Lisa A. LaGorio, MS/CCC-SLP
Student Trainee

Phone: (352) 273-6179 (office)
Email: llagorio@phhp.ufl.edu

• Education
• Research Interests
• Student Profile
  

 

Education

• PhD Rehabilitation Science-Communicative Disorders, Gerontology Certificate and Gerontology Minor, University of Florida, expected May 2009
• MS Communication Disorders, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, 1996
• BA Spanish, Chemistry Minor, University of Minnesota, 1994

Research Interests

Ms. LaGorio’s research interests are in the rehabilitation of dysphagia  (swallowing disorders) and dysphonia (voice disorders) post stroke and head and neck cancer. Her specific interests include:

• The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the pharynx in the rehabilitation of dysphagia and dysphonia in the elderly
• The effects of exercise on cortical re-organization as it pertains to dysphagia rehabilitation in the elderly.

Student Profile

Ms. LaGorio entered the PhD program in January, 2006 after more than 9 years of clinical practice as a medical Speech Language Pathologist in Los Angeles, California.  Her clinical expertise is in dysphagia rehabilitation, cognitive-linguistic rehabilitation after acquired brain injury, and vocal rehabilitation of the aging voice.