THE 2025 NEW YORK CITY DYSPHAGIA SYMPOSIUM

Dr. Alizadeh is a double board-certified physician in internal medicine and radiology, specializing in breast and body imaging. He completed his residency and fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in 2011 and has since been appointed Associate Professor of Radiology and Chief of Gastrointestinal Radiology. His research and clinical interests focus on bariatric surgery, abdominal post-operative imaging, and fluoroscopy.  He serves as co-director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Conference at Northwell Health and regularly contributes to morbidity and mortality conferences. Dr. Alizadeh has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on various aspects of radiology.

Financial Disclosure: Receives salary from Northwell Health. No other relevant financial disclosures.

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Catherine Arnold, MD 

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Adam Barnathan, DO , is a double board-certified physician in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine. He serves as the Medical Director of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Addiction Recovery in York, Rotation Director for the UPMC Addiction Medicine Fellowship, Clinical Faculty in Emergency Medicine at UPMC, and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. 
 
With a strong background in medical education and interdisciplinary collaboration, Dr. Barnathan is committed to advancing patient care through system-wide initiatives. He serves on the Biomedical Ethics Committee and Consultation Service, as well as multiple interdisciplinary committees spanning hospital and community-based initiatives. He has contributed to medical education through curriculum development and is an author in an emergency medicine textbook. 
 
Dr. Barnathan has also been featured in media appearances covering a range of public health topics, including addiction treatment, stroke awareness, and emergency care. His expertise has contributed to public education efforts aimed at improving health literacy and access to critical medical services.

Financial Disclosure: Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement from Dysphagia Café. No other relevant financial disclosures.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Lauren Barnathan, M.S., CCC-SLP  is a medical speech-language pathologist with fifteen years experience across acute care and inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation for pediatrics and adults. 
 
Beyond her clinical work, Lauren is passionate about mentorship and education, having supervised graduate students, trained interdisciplinary teams, and led national stroke awareness initiatives. She is a clinician who continually evolves her practice to align with the latest research and patient-centered approaches. 
 
Lauren’s dedication to the field is deeply personal. In 2018, she survived a massive right MCA stroke caused by a spontaneous carotid artery dissection. As both a survivor and a clinician, she brings a unique and powerful perspective to stroke rehabilitation, communication access, and patient advocacy. Her lived experience has reshaped her approach to therapy, reinforcing the urgency of timely intervention, communication-centered care, and the emotional complexities of recovery. 
 
Lauren has participated in national media campaigns and initiatives to promote stroke education and awareness. Lauren remains committed to integrating wellness, rehabilitation, and endurance sports into her work, with a focus on holistic recovery and quality of life.

Financial Disclosure: Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference. No other relevant financial disclosures.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Pamela Dodrill, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CNT is a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing (BCS-S) and a Certified Neonatal Therapist (CNT).  She has worked with infants and children with feeding and swallowing disorders for over two decades. Before relocating to Boston to work at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital NICU, Pamela worked at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia.  Pamela completed her PhD through the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre in Brisbane, and continues to conduct clinical research in the area of infant and childhood feeding disorders and their management.  She is an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and regularly runs specialist training workshops for other health professionals. 

Financial Disclosure: Receives salary from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston)
Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-financial disclosure: Medical board position for Feeding Matters.

Dr. Lisa Evangelista is an Associate Professor and Director of Speech Pathology at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and is actively involved in clinical practice, academic research and educational training. She is a board-certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders. Dr. Evangelista’s academic interests include swallowing physiology following radiation therapy, alaryngeal voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomy surgery, and quality of life outcomes following surgical and medical interventions in head and neck oncology. In addition to lecturing nationally and internationally on diagnostics and therapeutics in swallowing rehabilitation, she has authored peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on dysphagia in head and neck cancers. She is involved in global humanitarian outreach and is a University of California, Davis Global Affairs Seed Grant recipient with a focus on sustainable healthcare practices in Africa. 

Financial Disclosure: UC Davis Global Affairs Seed Grant;  
Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure:No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Louisa Ferrara-Gonzalez, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CNT, CLC, NTMCT ,  a New York Native, has a doctoral degree in speech and language pathology who specializes in neonatal and pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders. She holds additional specialization as a: Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing disorders, Board Certified Neonatal Therapist, Certified Lactation Counselor, Neonatal Touch and Massage Certified Therapist and is a Trauma-Informed Professional. She has over 15 years of clinical experience working with medically fragile infants and children. She had served at NYU Langone Long Island Campus as manager of their pediatric feeding and swallowing program, and NICU feeding program for 10 years. Then transitioned to manage their NICU Dysphagia Research Team. She also leads a multi-state private practice called Infant Feeding Specialists, with the mission to help NICU, PICU and CVICU families find and receive the specialized feeding care they deserve after hospital discharge. 
 
As an active researcher, Dr. Louisa and her team aim to advance the evidence to support appropriate feeding practices for hospitalized infants and beyond. She publishes her research in high-standing, peer-reviewed journals. 
 
Dr. Louisa is an internationally sought out mentor, advisor, consultant, presenter and podcast speaker on all topics related to neonatal/pediatric feeding and swallowing development and disorders. She serves on various committees dedicated to advancing the care for this special population of children.

Financial Disclosure: Owner, Infant Feeding Specialists, Inc.Advisor, Sipple Care, Inc.Speaker’s Bureau, Mead Johnson, Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: NYU Langone Hospital, NICU Dysphagia Research Team; ASHA, PFD Conference Committee;
NANT, Conference Committee; SOOTHE, Data Safety Monitoring Board; NPA, Best Milk Publication Co-Author

Bonnie Martin Harris, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S, ASHA Fellow , is the Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor in the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery and Radiation Oncology, Director of the Swallowing Cross System Collaborative Laboratory, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the School of Communication at Northwestern University. Dr. Martin-Harris’ clinical and research interests include respiratory-swallowing interactions, and swallowing assessment and treatment approaches for dysphagic patients related to head and neck cancer, neurologic and pulmonary diseases. She has received funding from the National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH/NIDCD), the National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI), the Veteran’s Administration (VA RR&D), Michael J. Fox Foundation, Bracco Diagnostics Inc., and the Mark and Evelyn Trammell Trust. 

Financial Disclosure: NIH/NCI, 1R01CA262502-01, Training Swallowing Initiation during Expiration: Impact on Safety and Efficiency Following Treatment for Oropharyngeal Head and Neck Cancer, 2021-2026 (PI: Martin-Harris) 
MJFF-022749, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease, A Digital Therapeutic for Swallowing and Drooling Problems in Parkinson's, 2022-2025 (PI: Xu, Sub-PI: Martin-Harris) 
NIH/NIDDK R01DK122975-01, Excess Radiation Exposure in Infants and Children from Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies (PI: Bonilha, Co-I: Martin-Harris) 
Fellowship Grants, Bracco Diagnostics, Inc., 2019-2026 (PI: Martin-Harris) 
Copyright royalties from Northern Speech Services through agreement with Medical University of South Carolina 
U.S. provisional patent; Feb 16, 2018: US 62/710,324. Inventors: Shuai Xu, Kun Lee, Angela Roberts, Bonnie Martin-Harris, John Rogers.  
Salary from Northwestern University 
Past Disclosures:  
NIH/NIDCD, 2K24DC12801-07, Data Science Applications in Communication and Swallowing Disorders, 2020-2024 (PI: Martin-Harris) 
VA RR&D, 1I01RX002352-01A1, Clinical Impact of Respiratory Swallow Training on Refractory Dysphagia in OP HNC, 2018-2022 (PI: Martin-Harris) 
NIH/STTR, R41AG062023-01, A Therapeutic Wearable Sensor for Dysphagia, 2018-2022 (PI: Xu, Co-I Martin-Harris) 
Salary from Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital 
Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Kayla Hernandez, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CNT, CLC  Kayla Hernandez, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CNT, CLC is an acute care speech-language pathologist and coordinator of the inpatient feeding and swallowing program at Boston Children's Hospital.  She has a special interest in clinical and instrumental dysphagia assessment in neonates, infants and medically complex children. 

Financial Disclosure: Salary from Boston's Children's Hospital; Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference. 

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Marta Kazandjian, MA, CCC-SLP BRS-S, NBC-HWC, FASHA is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Surgery, Stony Brook Medicine and at Stony Brook University. She leads Speech Pathology and Swallowing as Dept. Head at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She is a Fellow of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association and is board certified in both swallowing and integrative whole health/wellness coaching. Marta is an invited national and international speaker and has extensive experience working with complex medically fragile populations particularly those with neurological and pulmonary impairments. Marta specializes in swallowing and communication impairment in these patient populations and has a particular interest in neurodegenerative disease, palliative care and end of life care. She believes that patient care is patient specific, treating the whole person. Her work in swallowing, verbal and non-verbal communication, tracheostomy and ventilator management is best represented by her peer reviewed articles, book chapters and text books. She recently co-authored her 3rd edition textbook, Communication and Swallowing Management of Tracheostomized and Ventilator Dependent Individuals, a resource for management of medically fragile individuals. Marta is one of the first medical speech pathologists in the country who is certified in integrative, whole health.

