ACI ALLIANCE COCHLEAR IMPLANT STATE CHAMPIONS
Alabama Andi Hill Founder
Center for Advancement of NEXTGEN Deaf

 Jake Johnson MDENT Surgeon
Premier Medical Group

 Wilder Roberts AuD, CCC-ADirector of Audiology
Premier Medical

 Erika McCarty Walsh MD Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
Department of Otolaryngology

Arizona Nathan Page MD Director Cochlear Implant Program
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
             
 Marine Cismas AuD, CCC-AAudiologist
Barrow ENT and Skull Base Surgery

 Nicholas L. Deep MDMedical Director, Cochlear Implant Program
Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
Mayo Clinic
 Nancy Flores AuDAudiologist
Barrow ENT and Skull Base Surgery

 Najwa GhattasSpecialty Care Coordinator II
Otolaryngology - Cochlear Implant Program
Phoenix Children’s Hospital


 Courtney Kolberg AuD, CCC-AAssistant Professor of Audiology
Mayo Clinic

 Ashley Randall AuDAudiology
Barrow Department of Otolaryngology and Skull Base Surgery


 Shawn M. Stevens MD, FACSAssociate Professor
Neurotology, Otology, and Lateral Skull Base Surgery
Barrow Department of Otolaryngology and Skull Base Surgery
Co-Director; Acoustic Neuroma Program
Director; Cochlear Implant Programs

Arkansas

John Dornhoffer MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
Arkansas Children's Hospital

  Rachel Glade PhD 

Clinical Associate Professor
Speech Pathologist/Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist
University of Arkansas

 Caitlyn Jenkins AuDAudiologist
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Jordan King AuD

Audiologist
Arkansas Children's Hospital

 Miriam Stafford MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist
Auditory-Verbal Therapist
Arkansas Children’s Northwest

California Sarah Coulthurst MS  Cochlear Implant Assistant Director
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
 
 Reynita Alcisto AuDClinical Director/Audiologist
House Children's Hearing Center

 Gina Gracia AuD Audiology Manager
UCLA Health
 
  Rebecca Lewis AuD, FAAA Director, Adult and Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program
Pacific Neuroscience Institute

 Carlen Kim AuDAudiology Supervisor
UCLA Health

 Erin Maierle AuDDoctor of Audiology
Maierle Hearing Solutions PC

 Sage Patel

Cochlear Implant User and Advocate
 
 Abhita Reddy, MD, MBAPediatric ENT
Cedars Sinai Guerin Children’s
 Ginger Stickney PhD, FAAADirector of Cochlear Implant Services
UCI Medical Center

 Courtney C.J. Voelker MD, PhD
Director of Otology/Neurotology-Lateral Skull Base Surgery
Director of the Adult and Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program
Pacific Neuroscience Institute
Pacific Head and Neck

ColoradoSamuel P. Gubbels MD Associate Professor, Otology & Neurotology
Director, UC Health Hearing and Balance Center

 Allison Biever AuD Audiologist
Rocky Mountain Ear Center, PC


 Kelley Corcoran AuDAudiologist
UCHealth ENT Eastview


 Kristin Dilaj AuD/PhD, CCC-ACo-Director/Audiologist
New England Center for Hearing Rehabilitation, LLC

 Jennifer Kolb Drohosky AuDCochlear Implant Clinical Practice Specialist/Audiologist
Children's Hospital Colorado

 Katherine Groon AuDClinical Audiologist
University of Colorado Hospital

  DaviKelsalMD   

Rocky MountaiEar CenterPC

 Dani A. W. Stern AuD, CCC-APediatric Audiologist
Children's Hospital Colorado

Connecticut Douglas M. Hildrew MD  Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
Yale School of Medicine
 
  Megan Narron AuD

Doctor of Clinical Audiology
Yale Hearing and Balance Center

DelawareMarguerite Vasconcellos EdD,
LSLS Cert AVT

Drexel University School of Education
Adjunct Professor

 Julie Verhoff AuD, PhD, CCC-A Manager, Audiology Nemours DE Valley
Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children

District of Columbia   Michael Hoa MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology, HNS
Georgetown University Medical Center

