins

Dr. Therese O’Neil-Pirozzi ([email protected]) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northeastern University, a research faculty member of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, and a practicing clinician. She is the author/co-author of numerous peer-reviewed

Ep. 21: A Conversation with Alaina Davis and Sucheta Kamath of the ANCDS REDI Committee

May 23 2023 54 mins

Alaina S. Davis, Ph.D, CCC-SLP/L, CBIST (committee chair) is an associate professor at Howard University and a Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainer. She has expertise in cognitive-communicative disorders associated with TBI. Her research lab is the Center for Cognitive-Communicative Skills, which focuses on adolescents and adults with sport-related concussion and return-to-lea

Ep. 20 - A Conversation with Tim Schut: An Inside Perspective on Living with Primary Progressive…

Oct 21 2022 42 mins

Tim Schut was raised on a farm near Chester, South Dakota. After graduating from Chester High School, Tim pursued a degree in Marketing at Northern State University. After college, Tim has worked as a collector, a business development analyst, an inbound call center manager, a Financial Advisor, and a Private Banking Manager. Tim currently serves as a commercial real estate agent w

Ep. 19 - A Conversation with Margaret Lehman Blake and Shannon M. Sheppard: Right Hemisphere Damage

Feb 16 2022 78 mins

Margaret Lehman Blake is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Houston. Her research focuses on cognitive-communication disorders associated with right hemisphere brain damage to understand the underlying deficits and to develop treatments. She is the author of The Right Hemisphere and Disorders of Cognition and Communi

Ep. 18 - A Conversation with Peter Meulenbroek: ANCDS Writing Group for Traumatic Brain Injury

Jul 21 2021 59 mins

Peter Meulenbroek, PhD, CCC-SLP, uses sociolinguistic description and theory about talk at work to develop new ways to assess and treat persons with TBI who hope to return to stable employment. He runs the Social Communication and Cognitive Abilities Lab where he has developed online assessment and treatment tools for social communication deficits after TBI. He is interested in inc

Ep. 17 - The Clinical Fellowship Year Experience

Jul 27 2020 63 mins

Nayiri Adessian is a licensed and certified speech language pathologist who earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Cognitive Science from Montclair State University and her Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences from California State University, Northridge in May 2018. Nayiri completed her clinical fellowship at Nancy Sedat and As

Ep. 16 Brendan Constantine – A conversation with Brendan Constantine about poetry and aphasia

Nov 14 2019 51 mins

Brendan Constantine is a nationally recognized poet based in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in many of the nation’s poetry standards, including Best American Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Tin House, Ploughshares, Virginia Quarterly, and Poem-a-Day. His first book, ‘Letters to Guns’ (2009 Red Hen Press) received wide acclaim and is now taught in schools across the country. Hi

Ep. 15 - A Conversation w/ Ronda Winans-Mitrik and Patrick Doyle: Intensive Aphasia Treatment

Jul 02 2019 68 mins

Ronda Winans-Mitrik, MA, CCC-SLP, has been a Speech-Language Pathologist since 2009. She began her career at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) by providing intensive, evidence-based aphasia treatment to veterans and active duty service members from across the United States through the Program for Intensive Aphasia Treatment & Education (PIRATE). Since that time, she has p

Ep. 14 - A Conversation w/ Heather Clark - Diagnosing & Treating Motor Speech Disorders & Clinical…

Dec 04 2018 86 mins

Heather Clark, PhD, BC-ANCDS, is Chair of Speech Pathology in the Department of Neurology and Associate Professor in the College of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is board-certified by the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her clinical responsibilities include differ

Ep. 13 - A Conversation w/ Ramani Voleti: A Personal Experience w/ Board Certification and Aspects…

Oct 09 2018 67 mins

Ramani Voleti, M.S., CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, is an assistant teaching professor and speech language pathologist at the Gebbie Clinic at Syracuse University. She has several years of experience working in different settings and in different countries (India, Malaysia, Botswana, and US). Her clinical and research interests include acquired neurogenic speech/language disorders, dysphagia,