Course Authors and Instructors
Peter
R. Johnson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, received his undergraduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology
from Northern Illinois University. He received his MS and PhD in
Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Pittsburgh. He
also received an Executive Graduate Degree in Healthcare Financial
Management from Ohio State University.
Dr.
Johnson has worked in acute care hospital settings, home care, outpatient
clinics and long-term care. He has written numerous articles on
dysphagia management. Dr. Johnson served as a Column Editor for
the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Special Interest
Division (ASHA SID 13) Dysphagia newsletter and for the ASHA SID
11 newsletter. He is on the Executive Board for the Florida Association
of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists. He is the recipient
of the President's Award and the Outstanding Service Award. Dr.
Johnson has participated in research projects on dysphagia treatment.
He also serves as a consultant to several companies concerned with
dysphagia. He has lectured at various hospitals and universities
on the subject of dysphagia management.
Dr.
Johnson is currently the Speech Mentor with Select Medical Rehabilitation
Services. In this role he has conducted regional training programs,
works with Regional Clinical Coordinators to develop clinical programs,
serves as a consultant for program development in non-Select facilities
and maintains the clinical hotline. Dr. Johnson is also affiliated
with the University of South Florida and Nova Southeastern University.
Lynette
L. Carl, PharmD, BCPS, is a consultant pharmacist and a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.
Dr.
Carl obtained her BS in Pharmacy from the University of Florida
and her Doctorate in Pharmacy from the Medical University of South
Carolina. She completed a postdoctoral Residency in Infectious Disease
at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, University
of Pennsylvania Hospital and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr.
Carl has practiced as a Consultant Pharmacist in hospital, psychiatric,
home care and skilled nursing facilities. Her clinical practice
experience includes infectious disease, critical care, nutrition
support, geriatrics, internal medicine, anticoagulation, cardiology
and pain management. She has established clinical pharmacy services
that include anti-coagulation clinics, pharmacokinetic dosing services,
nutrition support, monitoring services and education programs for
patients and healthcare professionals in several hospitals and home
care pharmacies.
She
has served as clinical adjunct faculty, precepting BS and PharmD
students from Mercer University, University of Florida, Nova University
and Florida A&M University. She has lectured to pharmacists
and other healthcare professions on topics of pharmacotherapy and
also served on the speakers bureau of Glaxo Pharmaceuticals and
Smith Kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals. She has conducted research
and published articles in the area of antibiotic therapy use in
infectious disease.
Author Disclosure
Lynette Carl, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., Contracted Instructor/Writer, Dynamic Group (Dynamic Learning Online, Inc.)
Financial - Author for Drugs and Dysphagia: Medications Affecting the GS, receives royalty payments.
Non-financial - No relevant non-financial relationship exists.
Peter Johnson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Contracted Instructor/Writer, Dynamic Group (Dynamic Learning Online, Inc.)
Financial - Author for Drugs and Dysphagia: Medications Affecting the GS, receives royalty payments.
Non-financial - No relevant non-financial relationship exists.