Financial Disclosure: Medbridge Inc.- Royalties; 
Northern Speech Services, Inc.-Royalties; 
Eat, Speak Breathe Publishing Inc. - Shareholder;
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital- Employee;
Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Gintas  Krisciunas, PhD, MPH, MA is a research assistant professor in the department of Otolaryngology at Boston University School of Medicine / Boston Medical Center, and has almost two decades of clinical outcome research experience.  He is the director of the Clinical Outcomes, Assessment, & Technological Innovation (COATI) Lab, and his research focuses on dysphagia in the head and neck cancer and ICU populations, the application of psychometrics to develop and test dysphagia outcome measurement tools, and the use of innovative technology to enhance clinical outcomes in oral cancer patients.  He currently works as a principal investigator or co-investigator on several NIH sponsored clinical trials, and regularly lectures at national and international conferences.  He is a member of the Boston University Medical Center Institutional Review Board and is a reviewer for eight SLP and Otolaryngology focused medical journals.  In collaboration with Dr. Susan Langmore, he cofounded Langmore FEES, LLC, which provides clinicians with rigorous and empirically supported FEES training. Outside of work, he serves on an advisory board at Freedom House, Inc. (a Boston based historic education & social justice non-profit), enjoys traveling, being outdoors, and most importantly spending time with his family.

Financial Disclosure: Receives a salary for employment from Boston University School of Medicine and has ownership interest in Langmore FEES, LLC. 
Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Georgia A. Malandraki, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, ASHA Fellow is Professor of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences and Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University and a Board-Certified Specialist in Swallowing Disorders. She investigates developmental and treatment neuroplasticity, and rehabilitative and telehealth interventions for dysphagia. Malandraki's work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIBIB, NIA, NINDS, NIDCD), and several foundations. She was the 2022-2023 President of the Dysphagia Research Society.

Financial Disclosure: Salary: Purdue University; Related Grants: NIH (NIBIB, NIA, and NINDS) and Purdue University 
Gift for related research: David C. Greulich & Deanna M. Greulich Research Gift Award; Industry: GnosisPowerED, LLC (CSO)  
IP: Patent holder and pending patents; Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference. 

Non-Financial Disclosure:

Dysphagia Research Society: Past President and Member; ASHA – Member; ISHA: Co-Chair of Telehealth Taskforce

Angela Mandas, MA, CCC-SLP is a graduate of California State University Fullerton. She has worked in Acute Care Hospitals, Skilled Nursing, Private Practice, Home Health, Non-Profit Clinics and in Academics. She is a well-respected Speech Language Pathologist in Southern California and works with teens, adults and geriatrics with chronic neurological dysphagia, dysarthria and cognitive disorders. She works fulltime at Brain Rehabilitation and Injury Network, a community-based therapy program and wellness center focusing on recovery. The survivors travel as far as Pakistan and are referred from hospitals, rehab centers and mostly word of mouth. She is the past President of the California Speech and Hearing Association and has taught numerous lectures for CSHA, ASHA and workshops for graduate students in Motor Speech Disorders. 

Financial Disclosure: Receives a salary from the Brain Rehabilitation and Injury Network in Cypress California, where she is the Lead Speech Language Pathologist. Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Sonja M Molfenter, Ph.D. CCC-SLP , is a clinically-trained speech language pathologist and an Associate Professor in the Communicative Sciences and Disorders Department at NYU Steinhardt. Dr. Molfenter directs the NYU Swallowing Research Lab which is focused on understanding the biomechanics of swallowing in the context of healthy aging and in select clinical populations.

Financial Disclosure: Salary from New York University. Research funding from the NIH grant R01AG079907. Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Gina L. Palma, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S , is a board-certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa and her graduate degree at Syracuse University. She works at Montefiore Medical Center in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. She also works at Bayberry Care Center. Gina’s clinical focus is on swallowing and swallowing disorders. She works with all adult patient populations, including those who have undergone total laryngectomy or who have had oropharyngeal cancer surgery or chemoradiation. Her expertise also includes managing voice prostheses as well as other types of voice restoration. 

