Rebecca Inzana
Speech Language Pathologist @Massachusetts General Hospital
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WORK HISTORY
Speech Language Pathologist @Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, US
Provide consultative diagnostic and therapeutic services to adult inpatients demonstrating acute swallowing, speech, language, and cognitive impairments.Communicate and collaborate as a valued member of interprofessional teams to arrive at optimal patient care outcomes.Expertly guide decision making around non-oral feeding based on diagnosis, prognosis, and patient/family goals.Perform and interpret Videoflouroscopic Swallow Studies and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES.)Refer appropriately for post-acute speech-language pathology services and medical specialists as warranted.Educate patients and families regarding communication/cognitive/ swallowing diagnoses, prognoses, goals, and community resources.Initiate educational opportunities with physicians, nurses and other health professionals to maximize team understanding and implication of of cognitive, language, speech and swallowing disorders.Participate in promotion, training and implementation of MGH Swallow Screening Protocol. Promote teamwork and intradepartmental initiatives to maximize team efficiency and ultimately patient care.Direct an innovative clinical experience in medical speech pathology for area graduate students.Supervise graduate students of Communication Disorders within their graduate clinical placement at MGH.Mentor junior clinicians.
EDUCATION
Boston University
Master of Science, Speech-Language Pathology
Hamilton College
A.B. Liberal Arts, French Language and Literature
Lesley University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (student), Interdisciplinary Educational Studies
ABOUT REBECCA INZANA
Medical speech-language pathologist in acute care setting with advanced clinical expertise in dysphagia and motor speech diagnostics, management of swallowing disorders in acutely ill patients, and clinical decision making.Clinical Educator with scholarship interests centered around interprofessional teaming in healthcare, interprofessional simulation, clinical education, and sociological factors influencing interprofessional collaboration.Member, MGH’s Slavin Academy for Applied LearningPhD student, Interdisciplinary Educational Studies: Interprofessional Learning and Practice in Healthcare.
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