Melanie E Stevens

Contact Information

Call us at: (614)722-3982

Clinical Therapies700 Children’s DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Learn more about Melanie E Stevens

Biography

Melanie Stevens, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a Board Certification in Swallowing and Clinical Supervisor in the Speech Language Pathology department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech & Hearing Science from The Ohio State University and her master’s degree in communication disorders from Western Carolina University. She has been practicing for 20 years and has worked as a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist for the past 18 years. For the past 9 years she has worked in the NICU with a primary focus on meeting the communication needs of patients with tracheostomy tubes. She is a member of the multidisciplinary Pediatric Aerodigestive Team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She also has a focus area in pediatric dysphagia completing bedside clinical evaluations, Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and helping to lead initiatives to improve the feeding/swallowing services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Academic and Clinical Areas

Aerodigestive Disorders Clinic

Speech Therapy

Speech Pathology

Clinical Leader

Primary Department

Clinical Therapies

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Member, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 1998 - Present

Research

Publications

                  Stevens M, O'Rourke S, Casto SC, Benedict J, Lundine JP. Clinical Focus: Findings and Clinical Implications for Thickening Formula With Infant Cereal Using the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Flow Test. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 May 17;  1-10.

                


                  Althubaiti A, Worobetz N, Inacio J, Lukens J, Mousset M, Onwuka A, Stevens M, Justice L, Shepherd EG, Wiet G. Tolerance of one-way in-line speaking valve trials in ventilator dependent children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Apr 11; 157: 111131.

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Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 06/01/2000

Graduate School

Western Carolina University

Date Completed: 05/31/1998

Undergraduate School

The Ohio State University

Date Completed: 05/31/1996

Professional Experience

2000 - Present Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Speech Language Pathologist

Contact Information

Clinical Therapies

Call us at: (614)722-3982

                    700 Children's DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Contact Information

Call us at: (614)722-3982

Clinical Therapies700 Children’s DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Learn more about Melanie E Stevens

Biography

Melanie Stevens, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a Board Certification in Swallowing and Clinical Supervisor in the Speech Language Pathology department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech & Hearing Science from The Ohio State University and her master’s degree in communication disorders from Western Carolina University. She has been practicing for 20 years and has worked as a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist for the past 18 years. For the past 9 years she has worked in the NICU with a primary focus on meeting the communication needs of patients with tracheostomy tubes. She is a member of the multidisciplinary Pediatric Aerodigestive Team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She also has a focus area in pediatric dysphagia completing bedside clinical evaluations, Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and helping to lead initiatives to improve the feeding/swallowing services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Academic and Clinical Areas

Aerodigestive Disorders Clinic

Speech Therapy

Speech Pathology

Clinical Leader

Primary Department

Clinical Therapies

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Member, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 1998 - Present

Research

Publications

                  Stevens M, O'Rourke S, Casto SC, Benedict J, Lundine JP. Clinical Focus: Findings and Clinical Implications for Thickening Formula With Infant Cereal Using the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Flow Test. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 May 17;  1-10.

                


                  Althubaiti A, Worobetz N, Inacio J, Lukens J, Mousset M, Onwuka A, Stevens M, Justice L, Shepherd EG, Wiet G. Tolerance of one-way in-line speaking valve trials in ventilator dependent children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Apr 11; 157: 111131.

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Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 06/01/2000

Graduate School

Western Carolina University

Date Completed: 05/31/1998

Undergraduate School

The Ohio State University

Date Completed: 05/31/1996

Professional Experience

2000 - Present Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Speech Language Pathologist

Contact Information

Clinical Therapies

Call us at: (614)722-3982

                    700 Children's DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Contact Information

Call us at: (614)722-3982

Clinical Therapies700 Children’s DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Learn more about Melanie E Stevens

Contact Information

• Call us at:
• (614)722-3982
• Clinical Therapies700 Children’s DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Learn more about Melanie E Stevens

Biography

Melanie Stevens, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a Board Certification in Swallowing and Clinical Supervisor in the Speech Language Pathology department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech & Hearing Science from The Ohio State University and her master’s degree in communication disorders from Western Carolina University. She has been practicing for 20 years and has worked as a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist for the past 18 years. For the past 9 years she has worked in the NICU with a primary focus on meeting the communication needs of patients with tracheostomy tubes. She is a member of the multidisciplinary Pediatric Aerodigestive Team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She also has a focus area in pediatric dysphagia completing bedside clinical evaluations, Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and helping to lead initiatives to improve the feeding/swallowing services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Biography

