Work Portfolio
My work spans patient care, clinical education, research, entrepreneurship, LEADERSHIP, and digital health innovation.
Here are some projects I’ve built, led, and contributed to — all rooted in a shared mission to expand access to care, empower clinicians, and improve patient outcomes.
Co-Founder and COO: Swallowing Training & Education Portal
STEP is a global online dysphagia education platform I co-founded with swallowing scientist Dr. Ianessa Humbert in 2018. Our mission is to make high-quality, low-cost, evidence-based dysphagia training and education more accessible to speech-language pathologists around the world.
What began as a shared vision to improve dysphagia training has grown into a trusted learning platform, serving over 50,000 clinicians and 300 universities worldwide. Through online courses, live events, university partnerships, and clinically relevant resources, STEP helps speech-language pathologists build confidence and competence in dysphagia care, helping improve care and outcomes for thousands of patients with swallowing disorders around the world.
FOUNDER: Medical SLP Forum
Medical SLP Forum is a professional online global community I founded in 2012, to create connection, collaboration, and shared learning among medical speech-language pathologists.
What started as a simple online forum has grown into the largest online community for medical SLPs, with over 50,000 members who ask questions, share resources, discuss clinical challenges, and support one another to help advance medical SLP practice and care.
This community remains free and a volunteer project that I have been dedicated to ever since I created it. It reflects one of my deepest beliefs: clinicians thrive when they have access to trusted information, meaningful connection, and spaces where their expertise is valued and recognized.
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT Mass General Brigham
At the Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions, I work as a clinical researcher, educator, and professional development program manager in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.
My work includes supporting NIH-funded research related to dysphagia and shared decision-making for individuals impacted by ALS, and teaching clinicians about non-clinical skills and future-ready careers. I also help plan professional development initiatives that allow clinicians to strengthen the skills needed to grow, lead, and adapt in a changing healthcare landscape.
This role allows me to help prepare clinicians not only for today’s healthcare and education systems, but for the future of the profession.
Director of clinical engagement: bITELABS Digital Health Fellowship
BiteLabs offers a digital health, AI, and innovation fellowship to help healthcare professionals build the skills, confidence, and network needed to engage with digital health, startups, and innovation.
Through my work with BiteLabs as a program lead, project mentor, and Director of Clinical Engagement, I help support allied health professional engagement and education — helping clinicians recognize the value of their expertise in digital health and healthtech innovation settings.
Founder and CEO: Theratactix Digital Health Consulting
Theratactix is a digital health consulting firm that helps healthtech startups, healthcare organizations, and digital health innovation teams build clinically grounded, patient-centered solutions.
I advise digital health teams on product and growth strategy, so they can build and scale solutions that are aligned with clinical practice realities.
I also support organizations investing in and accelerating early-stage healthtech startups with founder strategy and commercialization guidance.
I have partnered with 50+ companies to help bridge the gap between innovation and adoption, turning their ideas into impactful healthtech solutions.
Speaking and TRAINING
I speak at national and international conferences, and present at universities and professional communities on topics related to digital health, career development for clinicians, and healthcare innovation.
My trainings are grounded in both clinical expertise and lived experience as an educator, founder, and digital health advisor. Whether I’m speaking about swallowing disorders, digital health, or non-clinical career pathways, my goal is always the same: to help clinicians think differently about their value, impact, and purpose across settings and industries.
Interested in working together?
Whether you are building a digital health product, or planning an educational initiative, I’d love to connect with you. Please reach out using the form below.
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