Medical speech-language pathologist of 12 years. Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders with advanced training patient safety, clinical informatics and human factors engineering from Harvard and UNC-W. Founder of the ASHA Patient Safety and Quality Member Advisory Group to partner with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to advance speech-language pathology and audiology in national safety and quality standards. Head and Neck SLP with the Head and Neck Specialists of WNC.