Curriculum Vita
Michael J. Bamdad

 

 

MICHAEL JON BAMDAD

 

Education:

M.A., Speech-Language Pathology, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., May, 1991.

B.S., Speech and Hearing Science, minor: Psychology, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Cum Laude, May, 1989.

 

Work Experience:

The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Clinic Director, responsible for overseeing Speech Pathology and Audiology clinics; budget management; responsible for performance evaluations of all professional and administrative staff; supervision of six teaching assistants and one work study student; tasked to maintain all ASHA and CAA re-accreditation standards in clinical setting; member of curriculum review committee; Professorial Lecturer for annual graduate level Clinical Procedures course; clinical supervisor for Adult Neurogenic Disorders Track (August 2000-present).

Defense and Veterans Head Injury Program, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., diagnostic and therapeutic experience with traumatic brain injury patients, Rancho Levels II. - VIII.; Assistant Director, Outpatient Head Injury Clinic; development of pilot test batteries for Rancho Levels II. - VI. Additionally, routinely seeing patients for dysphagia, to include clinical, fluoroscopic and endoscopic evaluations; head and neck cancer populations, to include total laryngectomee tracheoesophageal, electrolaryngeal and esophageal speech needs; tracheostomy tube/ ventilator dependent patient’s communication and swallowing issues; as well as walk-in clinic, to include all populations (April 1992 – August 2000).

The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Adjunct Professor, annual graduate level class entitled "Management of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients" (January, 2000-present).

Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., diagnostic and therapeutic experience, working primarily with the Neurology, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Radiology, General Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation services (May 1991 - April 1992).

 

Supervisory and Coordinator Experience:

-Clinic Director, The George Washington University Speech and Hearing Center, GWU (2000-present)

-Clinical Supervisor, Neurogenic Communication Disorders Track, GWU (2000-present)

-Assistant Director, Outpatient Head Injury Clinic, DVHIP (1999-2000)

-Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing Clinic Coordinator, WRAMC (1997-2000)

-Tracheoesophageal Puncture Prosthetic Lab Coordinator, WRAMC (1996-2000)

-Speech Pathology Professional Journal Group (monthly) Coordinator, WRAMC (1996-1998)

-Speech-Pathology Clinic Patient Rounds Coordinator, WRAMC (1995-1999)

-Dysphagia Quality Improvement Task Force Team Leader, WRAMC (1995-1999)

-Primary Supervisor for Clinical Fellows (CFY’s) for three years, WRAMC (1995-1998)

-Primary Supervisor for multiple SLP graduate students and Rehab. Asst., WRAMC/DVHIP (1992-2000)

-Monthly Voice Clinic Coordinator, WRAMC (1991)

 

Graduate Clinical Experience:

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., diagnostic and therapeutic experience with fluency, voice, laryngectomee, traumatic brain injury, dysphagia and neurologically impaired adults (nine month graduate internship; twelve month Clinical Fellowship year- awarded Certificate of Clinical Competency, February, 1992).

The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., diagnostic and therapeutic experience with aphasic and dysarthric adults (one month graduate internship).

The George Washington University Speech and Hearing Center, Washington, D.C., clinical experience in the areas of articulation, language, dialect, voice, fluency and aural rehabilitation (twenty-one month graduate internship).

 

 

 

 

Professional Accomplishments:

-"Correlation of Pragmatic Abilities on Tests of Executive Functioning After Traumatic Brain Injury", ASHA Annual Conference technical session, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 2001.

-"Functional Assessment of Executive Abilities Following Traumatic Brain Injury", Applied Neuropsychology, article submitted September 2001.

-"Cognitive-Linguistic Management of TBI", short course at Maryland Speech and Hearing State Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 2001.

-"A Cognitive-Linguistic Diagnostic Battery for Rancho Level VI. – VII. Traumatic Brain Injury Patients", ASHA Annual Conference technical session, Washington, D.C., November 2000.

-"A Multidisciplinary Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Rehabilitation Programme for Active Duty Service Members as a part of a Randomized Clinical Trial", Brain Injury, article published 1999.

-"Spoken Language Comprehension After Head Injury", poster session, ASHA, IBIA (1999).

-"Voice Pathologies in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients", poster session, ASHA (1995), IBIA (1999).

-"Dysfluency Patterns in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients", poster session, ASHA (1999).

-"Use of a Palatal Lift Prosthesis in a Palatal Myoclonus Patient", poster session, BCMSD (1998).

-Attended E. Blum, Ph.D. Tracheoesophageal Speech Seminar, Indianapolis, Ind. (1997).

-Attended Neurobehavioral Seminars, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (1997)

-Annual lecturing to incoming residents on dysphagia, TBI and tracheostomy tube/ventilator patients.

-Presented graduate Traumatic Brain Injury Lecture, Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio (1996).

-Attended J. Logemann, Ph.D. Dysphagia courses, introductory through advanced (1991).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 




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