Faculty and Staff Profiles

• Professor, Speech-Language Pathology
• Faculty member since 1974
• Director of the Anatomical Sciences Laboratory
• Clinical Associate Professor, Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

• Education
• Ph.D.,University of Pittsburgh,  1975
• M.S., Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1971
• B.A., Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1969

Credentials

• Certificate of Clinical Competence, Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)
• Tennessee Licensure in Speech-Language Pathology

Research Interests

• Anatomy and physiology of the speech,voice and swallowing
• Developmental and aging changes in the larynx and vocal tract
• Upper airway clinico-pathology
• Disorders of the larynx and velopharyngeal mechanism
• Application of histologic techniques and medical imaging to the study of the functional morphology of the speech mechanism
• Comparative anatomy of the vocal tract and larynx

Teaching Interests

• Anatomy and physiology of the speech and vocal mechanisms
• Cleft Palate and craniofacial anomalies 
• Voice Disorders
• Communication disorders resulting from head-neck malignancies
• Developmental neuromotor disorders

Clinical Interests

• Rehabilitation of voice and resonance disorders
• Application of medical imaging in diagnosis and treatment of speech and vocal tract disorders
• Rehabilitation of persons with cleft palate and craniofacial anomalies
• Rehabilitation of persons with swallowing and upper airway dysfunction

• Professor, Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology - The University of Memphis - 1991- Present
• Director, Anatomical Sciences Laboratory - The University of Memphis - 1982 - Present
• Full Member Graduate Faculty, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology - The University of Memphis - through 2013
• Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery - University of Tennessee, Memphis - College of Medicine - 2010-Present
• Professor (adjunct faculty), Dept of Otolaryngology-Head&Neck Surgery - Drexel University College of Medicine - 2004-2007; 2007-2009;2009-2012

• Honorable Mention Award- David Brewer Research Poster Competition - The Voice Foundation - 2009
• Editor's Award-Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Research - American Speech-Language and Hearing Association - 2007
• Ambramson Memorial Lecturer in Laryngology - Department of Otolaryngology & Communication Disorders, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine - 2001
• Sally Starr Hilliard Mentoring Award - The University of Memphis - 2001
• Distinguished Lecturer - 2000 Matthews-Rubin Lecture - The University of Pittsburgh - 2000
• G. Paul Moore Distinguished Lecturer - The Voice Foundation - 1999
• Cracovaner Lecturer - New York Eye and Ear Infirmiry - New York Medical College - 1997
• Fellow - American Speech-Language and Hearing Association - 1992
• Editor's Award- Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Research - American Speech-Language and Hearing Asociation - 1983
• First Awards for Scientific Merit-Scientific Exhibit & Excellence of Presentation - American Speech, Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention - 1979
• First Award for Excellence of Presentation - Scientific Exhibit - American Speech, Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention - 1979
• Second Award for Scientific Merit-Scientific Exhibit - American Speech, Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention - 1973