Financial Disclosure: Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference. No other relevant financial disclosures.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Jo Puntil, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a highly respected leader in the field of Speech-Pathology, particularly in swallowing/communication disorders in Intensive and Acute Care. As an ASHA Fellow and past chair of the CFCC, she has made significant contributions to the profession. Her extensive background includes national and international lectures, and she has a strong presence on platforms like MedBridge, where she offers several courses. With over 35 years of experience, Jo has been instrumental in developing interdisciplinary rehabilitation programs in southern California and Utah, focusing on critical and acute care settings. Jo's numerous honors and publications reflect her dedication to advancing knowledge and practice in acute care, making her a valuable resource for both clinicians and researchers in the field. 

Financial Disclosure: Receives a Full Time Salary from St. George Regional Hospital. Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: ASHA CFCC: Past Chair;
Reviewer for Publications: AJSLP, AJSHR, DRS/Dysphagia

Sonja Molfenter, PhD, CCC-SLP is a clinically-trained speech language pathologist whose research specializes in understanding the physiological features of both normal swallowing and disordered swallowing. She is Director of the NYU Swallowing Research Lab. Her research focuses on naturally-occurring muscle loss in the pharynx as the result of aging. Her current NIH-funded research is focused on establishing methods to prevent or reverse age-related changes to the pharyngeal muscles. Dr. Molfenter also studies changes to swallowing function after cervical spine surgery.

Financial Disclosure: Receives salary from NYU; Research funds from NIH (1R01AG079907). Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement from Dysphagia Café.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Samantha Shune, PhD, CCC-SLP , is an Associate Professor in the Communication Disorders and Sciences Program at the University of Oregon. Her research and clinical interests include the effects of healthy and pathologic aging on the physiologic and psychosocial aspects of swallowing and mealtimes. She is particularly interested in better understanding shared food-related activities as opportunities to therapeutically target improved quality of life and health for older adults and their social networks (e.g., family members). By framing swallowing within the broader contexts of eating/mealtime and socialization processes, her work aims to develop more holistic, ecologically valid approaches to managing swallowing- and eating-related impairments.

Financial Disclosure: Salary from the University of Oregon; Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Heather Starmer PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow is a clinical Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Stanford University and the Director of Head and Neck Speech and Swallowing Rehabilitation at the Stanford Cancer Center.  She is a Board-Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders.  Her clinical practice and research focus on the management of individuals with head and neck cancer.  She is a Fellow of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association

Financial Disclosure: Salary from Stanford University; Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: Board position ABSSD, HNCA;
Co-chair Rehabilitation and survivorship service of AHNS;
Co-chair Membership committee DRS.

Michelle S. Troche, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow , is Professor and Program Director of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is director of the Laboratory for the Study of Upper Airway Dysfunction. Her research is aimed at improving health outcomes and quality of life associated with disorders of airway protection (i.e., swallowing and cough). To that end, she employs a two-pronged approach including both basic science and clinical research. Basic science research goals focus on developing a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying airway protection and its disorders. Clinical research goals are the development of novel and robust evaluation and treatment techniques for dystussia (deficits of cough function) and dysphagia (deficits of swallowing function). She is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and her clinical work has mainly been in the area of Movement Disorders where she has evaluated and treated the motor speech and airway protective function of hundreds of patients. 
 
She has expertise and has mentored students and taught in the areas of: cognitive-motor relationships, neural/myogenic adaptations to exercise and training, with emphasis on the swallowing, coughing and respiratory systems, and clinical disorders of motor speech, voice, and airway protection. Her research, teaching, and mentorship have been recognized by several awards, including a NIH NINDS Landis Award for Mentorship, and in her academic record. She directs a collaborative, multidisciplinary, and productive laboratory which creates a rich environment for trainees of all levels. Her research has been funded by National Institutes of Health, Michael J. Fox Foundation, CurePSP Foundation, National Ataxia Foundation, and ASHA.

Financial Disclosure: Salary - Teachers College, Columbia University; Grant Funds - National Institutes of Health (NINDS, NS126319); Royalties - MedBridge, Inc; Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference. 

Non-Financial Disclosure: Editorial Board Member - Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research; Member - ASHA, Dysphagia Research Society, International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology (ISARP).

