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Matthew D. Ford, MS, CCC-SLP

Job Title Clinical Coordinator/Speech-Language Pathologist, Cleft-Craniofacial Center

Job Title Field Instructor, Department of Communication Disorders, University of Pittsburgh

Job Title Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Duquesne University

Cleft-Craniofacial Center

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-8650 Phone

412-692-8614 Fax

Email matthew.ford@chp.edu

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Active Research Projects

Memberships

American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Pennsylvania Federation of Cleft Palate Clinics
Pennsylvania Speech-Language and Hearing Association

Publications

On the effect of parent-aneurysm angle on flow patterns in basilar tip aneurysms: Towards a surrogate geometric marker of intra-aneurismal hemodynamics.
Ford MD, Lee SW, Lownie SP, Holdsworth DW, Steinman DA
J Biomech

Biography Summary

Matthew D. Ford, MS, CCC-SLP serves as the Clinical Coordinator of the Cleft-Craniofacial Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is the team's senior speech pathologist with experience in the diagnosis and treatment of structurally related speech production and feeding/swallowing disorders. He received his Bachelor of Science in the Education of the Speech and Hearing Impaired in 1992 and went on to obtain his Masters of Science in Speech-Language Pathology in 1993 from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has served on the Cleft Team since 1997. He participates in ongoing research with individuals affected by cleft and craniofacial anomalies and has lectured both nationally and internationally.