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Meagan D. Allen, MS, CCC-SLP

Meagan D. Allen, MS, CCC-SLP

Instructor

Department:
SOM-Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Email:
mdallen@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 815-6056

Biography

Meagan Allen is a graduate of Mississippi University for Women. She is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for clinical competence. Meagan had two years of clinical experience with the geriatric population targeting cognition, speech, language and dysphagia in the skilled nursing facility and outpatient therapy settings prior to joining the faculty within the Department of Otolaryngology at UMMC in 2013. She received the "Extra Mile" Award in the Department in 2014. Meagan's areas of interest include evaluation and treatment of feeding/swallowing disorders and cognitive-linguistic skills with medically complex infants, children and adolescents. She currently provides services at Batson Children's Hospital in the following areas: inpatient acute care, inpatient rehabilitation services (CRS), and outpatient modified barium swallow studies. Meagan also serves as the pediatric weekend and holiday coordinator and is involved in the "Best Practices" committee in the department.

Education

Mississippi University for Women, MS, Speech-Language Pathology2010
University of Southern Mississippi, BA, Speech-Language Pathology2008

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Is it Skill or Will? Assessment and Treatment of Medical and Behavioral Pediatric Dysphagia09/2017 - Present
Certification, Hemispheres Stroke Competency Series: NIH Stroke Scale Training and Certification09/2013 - Present
Certification, FIM Instrument, Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation09/2015 - Present
Certification, Adult/Child/Infant CPR, cCPRcertification.com04/2014 - 04/2016
Certification, Wee Fim Instrument, Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation04/2014 - Present
NPI04/2013 - Present
Certification, Vital Stim Therapy Provider12/2012 - Present
Certification, Certificate of Clinical Competence07/2011 - Present
Licensure, State of Mississippi: 215 SP Lang Clinician (K-12)07/2011 - 06/2016
Licensure, Mississippi State Department of Health05/2012 - 06/2014

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Instructor, UMMC, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology And Communicative Science04/2013 - 04/2013