Melanie Stevens, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a Board Certification in Swallowing and Clinical Supervisor in the Speech Language Pathology department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech & Hearing Science from The Ohio State University and her master’s degree in communication disorders from Western Carolina University. She has been practicing for 20 years and has worked as a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist for the past 18 years. For the past 9 years she has worked in the NICU with a primary focus on meeting the communication needs of patients with tracheostomy tubes. She is a member of the multidisciplinary Pediatric Aerodigestive Team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She also has a focus area in pediatric dysphagia completing bedside clinical evaluations, Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and helping to lead initiatives to improve the feeding/swallowing services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Biography

Melanie Stevens, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a Board Certification in Swallowing and Clinical Supervisor in the Speech Language Pathology department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech & Hearing Science from The Ohio State University and her master’s degree in communication disorders from Western Carolina University. She has been practicing for 20 years and has worked as a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist for the past 18 years. For the past 9 years she has worked in the NICU with a primary focus on meeting the communication needs of patients with tracheostomy tubes. She is a member of the multidisciplinary Pediatric Aerodigestive Team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She also has a focus area in pediatric dysphagia completing bedside clinical evaluations, Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and helping to lead initiatives to improve the feeding/swallowing services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Melanie Stevens, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a Board Certification in Swallowing and Clinical Supervisor in the Speech Language Pathology department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech & Hearing Science from The Ohio State University and her master’s degree in communication disorders from Western Carolina University. She has been practicing for 20 years and has worked as a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist for the past 18 years. For the past 9 years she has worked in the NICU with a primary focus on meeting the communication needs of patients with tracheostomy tubes. She is a member of the multidisciplinary Pediatric Aerodigestive Team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She also has a focus area in pediatric dysphagia completing bedside clinical evaluations, Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and helping to lead initiatives to improve the feeding/swallowing services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Melanie Stevens, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a Board Certification in Swallowing and Clinical Supervisor in the Speech Language Pathology department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She received her bachelor’s degree in Speech & Hearing Science from The Ohio State University and her master’s degree in communication disorders from Western Carolina University.

She has been practicing for 20 years and has worked as a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist for the past 18 years. For the past 9 years she has worked in the NICU with a primary focus on meeting the communication needs of patients with tracheostomy tubes. She is a member of the multidisciplinary Pediatric Aerodigestive Team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She also has a focus area in pediatric dysphagia completing bedside clinical evaluations, Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and helping to lead initiatives to improve the feeding/swallowing services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Patient Care

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Locations

Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

• Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Academic and Clinical Areas

Aerodigestive Disorders Clinic

Speech Therapy

Speech Pathology

Clinical Leader

Primary Department

Clinical Therapies

Academic and Clinical Areas

Aerodigestive Disorders Clinic

Speech Therapy

Speech Pathology

Clinical Leader

Primary Department

Clinical Therapies

Academic and Clinical Areas

Aerodigestive Disorders Clinic

Speech Therapy

Speech Pathology

Clinical Leader

Primary Department

Clinical Therapies

Aerodigestive Disorders Clinic

Speech Therapy

Speech Pathology

Clinical Leader

Primary Department

Clinical Therapies

• Aerodigestive Disorders Clinic
• Speech Therapy
• Speech Pathology
• Clinical Leader
• Primary Department
• Clinical Therapies

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Member, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 1998 - Present

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Member, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 1998 - Present

Awards, Honors & Organizations

Member, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 1998 - Present

Member, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 1998 - Present

• Member, American Speech Language Hearing Association, 1998 - Present

Research

Publications

                  Stevens M, O'Rourke S, Casto SC, Benedict J, Lundine JP. Clinical Focus: Findings and Clinical Implications for Thickening Formula With Infant Cereal Using the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Flow Test. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 May 17;  1-10.

                


                  Althubaiti A, Worobetz N, Inacio J, Lukens J, Mousset M, Onwuka A, Stevens M, Justice L, Shepherd EG, Wiet G. Tolerance of one-way in-line speaking valve trials in ventilator dependent children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Apr 11; 157: 111131.

