Education
- Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 2007
- Towson University, M.S., 2011
Areas of Specialization
- Areas of specialization include assessing and treating adults with neurological disorders who have dysphagia, aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, cognitive-communication disorders, trach/vent or require augmentative and alternative communication adults with neurological disorders in the acute care setting who have dysphagia, aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, cognitive-communication disorders, and require augmentative and alternative communication
- Half-time clinical supervisor for the adult neurogenic rotation at the Loyola Clinical Centers at Belvedere Square
- Currently work as a PRN in acute care and acute rehabilitation in Baltimore based hospitals including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital and Franklin Square Hospital.
Achievements (past 5 years)
- Oral seminar presented at the 2025 Maryland Speech-Language Hearing Association Symposium titled “Empowering communication: How to create and lead an aphasia book club”
- V Pandian, T Cole, D Kilonsky, K Holden, DJ Feller-Koppman, R Brower, M Mirski. (2020). Voice-related quality of life increases with a talking tracheostomy tube: A randomized controlled trial. Laryngoscope, 130(5): 1249-1255
- Oral seminar presented at the 2021 American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention titled: “Neuroplasticity matters: Applying the principles of neuroplasticity to dysphagia therapy in acute care”
- Member of the Neuro ICU Panel at the Johns Hopkins Rehab Critical Care Conference: 2015-2023
About Kathleen Holden
Kate has practiced as a speech-language pathologist for fourteen years. She has spent much of her career working in the acute care hospital setting with patients with neurological disorders resulting in swallowing, speech, language and cognitive-communication disorders. Her current role as a clinical supervisor at the Loyola Clinical Centers involves training first year graduate students to provide client care to adults with neurogenic disorders, both in individual and group settings and both in-person and via telehealth. Kate has a special interest in diagnosing and treating swallowing, language, speech and cognitive communication disorders. Outside of speech pathology, Kate is busy with her family raising her three boys who are 8, 5 and 2 years old. She loves to read, run, cook, garden and be outside.