This is episode 109 of the Swallier Pride Podcast, and today's guest is Elizabeth Wycane.

Elizabeth is a medical SLP in the Hudson Valley, New York area who works in a community hospital

within a larger hospital system. She covers acute care,

inpatient rehab, critical and intensive care units, outpatient services, and home care services.

She has a specialty in dysphagia including fees, is an Ace Award recipient, and is a certified brain injury specialist.

She is passionate about her patients, their families, and educating the hospital team on all things related to communication disorders and life after trauma.

She especially enjoys supervising grad students whom she's had the honor of working

with over the past several years and as a guest lecturer in dysphagia at the

graduate level.

She is pursuing further advanced education

towards dysphagia practice, leadership opportunities,

and is involved in medical device innovation.

Welcome to the Swallow Your Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board

certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders and I know firsthand

how much confusing and conflicting information there is out there about how we

assess and treat swallowing disorders. This podcast is all about bringing everyone

together, getting on the same page, being open to new ideas, and using evidence-based treatment strategies for our patients

with dysphagia.

So let's get into it.

Just a quick disclaimer that all statements and opinions expressed in this episode do not reflect on the organizations associated with the speakers and are their own opinions solely.

Hello, Theresa, how are you? I'm wonderful. How are you? I'm great. So tell the people a little bit about yourself.

All right. I'm Elizabeth Wicane. I'm a medical speech language pathologist. I work in a community hospital in upstate New York not like in the

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