  H. Jeffrey Kim MD
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology, HNS
Georgetown University Medical Center
 
 Meredith Ouellette MSClinical Director
The River School/Potomac River Clinic

Florida 
Ivette Cejas PhD

Professor
Director, Family Support Services
University of Miami Ear Institute

 Adrian Eshragi MDProfessor of Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Co-Director, University of Miami Ear Institute
Director, UM Hearing Research and Cochlear Implant Laboratory
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine


  Meredith Holcomb AuD 

Associate Professor
Director, Hearing Implant Program
University of Miami Ear Institute

  Melissa J.W. Hall AuD Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Florida

 Aparna Govindan MD
Neurotology Fellow
University of Miami

  Jordan I. McNair AuD Assistant Professor
Pediatric Audiologist
University of Miami Ear Institute

 Megan Nelson MA
Speech Language Pathologist/Lead Auditory Verbal Therapist
Nemours Children's Health
 
 Alex Mestres MSEdDeaf and Hard of Hearing Educational Specialist
University of Miami
Department of Otolaryngology


  Cedric Pritchett, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACS 
Pediatric Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
Nemours Children's Health, Florida

  Tina M. Stern AuD 

Assistant Professor
Audiologist
University of Miami Ear Institute

GeorgiaJolie Fainberg AuDAudiologist
Atlanta Children's ENT/Atlanta Institute for ENT

 Kelley Dwyer AuDChief of Audiology
Emory Otolaryngology

 Laura Gillingham M.Ed., CCC-SLPAtlanta Speech School

 Alison Morrison AuD, CCC-A
Clinical Associate Professor
Audiology Clinic Coordinator
UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic

 
 Faith ShiffertParent Advocate

 Lauren Stott AuDAudiologist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

HawaiiAmanda Tolen AuDPediatric Audiologist
Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children

Idaho James Crawford MD

Otolaryngology-Head/Neck Surgery
Idaho Ear Clinic

Illinois Denise Thomas AuD   Manager
Department of Audiology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
 Ted Imbery MDNeurotologist, Assistant Professor
University of Chicago Medicine

 Josh Sevier AuD Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Auditory Implant Program
Rush University Medical Center



Brittney Sprouse AuD, PASCDirector, Audiology and Newborn Hearing Screening
University of Chicago Medicine

  R. Mark Wiet MD  Assistant Professor
Rush University Medical Center

 Kevin Y. Zhan MDAssistant Professor
Director, Cochlear Implant Program
Northwestern Medicine
Indiana  Michelle A. Barrett JD, RN, Attorney at Law Clinical Validation Denial Specialist
Mayo Clinic             

 Dana FeinerTeacher of the Deaf and Development Associate
Hear Indiana


 Lauren Gowdy AuDAudiologist
Hear Indiana

  Naomi Horton MS Horton Hears LLC

 Ellyn McCall, MA, LSLS Cert. AVTHear Indiana
Chief Executive Officer
Listening and Spoken Language Specialist

 Gabriella Skorupski AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA, PASCAudiologist
Hear Indiana

 Charles W. Yates MD, MS, FACSDirector, Division of Otology, Neurotology, and Cranial Base Surgery
Indiana University
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Iowa Camille C. Dunn PhD Director of Cochlear Implant Program
University of Iowa

 Matthew Carfrae MDOtology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery
Iowa Ear Center

Kansas Katie Kincaid AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Doctor of Audiology
Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Kentucky  Katie Austin AuD  Audiologist
KY Hearing Clinic

 Margaret M. Adkins, AuDCochlear Implant Director
University of Kentucky
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

  Matthew L. Bush MD, PhD

Vice Chair for Research, Associate Professor
Division of Otology, Neurotology, and Cranial Base Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
University of Kentucky Medical Center


Shelley Moats AuD



Pediatric Audiologist
Norton Children's Medical Group
Louisiana Moises A. Arriaga MD Director of Otology-Neurotology,
LSU School of Medicine
 
 Gauri Mankekar MD, PhD, FACS
Asst. Professor, Otology & Neurotology
Dept. of Otolaryngology,
LSU Health Shreveport
 
 Torrey Fourrier MDAssistant Prof. Dept. of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Oschner Health and LSU Health