View More Publications

Research

Publications

                  Stevens M, O'Rourke S, Casto SC, Benedict J, Lundine JP. Clinical Focus: Findings and Clinical Implications for Thickening Formula With Infant Cereal Using the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Flow Test. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 May 17;  1-10.

                


                  Althubaiti A, Worobetz N, Inacio J, Lukens J, Mousset M, Onwuka A, Stevens M, Justice L, Shepherd EG, Wiet G. Tolerance of one-way in-line speaking valve trials in ventilator dependent children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Apr 11; 157: 111131.

View More Publications

Research

Publications

                  Stevens M, O'Rourke S, Casto SC, Benedict J, Lundine JP. Clinical Focus: Findings and Clinical Implications for Thickening Formula With Infant Cereal Using the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Flow Test. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 May 17;  1-10.

                


                  Althubaiti A, Worobetz N, Inacio J, Lukens J, Mousset M, Onwuka A, Stevens M, Justice L, Shepherd EG, Wiet G. Tolerance of one-way in-line speaking valve trials in ventilator dependent children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Apr 11; 157: 111131.

View More Publications

Publications

                  Stevens M, O'Rourke S, Casto SC, Benedict J, Lundine JP. Clinical Focus: Findings and Clinical Implications for Thickening Formula With Infant Cereal Using the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Flow Test. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 May 17;  1-10.

                


                  Althubaiti A, Worobetz N, Inacio J, Lukens J, Mousset M, Onwuka A, Stevens M, Justice L, Shepherd EG, Wiet G. Tolerance of one-way in-line speaking valve trials in ventilator dependent children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Apr 11; 157: 111131.

View More Publications

                  Stevens M, O'Rourke S, Casto SC, Benedict J, Lundine JP. Clinical Focus: Findings and Clinical Implications for Thickening Formula With Infant Cereal Using the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Flow Test. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 May 17;  1-10.

                


                  Althubaiti A, Worobetz N, Inacio J, Lukens J, Mousset M, Onwuka A, Stevens M, Justice L, Shepherd EG, Wiet G. Tolerance of one-way in-line speaking valve trials in ventilator dependent children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Apr 11; 157: 111131.

View More Publications

• Stevens M, O’Rourke S, Casto SC, Benedict J, Lundine JP. Clinical Focus: Findings and Clinical Implications for Thickening Formula With Infant Cereal Using the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Flow Test. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 May 17; 1-10.
• Althubaiti A, Worobetz N, Inacio J, Lukens J, Mousset M, Onwuka A, Stevens M, Justice L, Shepherd EG, Wiet G. Tolerance of one-way in-line speaking valve trials in ventilator dependent children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Apr 11; 157: 111131.

Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 06/01/2000

Graduate School

Western Carolina University

Date Completed: 05/31/1998

Undergraduate School

The Ohio State University

Date Completed: 05/31/1996

Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 06/01/2000

Graduate School

Western Carolina University

Date Completed: 05/31/1998

Undergraduate School

The Ohio State University

Date Completed: 05/31/1996

Education

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 06/01/2000

Graduate School

Western Carolina University

Date Completed: 05/31/1998

Undergraduate School

The Ohio State University

Date Completed: 05/31/1996

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 06/01/2000

Graduate School

Western Carolina University

Date Completed: 05/31/1998

Undergraduate School

The Ohio State University

Date Completed: 05/31/1996

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 06/01/2000

Graduate School

Western Carolina University

Date Completed: 05/31/1998

Undergraduate School

The Ohio State University

Date Completed: 05/31/1996

Professional Experience

2000 - Present Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Speech Language Pathologist

Professional Experience

2000 - Present Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Speech Language Pathologist

Professional Experience

2000 - Present Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Speech Language Pathologist

2000 - Present Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Speech Language Pathologist

2000 - Present Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Speech Language Pathologist

Contact Information

Clinical Therapies

Call us at: (614)722-3982

                    700 Children's DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Contact Information

Clinical Therapies

Call us at: (614)722-3982

                    700 Children's DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Contact Information

Clinical Therapies

Call us at: (614)722-3982

                    700 Children's DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Clinical Therapies

Call us at: (614)722-3982

                    700 Children's DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Call us at: (614)722-3982

                    700 Children's DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

Call us at: (614)722-3982

                    700 Children's DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)

• Call us at:
• (614)722-3982
• 700 Children’s DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map)