Speech-Language Pathologist

Speech-Language Pathologist — Northwestern Memorial Health

Chicago, IL | January 2024 – Present

• Administered 180+ comprehensive speech, language, cognitive, and dysphagia evaluations annually using CELF-5 and GFTA-3, generating diagnostic reports and custom treatment plans for a diverse patient caseload.
• Directed daily therapy sessions for 35+ pediatric and adult patients, incorporating PECS and Proloquo2Go AAC systems to improve functional communication outcomes by 28% across a 12-month treatment cycle.
• Coordinated with a multidisciplinary team of 14 occupational therapists, physical therapists, and physicians to deliver patient-centered stroke rehabilitation, increasing program completion rates by 18%.
• Supervised 3 Clinical Fellows during their residency terms, providing structured clinical feedback on diagnostic procedures and dysphagia management guidelines to ensure 100% compliance with ASHA standards.

Clinical Fellow / Speech-Language Pathologist — Chicago Therapy Services

Chicago, IL | August 2020 – December 2023

• Managed a caseload of 40+ school-aged children with speech sound disorders and language delays, executing IEP goals and achieving a 95% retention rate over a 3-year tenure in a school-based setting.
• Conducted 85+ swallowing evaluations (FEES and MBSS) in collaboration with radiology partners, facilitating safe diet texture recommendations that reduced aspiration pneumonia rates by 22%.
• Facilitated 50+ family education and counseling workshops, training caregivers on home-based speech strategies and language stimulation techniques to increase therapeutic consistency by 35%.
• Designed and implemented a clinical documentation workflow template in Epic EMR, reducing the department's weekly administrative logging overhead by 6 hours and accelerating billing submissions.

Dysphagia management, AAC devices, Pediatric speech therapy, Cognitive-linguistic rehabilitation, Swallowing assessments (FEES, MBSS), IEP implementation, Standardized diagnostic testing, Aphasia rehabilitation, Epic EMR, Clinician's Desktop, Proloquo2Go, TouchChat, Multidisciplinary collaboration, Patient counseling, Caregiver training

AAC Integration & Training Program

Role: Lead Speech-Language Pathologist

Tools: Proloquo2Go, Boardmaker, TouchChat

Introduced AAC communication boards across 3 regional schools, training 24 educators and enabling 45 non-verbal students to express functional needs daily.

Dysphagia Screening Protocol Optimization

Role: Speech-Language Pathologist

Tools: Epic EMR, MBSS, FEES

Standardized dysphagia screening protocols across outpatient clinics, reducing average referral-to-evaluation lag time from 14 days to 4 days.

• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) (2021)
• Illinois State Licensure in Speech-Language Pathology (2020)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification (2025)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Bilingual)
• Affiliations: Active Member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Availability: 3 weeks notice