MacKenzie Vallee

Speech Language Pathologist @Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver, BC, CA

Provided intensive, individualized assessment and treatment to patients presenting with acquired brain injury to support communication, cognition, and swallowing goals. •Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes and support reintegration into the community, including return to work or school. •Provided education and counselling to patients, caregivers, and allied health professionals to facilitate safe swallowing strategies and supportive conversation strategies for aphasia. •Patient population: stroke, encephalitis, traumatic brain injury, anoxia, glioblastoma, neurosurgery, dementia, and neurodegenerative disease (ALS, Parkinson’s, cerebral palsy, and Guillain-Barre).

University of Waterloo

Bachelor of Honours Science - BHSc

Western University

Master’s of Clinical Science (MCISc) Candidate in Speech-Language Pathology