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CURRICULUM VITAE

ABBREVIATED

EDUCATION

Massachusetts General Hospital

Institute of Health Professions

Boston, MA

Master of Science

Speech-Language Pathology
Concentration: Voice Disorders

2015

Florida International University

Miami, FL

Bachelors of Arts

(summa cum laude)

English Literature

East Asian Studies

Certificates 

Speech-Language Pathology

Linguistics

Japanese Language

2013

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

Associate of Arts

Dual Enrollment Program

2009

LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION

Speech-Language Pathology

Licensed in Florida

SA-15036

Certificate of Clinical Competency

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

2016 - Present

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist / Voice Specialist

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Department of Otolaryngology

Division of Speech Pathology

Division of Laryngology and Voice

2016 - 2021

Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist / Voice Specialist

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Department of Otolaryngology

Division of Speech Pathology

2021 - Present

Clinical Fellow (Voice-Centric)

Clinical Fellowship in Speech-Language Pathology

University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospital 

Voice and Swallow Clinics

Madison, WI

2015 - 2016


Fellowship Research:

“Predictors of Voice Therapy Initiation”

Supervisors: Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

Katherine McConville, MS, CCC-SLP

Graduate Clinical Extern

MGH Voice Center

Boston, MA

2015

Graduate Clinical Extern

Community Rehab Care Neurorehabilitation Center

Boston, MA

2014

Graduate Clinical Extern

Boston Public Schools

(Bilingual Pediatric Speech & Language)

Boston, MA

2014

Graduate Clinical Extern

MGH IHP Speech Center

(Pediatric Speech & Language)

Boston, MA

2013

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Supervisor, Clinical Fellowship & Externship

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 

Department of Otolaryngology

Division of Speech Pathology

2018 - 2019

Guest Lecturer

Graduate Vocal Pedagogy Course

Frost School of Music
University of Miami
2017 - Present

Guest Lecturer

Graduate Voice Disorders Course

Albizu University
University of Miami
Miami, FL

2017 - Present

Academic Advisor

Undergraduate and Graduate Asian Studies Program

Florida International University
Miami, FL

2009 - 2013

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Health & Wellness Coach

Mayo Clinic Wellness Coaching Program

Rochester, MN

2019 - Present

Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT-LOUD)

2015 - Present

American Heart Association BLS / CPR

Exp. December 2021

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Ragsdale, F., Marchman, J., Bretl, M. M., Diaz, J., Rosow, D. E., Anis, M., Zhang, H., Landera, M. A., Lloyd, A. T. (2020). Quantifying subjective and objective measures of singing after different warm-up times. Journal of Voice.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.08.005

 

Pasternak, K., Diaz, J., Thibeault, S.L. (2020). Predictors of Voice Therapy Initiation: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Study. Journal of voice.

DOI : 10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.05.003

Rudman, J.R., McGee, C.S., Diaz, J., Rosow, D.E. (2020). Assessing the utility of non-surgical treatments in the management of vocal process granulomas. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 134(1), 68- 73.

Lloyd, A. T., Gerhard, J., Baker, P., Lundy, D. S., Diaz, J., Bretl, M. M., … Rosow, D. E. (2019). Prevalence of vocal fold pathologies among first‐year singing students across genres. The Laryngoscope.

DOI: 10.1002/lary.28354

Rosow, D. E., Diaz, J., Pan, D. R., & Lloyd, A. T. (2019). Hispanic Ethnicity as a Predictor of Voice Therapy Adherence. Journal of Voice.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.09.011

BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS

Lloyd, A., Diaz, J, Bretl, M. (2020). Incorporating RMST in to voice therapy for a patient with vocal fold paresis. In C. Sapienza, & B. Ruddy (Eds.), Respiratory Muscle Strength Training. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.

PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS

Lloyd, A.T., Diaz, J., Bretl, M.M., Anis, M., Marchman, J., & Rosow, D.E. (2020). Voice changes from college freshman to junior year for singing students across genres. Submitted for technical session at ASHA (November 2020).

Lloyd, A.T., Diaz, J., Bretl, M.M. (2020). Expiratory muscle strength training in voice habilitation and rehabilitation: A systematic review. Accepted for podium presentation at PAVA (August 2020).

Diaz, J. Dog ate my homework: Motivational interviewing in speech-language pathology. Accepted for technical session at FLASHA (June 2020).

Lloyd, A.T., Bretl, M.M., Diaz, J., Rosow, D.E. Voice grand rounds: All-star edition. Accepted for technical session at FLASHA (June 2020).

Bretl, M.M., Lloyd, A.T., Diaz, J. The (breathe) ins and outs of paradoxical vocal fold motion. Accepted for technical session at FLASHA (June 2020).


Pasternak, K., Diaz, J., & Thibeault, S. Predicting Factors of Voice Therapy Commencement. ASHA

(November 2019) in Orlando, FL.

