Our Faculty

Background

Sundeep Venkatesan joined Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences in September 2021 as a clinical instructor in the Division of Speech and Language Pathology.

Venkatesan has 10 year's of experience as a licensed speech language pathologist, having worked in variety of clinical settings including early intervention, elementary and middle school, outpatient and skilled nursing facilities (sub-acute and long-term care). He has also worked as an audiologist for one year in a hearing aid center in Chennai, India.

He successfully supervised two clinical fellows while they obtained their CCC-SLP and New York state SLP licenses.

Venkatesan is a member of American Speech Language and Hearing Association and the New York State Speech Language Hearing Association.

Education

• PhD, community research and action, Binghamton University (expected spring 2024)
• MS, speech and language pathology, East Tennessee State University
• BASLP (bachelor's degree in audiology and speech language pathology), Sri Ramachandra University

Research Interests

• Adults with swallowing disorders
• Adults with neurocognitive communication disorders
• Professional issues
• Interdisciplinary work with nursing, occupational therapy and physical therapy in the area of swallowing, dementia and neurocognitive communication disorders

Clinical Interests

• Adults with dysphagia
• Adults with neurocognitive communication disorders

Teaching Interests

• Dysphagia
• Medical speech-language pathology
• Cognitive communication disorders
• Introduction to audiology
• Professional issues