Maryland Dawn D. Marsiglia AuD, CCC-A/SLP
Johns Hopkins Cochlear Implant Center
 
 Michael Morikawa AuD, CCC-A Audiologist
Department of Otolaryngology
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Massachusetts
Theodore Mason M

Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeons of
W
estern New England
Baystate Medical Center

 Melanie Austin, MS, CCC-SLP
Program Director
Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech
Canton Preschool

  Melissa Chaikof

Parent Advocate

 Cheryl GlovskyAudiologist
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Babies First Newborn Hearing Screening


 Ashleigh Lewkowitz AuDClinical Audiologist
Cochlear Implant Program
Boston Children’s Hospital

 Miranda MeyersCochlear Implant User and Advocate

 Caylin McCallick AuD, CCC-A Research Audiologist
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute


Michigan Casey Stach AuD Audiologist, University of Michigan 
Cochlear Implant Program

  Dennis I Bojrab MD  CEO Michigan Ear Institute
Associate Fellowship Director

  Chelsea Conrad AuD Audiologist
Henry Ford Health Systems
             
  Robert Hong MD, PhD Michigan Ear Institute
 
Minnesota Aniket A. Saoji PhD Director Cochlear Implants
Mayo Clinic

 Abby Meyer MD, MPHCI surgeon
Children's Minnesota


Mississippi  L. Ashley Grillis AuD, PASC 

Associate Professor
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center

  Vicki Gonzalez AuD, PhD Associate Professor, Chief, Division of Audiology
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center

 Jeffrey D. Carron MD, FAAP, FACS Professor, Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children at UMC

Missouri Megan Lawson MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd Speech-Language Pathologist
Saint Luke’s Hospital


Kristen LewiAuD Director of Clinical Services
Midwest Ear Institute

 Casey ReimerAssistant Professor, Director of Deaf Education Studies
Washington University Medicine


 Casey Redding AuDPediatric Audiologist
Saint Luke's Hospital Midwest Ear Institute

Kate Sinks AuD, ABAC, CCC-A
Director of Audiology
Center for Hearing & Speech

MontanaSarah Banhagel AuDDoctor of Audiology
Billings Clinic Audiology

NebraskaElizabeth Kelly MDBoys Town National Research Hospital

 Jacquelyn Baudhuin AuD, CCC-ASenior Staff Audiologist, Cochlear Implant Team
Boys Town National Research Hospital

NevadaBeth Gautereaux AuD, CCC-ADirector
Audiology Clinic
University of Nevada Reno


New Hampshire
Barbara Mellert MPH

Parent Advocate

  Kerry Pendak AuD Clinical Audiologist
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

New Jersey  Kayley Mayer MAT Teacher of the Deaf
Sound Start Early Intervention Program

 Karla Belcastro AuD, CCC-AAudiology Education Coordinator
Jefferson Balance and Hearing Center
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

 Jacquelyn Briggs, M.A., TOD
Music and Deaf Education
Sound Start Babies Program

  Laura S. McKirdy PhD  Sound Start Babies Early Intervention Program

 Keira Mehigan AuD

Audiologist
Jefferson Balance and Hearing Center
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

 
 Brynne Powell M.E.D., MPHDoctoral Candidate
Teachers College, Columbia University
Teacher of the Deaf

New Mexico  Seema Katiyar LaGree AuD  Executive Director
Presbyterian Ear Institute (Albuquerque)

New York  Maura Cosetti MD  Director of the Cochlear Implant Center,
Ear Institute of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai

 Meredith Berger MSEdDirector
Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech

 Samantha Morgan AuDAudiologist
Westchester Medical Center

 Elaine Smolen, PhD, CED, LSLS Cert. AVEdVisiting Assistant Professor
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
Teachers College, Columbia University


Katrina Stidham MD Chief of Neurotology and Director of the Cochlear Implant Program
Westchester Medical Center

North Carolina   Erin L. Blackburn AuD

Director, Cochlear Implant Program
Duke University Health Systems

  Erika Gagnon AuD Pediatric Audiologist
Children's Cochlear Implant Center, UNC

  Melissa Anderson AuD, CCC-A The Children's Cochlear Implant Center at UNC
Pediatric Audiologist
             
