Adjunct Faculty

lori edwardsLori Edwards, MS, CCC-SLP

Adjunct faculty member Lori Edwards teaches courses in Swallowing and Motor Speech Disorders for our department. Mrs. Edwards received her B.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Maine – Orono in 1983 and her M.S. in Speech Pathology from Northeastern University – Boston in 1985.

She worked with the preschool population and home health for 3 years before starting work at Eastern Maine Medical Center where she has been since 1988. Mrs. Edwards has been senior therapist for 10+ years and manages an inpatient department of 7.

Mrs. Edwards specialty is in the area of swallowing disorders. She is credentialed in FEES and stroboscopy and works to expand swallowing programming at EMMC. She developed an online education module targeting swallowing assessment and treatment to be used by direct care staff at EMMC. Mrs. Edwards lives in Holden with her husband and 2 Springer Spaniels, Max and Samantha.

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Jim marcotteJim Marcotte, MA, CCC-SLP

Mr. Marcotte began his education at Bates College with a B.A. in Psychology in 1992.  He went on to receive his M.A. from the University of Maine in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 1996.

Since completing his Master’s degree, Mr. Marcotte has worked at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Initially working within acute care and inpatient acute rehabilitation, he transitioned to outpatient rehabilitation after 3 years. Mr. Marcotte has also served on a number of multidisciplinary evaluation teams, including the Learning Disabilities and Developmental Evaluation clinics for the hospital. He is currently the senior speech language pathologist at EMMC’s Maine Rehabilitation Outpatient Center providing direct supervision to 7 therapists. Within his current role, he has had the opportunity to present at Pediatric Grand Rounds on such topics as pragmatic language disorders and service delivery models for outpatient pediatrics.

While having a diverse range of experiences with a variety of patient populations and communication disorders, Mr. Marcotte has a particular interest in the areas of fluency and voice disorders, and pediatrics. He has had advanced training in performing and analyzing videostroboscopic evaluations of laryngeal function and implementation of Lessac-Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy. He has also attended the Stuttering Foundation of America’s Northeastern Workshop on Fluency.

 

Mike ToweyMike Towey, MA, CCC-SLP

Adjunct faculty member Michael Towey teaches courses on Voice Disorders for our department. A clinician with 25 years experience treating/evaluating disorders of voice and swallowing, Mr. Towey manages the Voice & Swallowing Center of Maine and consults with a Fortune 500 company, implementing a nationwide voice treatment program. He is credentialed in fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) and endoscopic voice evaluation (Laryngeal Stroboscopy).

Mr. Towey has expertise working with professional voice users and has made numerous professional presentations, including ones given at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conventions. He received his B.S. from the University of Maine at Farmington in Education (with Honors) and his M.A. in Communication Disorders from the University of Maine. He served as president of the Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association and lives in Belfast.