Faculty

Celia Stewart

Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology: Department Chair

Celia Stewart

Phone: 998 5230
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Professor Celia Stewart, an Associate Professor in the Department, earned her B.S. from Colorado State University, her M.S. from Phillips University, and her Ph.D. from New York University. She holds Clinical Certification from ASHA and licensure from New York State in Speech-Language Pathology. She has performed research at Mount Sinai Medical Center in the Department of Neurology and at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in the Department of Neurology. She has worked clinically in the Department of Neurology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, the Departments of Neurology and Speech and Hearing at New York Presbyterian Medical Center, the Communications Reconstruction Center in New York, the Community Speech and Hearing Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and the Teszler Learning Adjustment School in the Charles Lea Center in South Carolina. She is a member of the American Speech- Language and Hearing Association, New York State Speech-Language and Hearing Association, New York City Speech-Language and Hearing Association, International Society of Phonetic Sciences, ASHA Special Interest Divisions: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, Voice and Voice Disorders, Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. She is on the Steering Committee and WE MOVE Dystonia Task Force.


Degrees Held

  • B.S.
  • M.S.
  • Ph.D.

Awards

  • 2001 : Dystonia President's Award
  • 1999 : New York State Distinguished Clinician Award
  • 1997 : School of Education Goddard Faculty Fellowship Award
  • 1997 : NYU Service Award

Publications

  • Aviv JE, Keen MS, Rodriguez HP, Stewart C, Gund E, Blitzer A. Bilobed radial forearm free-flap for functional reconstruction of near-total glossectomy defects. Laryngoscope. 1994;104(7): 893-900.
  • Blitzer A, Brin MF, Stewart, C. Botulinum toxin management of spasmodic dysphonia (laryngeal dystonia): experience in more than 900 patients. Laryngoscope. 1998;108(10):1435-41.
  • Blitzer A, Brin MF, Stewart C, Aviv J, Fahn S. Abductor laryngeal dystonia: a series treated with botulinum toxin. Laryngoscope. 1992;102(2):163?167.
  • Blitzer A, Komisar A, Baredes S, Brin MF, Stewart C. Voice failure after tracheoesophageal puncture: management with botulinum toxin. Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery. 1995;113(6): 668-670.
  • Braun N, Abd A, Baer J, Blitzer A, Stewart C, and Brin M. Dyspnea in dystonia: a functional evaluation. Chest. 1995; 1309-1316.
  • Brin, MF, Blitzer A, Stewart C. Laryngeal dystonia (spasmodic dysphonia): observations of 901 patients and treatment with Botulinum toxin. Adv. Neurol. 1998;78:237-52.
  • Brin, MB, Stewart, CF, Blitzer, A, Diamond B. Laryngeal botulinum toxin injections for disabling stuttering in adults. Neurology. 1994;4(12); 2262-2266.
  • De Leon D, Moskowitz CB, Stewart CF. Proposed guidelines for videotaping individuals with movement disorders. Neuroscience Nursing. 1991;23:191-193
  • Salloway S, Stewart CF, Israeli L, Morales X, Rasmussen S, Blitzer A, Brin MF. Botulinum toxin for refractory vocal tics. Movement Disorders. 1996;11(6):746-748.
  • Stewart, CF, Allen E, Tureen P, Diamond B, Brin MF. Adductor spasmodic dysphonia: standard evaluation of symptoms and severity. Journal of Voice. 1997;11(1):95-103.
  • Stewart CF, Winfield L, Bressman S, Hunt A, Brin M. Speech dysfunction in early Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders, 1995;10(5):562-5.

Courses

  • E34.2016 Motor Speech Disorders
  • E34.2037 Voice Disorders
  • E34.2019 Therapeutic Approaches in Speech Pathology: Voice Disorders
  • E34.2060 Dysphagia
  • E34.2041 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology

Research Interests

  • Voice and Voice Disorders;
  • Neurogenic Communicative Disorders;
  • Dysphagia