Membership
The group welcomes members from all disciplines and membership is included in the delegate rate for the annual conference.
The steering group 2008-2010 comprises:
Dr David Smithard
Stroke Physician and Director of R&D, Chairman of UKSRG
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
Interests: swallowing control, assessment and treatment post stroke
Tel: +44 (0) 1233 616214
Dr Paula Leslie
CertMRCSLT, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, Communication Science and Disorders
Specialist Advisor (Swallowing Disorders) RCSLT
University of Pittsburg
4033 Forbes Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (+1) 412-383-6748
Fax: (+1) 412-383-6555
Interests: swallow assessment and reliability, ageing swallow, ethics and decision making in vulnerable groups and at end of life
Susan McGowan
Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG
Tel:+44 (0) 845 1555 000 ext
Fax:+44 (0) 207 813 0924
Annie Aloysius
Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Imperial College NHS Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
Interests: paediatric feeding and swallowing, videofluoroscopy, neuromuscular disorders and neonatal care including feeding the preterm infant
annie.aloysius@imperial.nhs.uk
Pippa Hales
Senior Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
pippa.hales@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
Emilia Michou
A109 Clinical Sciences Building
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Stott Lane, M6 8HD
Tel: +44 (0) 1612064419
Aimilia-Emilia.Michou@srft.nhs.uk
Dr Satish Mistry
A109 Clinical Sciences Building
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Stott Lane, M6 8HD
Tel: +44 (0) 1612064419
satish.mistry@manchester.ac.uk
Celia Harding
Senior Lecturer in Communication Disabilities,
Department of Language and Communication Science,
City University,
Northampton Square,
London
EC1V 0HB
Interests: paediatric dysphagia, neonatal feeding
C.Harding@city.ac.uk
Dr Maxine Power
Senior Research Fellow
Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust
Salford
Interests: swallowing control, assessment and treatment post stroke
Dr Shaheen Hamdy
Senior Lecturer & Consultant Gastroenterologist
University of Manchester / Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust
Interests: central control of swallowing, sensory modulation of swallowing, neuroplasticity