Laurie Wennerholm, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CLT is a clinical specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders with over 26 years devoted to medical speech pathology. She has gained extensive experience in evaluating and treating speech-language, voice and swallowing impairments, with a specialization in head and neck cancer.  
 
Laurie received Specialty Certification in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders in 2006 and maintains her specialty recognition through leadership, education and scholarship. She is a Board Member of the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. Laurie also serves as an adjunct professor at New York University -- teaching the Dysphagia course at this institution. She has mentored and supervised many students completing clinical internships in medical speech pathology.  
 
Currently, she is employed at NYU Langone Health. Her focus is in evaluation and treatment of speech, voice and swallowing impairments in patients with head and neck cancers. Laurie is enthusiastic and passionate about her work and about eventually contributing to the body of literature that exists in dysphagia in the head and neck population. She is nearing completion of a PhD where her research aims to create a framework of care for individuals with laryngectomy. Her focus has always been the provision of evidenced-based, optimal care for the patient to maximize his/her/their quality of life.

Financial Disclosure: Receives salary from NYU Langone Health and NYU Steinhardt School of Education- Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders; Faculty- Norton School of Lymphatic Studies (Head and Neck Lymphedema Course Instructor); Received an honorarium and travel expense reimbursement for speaking at this conference.

Non-Financial Disclosure: American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders-Board Member 2023-present; ASHA Convention 2023, 2024 - Head and Neck Cancer Subcommittee Member; Reviewer: Head and Neck, Dysphagia.

Michelle Graham, MS, CCC-SLP is the Director of Clinical Care for Speech-Language Pathology at Lenox Hill Hospital. She has been practicing for 19 years and has worked in a variety of settings including, LTAC, acute-rehab, acute care and outpatient. At Lenox Hill Hospital she serves on the Ethics Committee and the Survivorship Committee for the Commission on Cancer.

Financial Disclosure: Receives salary from Northwell Health. No other relevant financial disclosures.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Lauren Goodless, MS, CCC-SLP is a Senior SLP at Lenox Hill Hospital. She specializes in caring for adult inpatients with stroke and other neurological diseases, and is cross-trained in the NICU. Lauren was a recipient of the WRAS Star Award for her skilled and compassionate care.

Financial Disclosure: Receives salary from Northwell Health. No other relevant financial disclosures.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Jonathan Waller, MA, CCC-SLP is the founder of Dysphagia Café. He has been a practicing SLP for 15 years, working both inpatient and outpatient, with primary interest in swallowing disorders. His primary clinical position is at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Hospital- Midtown in their multidisciplinary head neck program. In addition, he serves as adjunct faculty at Gordon College in Boston.

Financial Disclosure: Receives a salary as owner of Dysphagia Café. Receives a salary as full-time employee from Emory Healthcare.

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Priya Agarwala, MD joined Northwell Health in October 2023 as the Director of Interstitial Lung Disease for the Eastern Region to expand the program to the eastern parts of Long Island where there is a large unmet need. Prior to this, she was at NYU Langone Long Island for 7 years, initially joining as a general pulmonologist and intensivist, with a passion for procedures and teaching. She played an integral role in developing the pulmonary curriculum for the inaugural 3 year medical school and as well as expanding advanced bronchoscopy services. While there, she transitioned to Interstitial Lung Disease and under her directorship, formed a robust program aimed a multidisciplinary and wholistic approach to these complex patients.  She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Chicago with a major in economics and biology. After one year of consulting, she decided to pursue a career in medicine and attended Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her residency and fellowship at NYU Langone in Manhattan.

Financial Disclosure: Employee of Northwell Health

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.

Leslie Rosenthal, AuD,CCC/A, is the Senior Director of Operations for Speech and Audiology at the Northwell Health LIJ Hearing and Speech Center and the Apelian Cochlear Implant Center in New Hyde Park, NY. She is an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and is an Adjunct Professor for the Long Island AuD Consortium. Dr. Rosenthal has been an audiologist for over 30 years with a specific emphasis in pediatrics, ABR and Cochlear Implants.  She has been the Senior Audiologist for the LIJ Cochlear Implant program since its implementation in 2001. Dr Rosenthal was awarded the President’s Award for direct patient care from Montefiore Medical Center in 1996. Dr Rosenthal was awarded an AuD. Degree in March 2002 from the PCO School of Audiology 

Financial Disclosure: Receives salary from Northwell Health. No other relevant financial disclosures. 

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial disclosures.