North Dakota   Jerrica L. Maxson AuD

Audiologist
Trinity Health

Ohio Lisa Houston Wenstrup AuD  Lead Cochlear Implant Audiologist
University of Cincinnati, Dept of Otolaryngology
 
 Meredith Craven MEDSpecial Programs Director
Ohio Valley Voices
 
 Carmen Jamis AuDAudiologist
Cleveland Clinic

  Anita Jeyakumar MD, MS  

HEARS, LLC
Akron, OH


Prashant S. MalhotrM

Hearing Program
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus

  Sarah MowrMD   Clinical Instructor, Otolaryngology
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

 Carrie Spangler AuDLead Educational Audiologist
Summit Educational Service Center
CI recipient

 Michael Scott AuDAudiology Manager
Dayton Children’s Hospital

 Viral Tejani AuD, PhDSenior Research Audiologist & Subdivision Leader
Cochlear Implant Program
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University

 Lindsay Zombek MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT Team Lead Speech Language Pathologist/ Auditory Verbal Therapist
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

 Rachel Vovos AuDAudiologist
Cleveland Clinic

Oklahoma Elizabeth Grim AuD Audiologist
Hearts for Hearing

 Mila Duke AuD, CCC-AAudiologist
Hearts for Hearing


 Molly Smeal AuDClinical Audiologist
Hearts for Hearing


 Stevie Sullivan AuD EDHI Coordinator
Oklahoma State Department of Health

OregonJay Gantz MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology
Oregon Health and Science University

 Shelby Atwill AuDPediatric Cochlear Implant Audiologist
soundSTART

 Sara Funatake, AuD., CCC-A, FAAAClinical/Cochlear Implant Audiologist
OHSU Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Pennsylvania   Estelle Goldsmith MEd  Educational Consultant
Center for Childhood Communication
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
 
  Jamie Miedzinski AuD Audiologist
University of Pennsylvania Health System



Carmen Hayman AuD Coordinator, Cochlear Implant Program
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

 Mike HoffmanPediatric Psychologist, Center for Childhood Communication,
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine

 Arantxa Rosario AuDAudiologist
Lehigh Valley Health Network

 
 Ravi N. Samy MDChief Surgeon
Lehigh Valley Health Network

 Alicia Stanley AuDPediatric & Adult Audiologist
LVPG Pediatric Surgical Specialties

 Kathryn "Kat" Tribulski AuD
Audiologist
Nemours Children’s Hospital
 Sarah L. Lively AuDClinical Audiologist
Jefferson Balance and Hearing Center

 Kassandra RomanaskasParent Advocate

 Judy Sexton M.S., CED LSLS Cert AVEdChief Program Officer
Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech

 Barry Veet, Aud., CCC-AClinical Audiologist
Pediatric Audiology &
Hearing Aids/Implantable Devices


Rhode Island  Richard Reed HLAA Certified Hearing Loss Specialist
Gallaudet University Peer Mentor
RI Music Hall of Fame Inductee (2015)

  Kerri Hicks Parent Advocate

South Carolina Jason P. Wigand AuD Owner/Audiologist
Beach Eye Care & Audiology
 
 Peter Dixon MDSurgeon
Medical University of South Carolina
  Gina Crosby-Quinatoa MSP, CCC-SLP,
LSLS Cert. AVT

University of South Carolina

 Kelly FlodinCI User and Advocate


 Kara Leyzac AuD, PhD, CCC-AAssistant Professor
Director, Cochlear Implant Program
Medical University of South Carolina

 Kaylene King AuD, CCC-AAdult and Pediatric Cochlear Implant Audiologist

South Dakota Coral Dirks AuD, PhD, CCC-AAssistant Professor
University of South Dakota

Tennessee   Christine Brown AuD   Cochlear Implant Audiologist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 
 
 Jordan Alyse Coffelt, AuD, CCC-AClinical Assistant Professor/Audiologist
University of Memphis

 Aaron Moberly MDAssociate Professor of Otolaryngology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center


Sara Unrein AuD Cochlear Implant Audiologist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

 Sarah E. Warren AuD, PhD, MPHAssistant Professor
University of Memphis

 Texas Allison Haggerty M.S. CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT LSL Intervention Director
All Ears Language Center

