Rachel Bolognone earned her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Arizona. She is an Assistant Professor in OHSU’s NW Center for Voice and Swallowing and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Portland State University. She enjoys teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students as well as supervising interns and fellows. Her clinical and research areas of focus include evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders, and she regularly performs Modified Barium Swallow studies, Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and clinical swallow evaluations. Rachel’s expertise includes the treatment and management of swallowing disorders of various kinds. She specializes in the rehabilitation of patients treated for head and neck cancer in inpatient and outpatient multidisciplinary settings. She sees those who have undergone total laryngectomy and rely on alaryngeal communication, including management of tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP).