Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Voice & Swallowing Center

09/10/2024

Happy FIRST day to the one and only Caroline Crocker, our newest voice, swallowing, and upper airway SLP CF! 🥳 We’re so glad you’re here!

09/05/2024

Our pleasure!!!!

Thank you, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Voice & Swallowing Center, for your support of Greensboro Opera's 2024-2025 Season as a Playbill advertiser.

You provide state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment for people with voice, swallowing, and upper airway problems and Greensboro Opera is honored and grateful for your partnership.

08/28/2024

We’re thrilled to announce that our clinical fellow, Courteney McClutchy, has officially completed her SLP Clinical Fellowship in voice, swallowing, and upper airway disorders! Her passion, dedication, and outstanding work have not only made a lasting impact on our patients, but also on our entire team.

And here’s the exciting news... she’s not going anywhere! Courteney was so exceptional that we’ve invited her to stay on as a permanent member of our Voice and Swallowing Center family. We couldn’t be happier to continue this journey with her as we grow and expand our team.

08/05/2024

Our voice and swallowing team recently had the privilege to hear from Emily Nauman, MA, CCC-SLP. She is a speech-language pathologist at National Jewish Health in Colorado with expertise in the evaluation and treatment of inducible laryngeal obstruction. She presented on her team’s multidisciplinary Exercise Induced Laryngeal Obstruction (EILO) clinic as well as new considerations for EILO differential diagnosis.

Our team of SLPs and Laryngologists meet bi-monthly for VASE (Voice, Airway, Swallowing Education). During these multidisciplinary meetings (led by our outstanding Clinical Fellow), we invite leaders in the field to share their expertise and spark cross-institutional conversations.

Are you interested in speaking at an upcoming VASE meeting? Please email kathryn.ruckart@wakehealth.edu for more information.

06/04/2024

Last week, we had the privilege to hear from Dr. Emily Plowman, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA. Dr. Plowman established and directs the Aerodigestive Research Core (ARC) laboratory across two sites: Ohio State University and the University of Florida. She presented on Value Based Care of Dysphagia with a specific focus on her research investigating dysphagia in cardiac surgical patients.

Our voice and swallowing team meets bi-monthly for VASE (Voice, Airway, Swallowing Education). During these multidisciplinary meetings (led by our outstanding Clinical Fellow), we invite leaders in the field to share their expertise and spark cross-institutional conversations.

Are you interested in speaking at an upcoming VASE meeting? Please email kathryn.ruckart@wakehealth.edu for more information.

06/03/2024

We are excited to share that Walt Fritz will be offering his hands-on seminar “Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders” at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. This event will take place on July 11-12, 2024 at Biotech Place in Winston-Salem, NC.

Register by June 20 for the early bird registration fee! Group discounts are also available. For full details, visit waltfritzseminars.com or call 585-244-6180.

04/01/2024

The Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery and the Voice and Swallowing Center are excited to share the news about an important event benefiting our community. 

Partners in Care is a non-profit dedicated to supporting head and neck cancer patients. After a record-breaking inaugural year, Winston-Salem was selected again to host one of many nationwide fundraising 5K / 10K and 2-mile walks.

Please join us in supporting this great cause!

✅ Register Now: Link in Bio ✅

🗓️ Saturday, May 4, 2024
🕘 9:00 AM
📍Jamison Park - Muddy Creek Greenway
Winston-Salem, NC

⭐️ All proceeds will be used locally for head and neck cancer patients in need of financial assistance

⭐️ Free t-shirt for those who register before April 24

⭐️ Virtual, in-person, or donation options available

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03/19/2024

This week, we had the privilege to hear from Dr. Brian Hernandez, one of our very own past residents and current fellowship-trained laryngologist with the Head and Neck Cancer Center at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute. Dr. Hernandez presented on pearls of wisdom he gained regarding dysphagia management during his laryngology fellowship.

Our voice and swallowing team meets bi-monthly for VASE (Voice, Airway, Swallowing Education). During these multidisciplinary meetings (led by our outstanding Clinical Fellow), we invite leaders in the field to share their expertise and spark cross-institutional conversations.

Are you interested in speaking at an upcoming VASE meeting? Please email kathryn.ruckart@wakehealth.edu for more information.

01/23/2024

Our guest speaker this month is Nicole Herndon, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S from the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida. She is the primary SLP at the UF Fixel Institute where she specializes in outpatient care of persons with progressive neurological disorders. Her clinical interests include evaluation and treatment of motor speech disorders, cognitive-linguistic impairments, and swallowing dysfunction in persons with neurological disease.

Our voice and swallowing team meets bi-monthly for VASE (Voice, Airway, Swallowing Education). During these multidisciplinary meetings (led by our outstanding Clinical Fellow), we invite leaders in the field to share their expertise and spark cross-institutional conversations.

Are you interested in speaking at an upcoming VASE meeting? Please email kathryn.ruckart@wakehealth.edu for more information.

01/04/2024

Students from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts School of Drama celebrate completion of the annual Vocal Health & Wellness Screening during a fall 2023 event at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Voice & Swallowing Center in Winston-Salem, NC.

This partnership, fostered between the Voice & Swallowing Center and the School of Drama - and the School of Music at UNCSA - , educates young professional voice users on their voice and provides them with a baseline video laryngostroboscopy (imaging of the voice during phonation) at the start of their program.

Students were scoped by (front row, RT to LF) Amy K. Morris, a Voice & Upper Airway Specialized Speech-Language Pathologist and Singing Voice Specialist, ENT resident Syndney T. Cannon, MD and Morgan P. Bredow, PA- C (Otolaryngology) and accompanied by drama faculty member Geordie MacMinn (back left).