 Ashley S. Fairleigh, M.S., CCC-SLPSpeech Language Pathologist
The Hearing Center at Dell Children's Medical Center-Austin, TX


 Vivian F. Kaul, MDNeurotologist
University of Texas Houston
 Sarah N. McAlexander AuD, CCC-A, ABACPediatric Audiologist
Texas Hearing Institute

 Anna RechCI User

  Steve Rech
Partner
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP 
 
  Lee Rech Executive Director of All Ears! Listening & Language Center

 Sneha V. Bharadwaj PhD, CCC-SLPProfessor
Dept. of Communication Sciences & Oral Health
Faculty Affiliate, Woodcock Institute
Texas Woman's University
 Cheryl Kraemer MALead Speech-Language Pathologist
Certified Auditory-Verbal Educator
The Hearing Center at Dell Children's Medical Group

 Elizabeth Hamilton AuDCommunications Manager
The Hearing Center at Dell Children's Medical Center

  Melissa Sweeney MS Head Speech-Language Pathology
Cochlear Implant Program Manager
Callier Center, The University of Texas at Dallas
 
 Laura Schadt AuD, CCC-A, F-AAAClinical Audiologist
Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

 Lisa Vaughan AuDAudiology Program Manager
Cooks Children Hospital

  Andrea Warner-Czyz PhD, CCC-A Associate Professor
UT Dallas

 Ronald J. Vilela MDAssociate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

Utah Cache Pitt AuD Clinical Professor, Audiology
Utah State University

 Erin Carmichael AuD, CCC-APediatric Audiologist, Department of Rehabilitation
Primary Children’s Hospital

  Lauri H. Nelson PhD Professor / Deaf Education Division Chair
Utah State University

 Kate JohnsonAudiology Program Manager
University of Utah Department of
Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology


  Jackie Ball Parent Advocate

 Katie Tonkovich AuD
Pediatric Audiologist, Department of Rehabilitation
Primary Children’s Hospital | Layton Hospital

Vermont  Linda Hazard Ed.D
Program Director Vermont Early Hearing Detection
and Intervention Program
Vermont Department of Health
University of Vermont Medical Center

 Kathryn Keyes AuD, CCC-A
Clinical Audiologist
Department of Otolaryngology (ENT)
UVM Medical Center


 George Kurien MD FRCSCOtolaryngology-HNS/Neurotology
Assistant Professor University of Vermont Medical Center

  Alina Mills MS, CCC/SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd. Speech-Language Pathologist & Auditory Verbal Educator
Catamount Speech & Language Service

 Nell Rosenberg, M.Ed., M.S.
National Director of Teleservices
Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech

  Margaret Sicotte AuD   Clinical Audiologist
University of Vermont Medical Center
           
Virginia  Stephanie Moody Antonio MD

Otology/Neurotology
Director of EVMS/CHKD Cochlear Implant Program
Associate Professor

  Lori L. Bobsin PhD Coordinator, Aural Habilitation Program
University of Virginia Cochlear Implant Team

  Daniel H. Coelho MD  G. Douglas Hayden Professor
Otologic & Neurotologic Surgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
 
 Allen Derina AuDAudiologist
Eastern Virginia Medical School

  Debbie Hatch AuD EVMS Hearing & Balance Center

  Julia Reid AuD  Pediatric and Educational Audiologist
Potomac River Clinic/The River School

Washington   Erin Christianson PhD Research Audiologist
 
 Danette Driscoll MEdExecutive Director
Spokane HOPE
 Sheridan Frank, AuD, CCC-APediatric Audiologist

 Terra Boulse-Archaro MSPediatric Aural Rehabilitation Specialist
Seattle Children’s Hospital

 Christie Rexroth AuD, CCC-AAudiology Coordinator/Pediatric Audiologist
Listen and Talk

  Daniel Zeitler MD Co-Director Listen for Life Center and CI program
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

 Wisconsin Jamie Jensen AuD Audiologist
Koss Cochlear Implant Program
Medical College of Wisconsin
 Rachael Jocewicz AuD
Cochlear Implant Audiologist
UW Health

 Molly O’Hearn AuDCochlear Implant Audiologist
Aurora Healthcare

The mission of the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance is to advance access to the gift of hearing provided by cochlear implantation through research, advocacy and awareness.