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  • Friday, Feb 9th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST
    (2) Feeding in Early Intervention
    Location: 23
    Professional: Mariana Polistchuk, M.S. CCC-SLP – Functional Pediatric Therapy
    Dysphagia
  • Friday, Feb 9th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST
    (3) State of Affairs: Medically Focused Graduate School Placements for Speech-Language Pathology in Illinois
    Location: 26
    Professional: Lea Rose Markham, M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-S – University of Chicago Medicine
    Professional: Juliana Marks, M.S., CCC-SLP – U Chicago Ingalls Memorial
    Dysphagia
  • Friday, Feb 9th
    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM CST
    (21-02) Subjective dysphagia complaints of patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia secondary to Parkinson's disease, head and neck cancer, and stroke and reliability of subjective measures in comparison to objective measures of dysphagia
    Location: Main Foyer
    Student: Emanuele M. Fernando, n/a – Elmhurst University
    Dysphagia
  • Friday, Feb 9th
    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM CST
    (21-11) Characterizing Temporal Events and Swallowing Physiology in Individuals with Oropharyngeal Head and Neck Cancer
    Location: Main Foyer
    Student: Nadia Ilse M. Van Den Berg, n/a – Northwestern University
    Student: Kate Davidson, MS, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina and Northwestern University
    Student: Rabab Rangwala, MS, CCC-SLP – Northwestern University
    Dysphagia
  • Friday, Feb 9th
    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    (28-01) Role of the Speech Language Pathologist in Stiff Person Spectrum Disorder: Managing Dysphagia and Dysarthria
    Location: Main Foyer
    Student: Margaret C. Devitt, n/a – RUSH University
    Dysphagia
  • Friday, Feb 9th
    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    (28-03) Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Swallowing: The Speech-Language Pathologists Role
    Location: Main Foyer
    Student: Eve L. Werth, n/a – Rush University
    Faculty: Lisa A. LaGorio, PhD, MPH, CCC-SLP – Rush University
    Dysphagia
  • Friday, Feb 9th
    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    (28-04) Recurrent Oral Cancer: Dysphagia Outcomes
    Location: Main Foyer
    Student: Megan Przepierski, B.S. – Rush University
    Faculty: Lisa A. LaGorio, PhD, MPH, CCC-SLP – Rush University
    Dysphagia
  • Saturday, Feb 10th
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST
    (43) Family-Centered, Trauma Informed Feeding Support in the Preterm and Medically Complex Infant
    Location: 30
    Professional: Marissa Ulm, MS, CCC-SLP; TIP – OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois
    Professional: Casie Phegley, MS, CCC-SLP, TIP, CNT – OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois
    Professional: Brooke Stamm, MS, CCC-SLP, TIP – Livingston County Special Services Unit
    Dysphagia
  • Saturday, Feb 10th
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    (48) Palliation and Ethics of Dysphagia Management: How Do We Discuss the End?
    Location: 31
    Professional: Colleen Williams, MS CCC-SLP – Morris Hospital
    Dysphagia