Danielle R. Karhut, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist with UPMC Centers for Rehab Services. She also works with the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) program with the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute.

Robert Masterson, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist with UPMC Centers for Rehab Services.

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Identify potential impact on successful clinical outcomes in SCI patients with OP dysphagia and self feeding difficulties
Predict presence of OP dysphagia in patients following acute tetraplegia and SCI
Identify swallowing physiology changes in patients with dysphagia following ACDF