NW Clinic for Voice & Swallowing
The OHSU NW Clinic for Voice and Swallowing was founded 14 years ago and has recently been expanded to provide more services and multi-disciplinary ("one-stop shopping" for your care) providers. As part of OHSU - Oregon's only academic health center - we are a leading Northwest center for voice care, swallowing problems, vocal treatment, research and training.
We offer:
- State-of-the-art vocal care for those who use their voices professionally
- Singing-voice specialists
- Leading-edge treatment for anyone (professional or not) with any type of voice or swallowing disorder
- Advanced technology for vocal cord imaging and vocal analysis
- A team approach, with experienced otolaryngologists and speech pathologists
- A strong medical resource for the community for care, education, and research.
As part of our commitment to your care, our doctors are constantly improving their services, educating the community, and providing future physicians with the information they need to provide quality care for patients with voice and swallowing problems.
Please continue to read through our website, and find out a little more about our providers, what a typical visit includes, the anatomy of your voice and swallowing system, medical conditions that affect the voice and swallowing, tools we use to diagnose the problem, and rehabilitation treatments and therapies we provide for our patients.
Training and Education
As part of the commitment we make to educating our community doctors, we provide courses and conferences to present new treatments and research on voice and swallowing. The Northwest Center for Voice & Swallowing Quarterly Grand Rounds is a professional development lecture series for Otolaryngologists (ENT doctors) and Speech-Language Pathologists that will include a variety of topics, speakers, and interactive discussion among attendees. If you would like more information, or to get on our NWCVS mailing list, please email us at enthns@ohsu.edu.
OHSU Introductory Fees Course
The two-day OHSU Introductory FEES course will be offered on March 17-18, 2012. The course announcement and registration form are available here. Please email Andrew Palmer (palmeran@ohsu.edu) for more information.
Check back and keep an eye out for more Laryngectomy-related education opportunities to come!
Clinical Fellowship (CF) in Speech Language Pathology 2012-13
Full time clinical fellowships are being offered at the NW Center for voice and Swallowing, Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery at OHSU. The primary purpose of the program is to train professionals in the areas of voice and swallowing disorders. Training in direct patient care to patients (adult and pediatric) with voice disorders, laryngeal voice restoration, speech and swallowing disorders after head and neck cancer, and adult dysphagia.
Training program description for Speech-Language Pathology
The training program is primarily clinical in nature. The NWCVS at OHSU has a faculty of six speech-language pathologists. Training experiences include interdisciplinary team assessments of adults and children with voice disorders and vocal cord dysfunction, adult dysphagia, laryngeal rehabilitation, speech and swallowing disorders in the head and neck cancer patient. Independent study and collaborative research is part of the training program. Didactic offerings, both at the NW Center for Voice and Swallowing at OHSU and at the greater OHSU system augment the Fellowship experience.
Qualifications
Applicants should have a minimum of a master's degree in speech-language pathology and meet all of the requirements for certification except the Clinical Fellowship. Applicants must meet all of the requirements for the Oregon Board of Examiners Conditional License in Speech-Language Pathology.
Applicants should submit: 1) a letter of intent including background and areas of interest, and 2) a resume including at least two references qualified to comment on the status and performance of the applicant. Applications are due by March 31, 2012.
Terms
A stipend is available for the 2012-13 academic year, on a 12 month appointment. the beginning date for the fellowship is the first week of September.
Letters and inquiries should be addressed to:
Donna J Graville, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, Director of the NW Center for Voice and Swallowing
Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, PV 01
Portland, OR 97239
(503) 494-3228 Phone
(503 ) 494-4631 Fax
graville@ohsu.edu
How to Make an Appointment
If you would like to make an appointment in the NW Clinic for Voice and Swallowing, please call 503 494-5947. If you would like more information about our doctors and staff, please go to our providers page, or click here.
