Meet our staff
Fern Cohen
Speech Pathologist
Location
Clinical Office - (804) 662-9185
Billy Reynolds Jr. Building, First Floor
6605 W. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23230
“I love the 'detective' aspect of assessing each neurodegenerative patient -- determining why their communication and swallowing problems exist -- and developing ways to keep each patient as functional as possible for as long as possible.”
Education
M.Ed. in Speech Pathology, University of Virginia
B.A., Speech Pathology and Audiology, Mary Washington University
Professional certifications and licenses
- Virginia state license in Speech Pathology
Professional affiliations
- Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Member, Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia
Recent achievements
From 1973 – 2004, I was a staff speech pathologist at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Richmond, working closely with the Neurology Service, in providing communication and swallowing evaluations and therapy for patients with neurodegenerative disorders and strokes. I participated in the development of an aspiration protocol for acute stroke patients, as well as development of a protocol for assessing patients for and the purchasing of appropriate speech generating devices. The last four years I have been evaluating and treating patients for communication and swallowing disorders at several long term care facilities in the Richmond area.
