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Melissa Bidlack, MS, MM, CCC-SLP Lee Silverman Voice Treatment. Member of ASHA SID 3 and NATS.
Melissa Bidlack, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist and singing voice specialist at Johns Hopkins Voice Center. She completed her clinical fellowship at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, specializing in voice, swallowing, and neurological disorders. Ms. Bidlack received her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Columbia University Teachers College. She also holds a Master of Music degree from Rice University in Vocal Performance. Prior to her career in speech-language pathology, she performed as a professional opera singer and served on the voice faculty at Whitman College.
Patti Caudill, MS, CCC-SLP Member of ASHA SID 2, SID 13, National Association of Neonatal Therapists, PROMPT trained
Patti's professional interests include pediatric feeding-swallowing disorders, apraxia and other speech-language disorders, and resonance disorders due to cleft palate/velopharyngeal dysfunction. She also specializes in the rehabilitation of neurogenic speech-language and swallowing disorders. She serves as adjunct faculty at Towson University and Loyola University. Patti is a member of the Greater Baltimore Cleft Lip and Palate Team. She participates in international missions and research to develop post-operative speech-resonance treatment services to children with cleft palate in underserved areas.
Lisa Clossey, MS Member of ASHA, SID - 2 Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders; SID-13 Special Interest Group 13, Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia). Board Certified Brain Injury Specialist.
Lisa’s clinical interests are in the areas of swallowing disorders, adult speech, language, and cognition following neurological impairments including stroke and traumatic brain injury.
Jordan M. Differding, MS, CCC-SLPJordan graduated with his Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology in 2015 from Loyola University-Maryland. He completed his clinical fellowship at Mayo Clinic-Rochester. Jordan’s clinical interests are in the areas of swallowing, speech, language and voice disorders and rehabilitation, with an emphasis in the head and neck cancer population. He is also a member of an international mission that researches and develops post-operative speech-resonance treatment services to children with cleft palate in underserved areas.
Dorothy Gold, MSW, LCSW-C, OSW-CBoard certified oncology social worker, member of the Association of Oncology Social Workers, National Association of Social Workers, and the Academy of Certified Social Workers.
Dorothy has a special interest in assisting head and neck cancer patients and their families with the adjustments related to diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
Rebecca Goldstein, MA, CF-SLPCertified in Lee Silverman Voice Treatment, and Buteyko Breathing Method
Rebecca Goldstein is a speech language pathologist at the Johns Hopkins Voice Center specializing in voice disorders. She graduated with her Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Rebecca studied vocal performance at the University of Maryland, as well as Theater and dance at Muhlenberg College. She was a former music elementary school music teacher and private vocal coach.
Karen Harrer, MSW, LCSW-C, OSW-C Board Certified Oncology Social Worker, Member of Association of Oncology Social Workers
Karen has a clinical interest in assisting head and neck cancer patients and their families with the emotional adjustments and practical issues related to diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
Natasha Hearn, MS, CCC-SLP
Natasha graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology in 2010 and from Loyola University Maryland with her Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology in 2017. She completed her clinical fellowship here at the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Cancer Center.
Her training has been focused on the evaluation and treatment of adult speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders following neurological impairments including stroke and traumatic brain injury. She also has experience in the evaluation and treatment of pediatric speech and language disorders with prior work at Kennedy Krieger and Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the special interest groups: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders.
Jason Kortte, M.S., CCC-SLP Member of ASHA, SID - 2 Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders; SID-13 Special Interest Group 13, Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia)
Jason’s clinical interests are in the areas of adult speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders following neurological impairments including stroke and traumatic brain injury. He has received specialized training in cognitive rehabilitation by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. As an affiliate faculty member at Loyola University, he has instructed graduate students on the assessment and treatment of aphasia.
Bethany Kirby, MS, CCC-SLP Member of ASHA, SIG 05, SIG 13
Bethany graduated from Loyola University Maryland with her Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology in 2011. She completed her clinical fellowship at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse, NY.
