Mary is the former Senior Clinical Specialist in the VitalStim Division for Chattanooga Group supporting and educating physician groups, administrators and SLPs on Dysphagia management and the implementation of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Dysphagia therapy. This role also included active work with research, education, and new product development. Mary is one of a select few Certified VitalStim Instructors. She has taught over 300 courses in dysphagia and MBS interpretation. She previously worked at Baptist Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation in the Inpatient, Outpatient and Pediatric departments. Mary was instrumental in developing the Dysphagia program in the outpatient department and the speech department of the Pediatric Rehab. She serves as a knowledgeable resource in Dysphagia to therapists around the country.
Financial Disclosure: Mary receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of her live courses and royalties for the purchase of her recorded courses.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Mary uses VitalStim Therapy in her clinical practice.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area)
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"thank you for this engaging course"
- Reno, NV / Sep 2019
"Very informative and will help with treatment of patients with ALS and Myasthenia Gravis. "
- Hereford, AZ / Sep 2019
"Interesting!"
- Sandia Park, NM / Aug 2019
"good reinforcement i recently have obtained a patient with MG which i will initiate NMES "
- Lake View, NY / Dec 2018
"great course"
- Medford, NY / Dec 2018
"Excellent and concise information that I will incorporate into my therapy with ALS patients."
- Rupert, ID / Dec 2018
"very interesting"
- Oldsmar, FL / Aug 2015
"I did like the information on muscles and how they work. This is a great refresher or introduction for less experienced clinicians. I did not feel like there was enough on treatment but this did seem to be very introductory level so for that level it is appropriate. The bulk of the course seemed to focus more on disease processes of ALS and MG which for me was not as helpful as info on fatigue."
- Abingdon, VA / Jun 2011