Lori 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.