Her professional interests include diagnosis and treatment of pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders in the neonatal and cleft and craniofacial population. Bethany also has experience in evaluation and treatment of adult swallowing, speech, language, and cognitive disorders.
Stephanie Kwiatkowski, MS, CF-SLPGraduated from Loyola University Maryland with her Master’s Degree in 2019. She completes speech-language and feeding/swallowing evaluations and treatment sessions at the Milton J. Dance Center for children ages 0 months-18 years.
Deirdre O'Mara, MS, CCC-SLPDeirdre’s professional interests include diagnosis and treatment of speech-language disorders in pediatrics. Deirdre is an experienced SLP, who previously worked in the public schools for many years treating pre-school and school aged children. Her expertise includes: early speech-language delays/disorder, school age speech-language disorders, and development of school based IFSPs and IEPs.
Barbara P. Messing, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, F-ASHA
Keri Ryniak, RD, CSO, LDN, CNSDBoard Certified Specialist in Oncology Dietitian
Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian
Member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Keri has a clinical interest in providing support and management of the nutritional needs of cancer patients. Keri is recognized as a Board Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition. She founded Wellness Wednesdays, held monthly. This educational session consists of nutrition information and cooking demonstration. These sessions are aimed at improving the knowledge of healthy eating and lifestyle for cancer prevention.
Karly Schwarz, MA, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist
Karly graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with her Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology in 2018. She completed her clinical fellowship in Georgia at a long-term acute care and inpatient rehabilitation hospital, and was a prior graduate clinician at the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center in 2018.
Her training and interests focus on the evaluation and treatment of speech, language, cognition, and swallowing disorders with adults following neurological impairments such as stroke or traumatic brain injury, as well as patients with progressive neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease. She is a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and is certified in Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT).
Dan Sherwood, MS/CCC-SP, HSE Focusing on rehabilitation and retraining of the professional voice.
Special interests include breathing retraining and movement education, with training in alternative/complementary disciplines, including Hanna Somatics®, Associative Awareness Technique™, Optimal Breathing®.
Jessica Silinonte, MS, CCC-SLP Jessica graduated from Loyola University Maryland with her Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology in 2011. She completed her clinical fellowship here at the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Cancer Center.
Her training has been focused on the evaluation and treatment of adult swallowing, and speech-language disorders with special interest in head and neck rehabilitation and voice.
Karen M. Ulmer, MS, RN, CORLN Karen is a member of SOHN and ONS, and is certified in Otorhinolaryngology, Head-Neck Nursing (CORLN) care.
Karen has 20+ years experience working with head and neck oncology patients and their families/friends. She enjoys helping patients achieve their individual goals during and after therapy.
Karen has expertise in the management of tracheostomies. She is available for inpatient and outpatient tracheostomy consultations.
Karen is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society, and is active in the Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses on both the local and national levels.
Sabrina is 1 of only 2 Administrative Surgical Posting Specialists at GBMC. Her role is to support Surgical Oncology patients in their journeys from Diagnosis to Surgery Day and she has over 25 years of experience in doing so. She has a very warm and inviting smile and personality that others are drawn to. She loves the interactions with our patients and is always willing to offer a kind, encouraging word, a hug or a laugh to lift their spirits.
Provides secretarial support for the department. Schedules and coordinates new and follow up patient appointments for The Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center with telephone support. Prepares and prints daily schedules and distributes to appropriate personnel. Reviews and verifies insurance information, referrals, and office notes in preparation for scheduled appointments. Collects co-pays, processes/closes credit card payments and records patient charges. Also provides support for complex check-out as backup.
Colleen assists the Administrative-Clinical Director with developing and implementing office practices that assure the best possible experience for our patients, hiring and training of front office staff, establishing objectives for the front office and evaluating performance. She also schedules office appointments and provides clerical support for the physicians and clinical staff.
Amanda is currently the Patient Accounts Coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Voice Center. Her duties include verifying insurance eligibility and obtaining authorizations and referrals for procedures. She is also responsible for verification of billing for the Voice Center doctors as well as the speech pathologists.
