Dr. Walker is an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association certified speech-language pathologist. She has worked in multiple areas of rehabilitation including inpatient rehabilitation, acute care, long-term care, home health care, and outpatient rehabilitation. Dr. Walker provides evaluation and treatment services in a multidisciplinary environment to individuals with neurological disorders, head and neck cancer, cognitive communication disorders, language, voice, fluency and swallowing disorders. Dr. Walker independently performs complex patient- care tasks and is certified in Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT), VitalStim Therapy and SPEAK OUT! Therapy for Parkinson’s disease. She is independent and proficient in performing modified barium swallow studies (MBSS) and fiberoptic endoscopic swallowing evaluations (FEES). Dr. Walker has presented at local and state conferences on dysphagia, voice, cognitive communication, and oncology rehabilitation. Dr. Walker has also served as an adjunct professor teaching dysphagia, cognitive communication disorders, voice, and fluency with responsibilities including syllabus creation with specific course objectives aligning with CAA standards, assigning and grading coursework, and providing constructive feedback. Dr. Walker currently serves as Co-Instructor for Speech Pathology Doctoral Capstone courses at Rocky Mountain University of Health Profession, Provo, UT and Capstone Faculty for speech-language pathology doctoral scholars.