Diaz, J., Lloyd, A., Bretl, M., Rosow, D. Anis, M., Hoffman-Ruddy, B., Lehman, D., Collum, A., & Dunn, E. Diagnosis and Treatment of Vocal Fold Paresis. Two-Hour Seminar at ASHA (November 2019).

Ragsdale, F., Lloyd, A., Rosow, D. Diaz, J., Landera, M. Quantifying subjective and objective measures of singing after different warm-up times. Poster at Fall Voice (October 2019).

Anis, M., Rosow, D., Diaz, J., Bretl, M., Lloyd, A. Glottic keratosis – Any guidance from appearance? Poster at Fall Voice (October 2019).


Diaz, J. Diagnosis and Management of Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion / Diagnóstico y Tratamiento del

Movimiento Paradójico de las Cuerdas Vocales. The XXXVI Panamerican Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Joint Meeting with AAO-HNS/F. Lima, Peru.

 

Rosow, D.E., Diaz, J., & Lloyd, A. Hispanic Ethnicity as a Predictor of Voice Therapy Adherence. Poster

presented October 2018 at the Fall Voice Conference, Seattle, WA.

Lloyd, A., Flavia-Zuim, A., Landera, M., Rosow, D.E., Diaz, J., & Marchman, J. Incidence of vocal pathologies among first year singing students across genres. Podium presentation in October 2018 at the Fall Voice Conference, Seattle, WA.

Diaz, J., Lloyd, A., & Rosow, D. Wax On, Wax Off: Voice Grand Rounds. Florida Association of Speech- Language Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA), July 2018, Naples, FL.

Lloyd, A., Diaz, J., & Rosow, D. Finding and Freeing the Inner Voice: Voice Training and Surgical Treatments for Matching Gender Identity. Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA), July 2018, Naples, FL.


Rudman, J.R., McGee, C.S., Diaz, J., & Rosow, D.E. Non-surgical versus surgical management of vocal

process granulomas. Poster presented in November 2017 at the Florida Combined Otolaryngology

Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1st place.

Rudman, J.R., McGee, C.S., Diaz, J., & Rosow, D.E. Non-surgical versus surgical management of vocal process granulomas. Abstract presented October 2017 at the Fall Voice Conference, Washington, DC.

INVITED LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

Transgender Voice Modification Workshop. TransSOCIAL Community. Miami, FL. February 2020.


Transgender Voice Modification. Transgender Medical Conference. September 2019.

 
Transgender Voice Modification Workshop. Sun Serve LGBTQ+ Social Services, April 2019. Ft.

Lauderdale, FL.

Comprehensive Care of the Transgender Voice: Voice Modification Therapy and Surgical Approaches.

Grand Rounds, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami. 2018.


Scary Vocal Situations and How to Manage Them. World Voice Day, April 2018, University of Miami

Frost School of Music.


Voice Therapy Approaches. Graduate Voice Disorders Course. Department of Speech-Language

Pathology. Albizu University, Miami, FL.


Vocal Health for Singers. Teen Opera Intensive with the Magic City Opera, May 2018, Miami, FL. Finding and Freeing the Inner Voice: Voice Training Workshop. Southern Comfort Transgender Conference, Sept. 2018, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Neurologic Voice Disorders. Graduate Voice Disorders Course. Speech-Language Pathology Program,

June 2018, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.


Evidence-Based Voice Therapy Approaches. Graduate Vocal Pedagogy Course. Frost School of Music,

May 2018, University of Miami.

Voice Trivia Bowl. World Voice Day, April 2018, University of Miami Frost School of Music.


Cómo prevenir un daño en las cuerdas vocales y qué ejercicios puedes hacer para cuidarlas. Despierta

America Television Show, Univision. Aired live internationally on Nov. 15, 2017.

Vocal Health and Care of the Singing Voice. UM Sylvester Survivorship Choir Lecture, University of Miami, Nov. 2017, Miami, FL.

Vocal Health for Singers. Graduate Vocal Pedagogy Course. University of Miami Frost School of Music, Sept. 2017, Miami, FL.

Voice Therapy Approaches. Graduate Voice Disorders Course. Department of Speech-Language Pathology. Albizu University, Sept. 2017, Miami, FL.

Vocal Health for Singers. Undergraduate High School Vocal Performance Course, New World School of the Arts, May 2017, Miami, FL.

Busting Vocal Myths. World Voice Day, April 2017, University of Miami Frost School of Music. Structural Pathologies of the Vocal Folds. Graduate Voice Disorders Course. Department of Speech-Language Pathology. Albizu University, March 2017, Miami, FL.


Vocal Hygiene: How to Take Care of Your Voice. Explore the Voice Educational Event, March 2016,

University of Wisconsin-Madison Voice and Swallow Clinics, Madison, WI.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

  1. Special Interest Group 3 (Voice and Voice Disorders) Special

  2. Special Interest Group 13 (Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders) 

Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA)

 

The Voice Foundation

 

Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA)

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (ΦΘΚ)

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