Terryn is currently the Medical Assistant for the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center. She has been a Medical Assistant for 8 years, and started her career at the University of Texas El Paso during her husband's deployment to Iraq. Her duties include direct patient care, obtaining vitals, updating medical history, assisting with office procedures, processing labs and results, medication refills, monitoring patient flow, as well as administrative support to physicians and office staff.
Provides front desk scheduling for the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center and the Johns Hopkins Voice Center at GBMC. Responsible for registration, scheduling, and preparing all necessary information for patients appointments. Collects copays, processes/closes credit cards and records patient charges.
Schedules and coordinates new and follow up patient appointments for The Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center and The Johns Hopkins Voice Center with telephone support. Primary registration for The Johns Hopkins Voice Center. Review of patient billing sheets, referrals, and office notes in preparation for scheduled appointments daily. Collects co-pays, processes/closes credit card payments and records patient charges.
Catherine provides secretarial and scheduling support for the department. Schedules and coordinates new and follow up patient appointments for Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Surgery. She prepares daily schedules, registering patients, ensuring referrals and authorizations are obtained and all intake information and clinical notes are available for scheduled appointments daily. She collects co-pays, processes/closes credit card payments and records patient charges. Performs detailed and precise data entry for patients in Epic. Participates in staff orientation and education.
Ewa worked for 8 year as a registered nurse in Poland. She joined John Hopkins Voice Center at GBMC in December, 2013 after receiving the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant credential from National Health Career Association. Ewa is responsible for escorting patients, obtaining vitals, updating electronic health record, sending reports, refilling medication requests, setting up instrumentation and procedure rooms.
Provides secretarial support for the department. Schedules and coordinates new and follow up patient appointments for The Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center and The Johns Hopkins Voice Center. She is responsible for scheduling pediatric patients as well. Responsibilities includes organization of daily appointments standard work flow. She reviews patient billing sheets, referrals, and office notes in preparation for scheduled appointments daily. Collects co-pays, processes credit card payments, and records patient charges. Ursula also verifies insurance eligibility and obtains prior authorizations for services. She also is responsible for verification of daily clinical billing at the center.
Josita Peters joined The Milton J. Dance, Jr., Head & Neck Center in August of 2006. She started as an Insurance Specialist, then transferred over to Senior Medical Secretary. Josita's responsibilities are preparing the exam rooms for patients, setting up for different procedures, tracking SLP reports, sending reports to physicians, ordering supplies, obtaining vitals, and lab work.
Provides secretarial support for the department. Schedules and coordinates new and follow up patient appointments for The Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center and The Johns Hopkins Voice Center with telephone support. Primary registration for The Johns Hopkins Voice Center. Prepares and prints daily schedule and distributes to appropriate personal. Review of patient billing sheets, referrals, and office notes in preparation for scheduled appointments daily. Collects co-pays, processes/closes credit card payments and records patient charges. Participates in staff orientation and education.
Monitors research studies being done at The Milton J. Dance Jr. Head and Neck Center at GBMC. Verifies that our center and study personnel are conducting research according to protocol and regulatory requirements to ensure protection and ethical treatment of our patients whom participate. Perform monitoring activities of studies; collecting accurate and verifiable data and documents. Facilitates and participates in the informed consent process and conducting research patient visits.
Provides front desk scheduling for the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center and the Johns Hopkins Voice Center at GBMC. Responsible for registration, scheduling, and preparing all necessary information for patients appointments. Collects copays, processes/closes credit cards and records patient charges.
Emily is the Patient Accounts Coordinator for the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head & Neck Center. Her duties include verifying insurance eligibility and obtaining prior authorizations. She is also responsible for verification of billing for the Dance center clinicians.
Krystal is currently a Medical Assistant for the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center. She is a new medical assistant. After getting her certification in October 2018, she completed her internship at GBMC. Her duties include direct patient care, obtaining vitals, updating medical history, assisting with office procedures, processing labs and results, medication refills, monitoring patient flow, as well as administrative support to physicians and office staff.
Jeanne Vance's and Laddie Dance's dream for cancer patients to see their future as an opportunity for hope and peace of mind is realized every day by the patients at the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Rehabilitation Center.
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