Quality Assurance Supervisor
Resume:
Denise Celeste (Barbiero) Sommers
Huntsville, Alabama 35802
e-mail- abjx02@r.postjobfree.com
Education: M.Sc. Audiology - University of Mississippi - 1985
B.Sc. Communicative Disorders - University
of Mississippi - 1984
Homemaker: 1991- present-
Raising four children; Active PTA Board
Member, Performed Head Room
Mother Duties, Coordinate for Office
Volunteers at middle school, Volunteer/Assist
Grissom High School Guidance Counselors-
once a week; Active At-Large Board
Member - Lily Flagg Pool, Tennis
Instructor - Lily Flagg Pool
Employment: Clinical Audiologist, The Wellesley Hospital,
Department of Otolaryngology, Toronto,
Canada, 1990-1991
Clinical Audiologist, University of
Tennessee/University of Tennessee Medical Center,
Knoxville, Tennessee USA, 1989-1990
Director, Audiology Services, University
of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville,
Tennessee USA, 1989-1990
Clinical Audiologist, Mount Sinai
Hospital Otologic Function Unit, Department of
Otolaryngology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
1986-1989
Teaching/Supervisory Responsibilities:
Practicum Supervisor, Graduate Department
of Speech Pathology and Audiology,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee, 1990
Clinical Clerks, Supervisor, Department
of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,
1986-1989
Practicum Supervisor, ENT Residents,
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada, 1987-1989
Practicum Supervisor, Year II Students,
Graduate Department of Speech Pathology,
Faculty of Medicine, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1986-1989
Practicum Supervisor, Audiology Interns
from University of Western Ontario,
University of British Columbia,
Dalhousie University, 1987-1989
Management Responsibilities:
Maintained and /or updated Policies and
Procedures of Audiology Services; Provided
A comprehensive quality assurance
program; Devised new budget proposals Provided
Monthly monitoring of productivity;
Promoted hospital staff and public awareness of
Audiology; Increased relations with the
Nursing Administration and Rehabilitation
Services; Completed quarterly reports;
Actively participated on the Rehabilitation
Committee; Worked with Oncology
Department in monitoring hearing of
Chemotherapy patients; Completed billing
procedures; and Initiated new referral
Sources within the hospital.
Presentations; University of Toronto film, "Hearing Loss in the
Elderly" - 1988
Barbiero, D.C. - "Communication
Strategies Workshop" - Mount Sinai
Hospital Audiology Rounds, 1987
Barbiero, D.C. - "Workers' Compensation
Aural Rehabilitation Class" -
Mount Sinai Hospital audiology Rounds,
1989
Inservices and/or Educational Seminars
for Allied Professionals, Toronto,
Ontario, 1986-1989
Barbiero, D. "Tips for the Hearing-
Impaired Person" - 1988
Professional Affiliations and Activities:
American Speech-Language Association
-1983-2002
Canadian Association of Speech-Language
Pathologists and Audiologists -
1986-1989
Ontario Association of Speech-Language
Pathologists and Audiologists -
1986-1993
American Auditory Society - 1984-1986
American Academy of Audiology - 1990-
1991
Conference Committee Chairperson -
Canadian Association of Speech-Language
Pathologists and Audiologists - 1988-
1989
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Committee - University of Tennessee
Medical Center -1990
Rehabilitation Committee - Wellesley
Hospital - 1991
Certification: American Speech-Language and Hearing Association
- #010*****-** -2004
Canadian Association of Speech-Language
Pathologists and Audiologists -1990
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