Dr. Cindy Stimart joined Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions as an adjunct Professor in the M.S. SLP program in August 2020. She earned her B.S. in Psychology at Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY) and her M.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) in 1998 and 2007, respectively. She earned her doctorate in Speech-Language Pathology at Rocky Mountain University in 2019.
Dr. Stimart has worked across settings specializing in pediatrics. She has a solid foundation in medical speech-language pathology with experience at Johns Hopkins All Childrens and Wolfsons Childrens Hospital concentrating on acute care, primarily covering the NICU, CVICU, Burn Unit, PICU and monthly rounds in pediatric gastroenterology and cardiac specialty care clinics.
Her areas of clinical experience include pediatric speech-language, alternative augmentative communication (AAC) and assistive technology. Dr. Stimart has advanced experience in dysphagia secondary to prematurity, craniofacial abnormalities, cancer, trauma, non-accidental trauma, neurological disorders/syndromes and traumatic brain injuries.
Additionally, Dr. Stimart expanded her practice areas to include private practice and school-based consultations to provide education, training and support to staff and speech-language pathologists.
Dr. Stimart’s speech-language pathology experience across areas, both medical and educational, gives her a well-rounded perspective for teaching and mentoring speech-language pathology students that may fine themselves in either setting.
Advanced procedures include modified barium swallow studies and use of artificial intelligence in research. Certifications include Beckman Oral Motor, SOS approach to Feeding, Lactation and Infant Massage. Dr. Stimart is also Hanen trained and an attendant of the Fragile Feeding Institute.
Dr. Stimart’s teaching interests include pediatric speech-language pathology including, speech-language acquisition, dysphagia, anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing, and speech and hearing science.
Dr. Stimart’s area of research interests and publications emcompass aspects of pediatric speech, language and dysphagia. She is committed to pursuing academic research and instruction. She has added research in our field with the use of artificial intelligence, the Tobii Nano, to record quantitative data (eye gaze) during food exposures.
Her aim is to advance colleagues and professionals who can competently provide evidence-based, patient-centered care upon graduation. She is honored to be a faculty member of the M.S. SLP program at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions.
She and her husband, Tryn, and her two boys, Benjamin and Henry reside in Manorville, New York with their dogs Gracie and Olive. They enjoy cooking, exploring nature and traveling.