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Keynote Speakers

  • Dr. Greg Jicha: Professor of Neurology, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky

Invited Speakers

  • Dr. Michelle Ciucci: Speech-Language Pathologist, Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
  • Dr. Georgia Malandraki: Speech-Language Pathologist, Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University
  • Dr. Emily Plowman: Speech-Language Pathologist, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Dr. Michelle Troche: Speech-Language Pathologist, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Teachers College, Columbia University

Schedule

Friday, September 13, 2024
4:30pm Registration  
5:30pm Reception  
6:30pm Keynote: Development of the model of dementia and the need for a similar model in dysphagia Jicha
7:30pm Adjourn  

 

Saturday, September 14, 2024
7:00am Continental Breakfast/Registration  
7:45am Welcome and Overview Suiter
8:00am Aged care - State of the science, Aged care and dysphagia—the value of consensus Jicha
9:00am Dysphagia in aging populations—process for finding consensus Carnaby
9:30am Dysphagia in aging populations—next steps in dissemination procedures Brodsky
10:00am Coffee Break  
10:30am Teletherapy and how it can be used to meet the needs of older individuals with dysphagia who live in rural areas Malandraki
11:30am Lunch Break (on own)  
1:00pm Progressive supranuclear palsy and other complex neurodegenerative diseases and dysphagia Troche
2:00pm Post-CABG/cardiac/stroke and how dysphagia would be affected in these patients Plowman
3:00pm Coffee Break  
3:30pm Alzheimer’s disease and dysphagia Ciucci
4:30pm Panel Discussion  
5:00pm Adjourn  

 

Sunday, September 15, 2024
7:00am Continental Breakfast/Registration  
7:45am Welcome and Overview Suiter
8:00am Presentation and review of modified Delphi iterative procedures (overview) Carnaby
8:15am Use/training/practice of audience response system Brodsky
8:30am Modified Delphi Round 1 Suiter/Carnaby/Brodsky
9:30am Coffee Break  
10:00am Modified Delphi Round 2 Suiter/Carnaby/Brodsky
11:00am Modified Delphi Round 3 Suiter/Carnaby/Brodsky
12:00pm Adjourn