Instructor/Fellow - Speech Language Pathology Fellowship

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

13h•$60,000 - $65,000•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Colorado, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery is pleased to announce an opening for our 2026 – 2027, Speech-Language-Pathology Clinical Fellowship. The CU Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Clinical Fellowship is led by an inter-professional team that includes voice-specialized speech language pathologists, a dysphagia-specialized speech language pathologist, three fellowship-trained laryngologists and two fellowship trained head and neck surgeons. The entire field of voice, airway and swallow-related pathology is addressed in this fellowship with the benefit of utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. This program aims to provide fellows with an excellent exposure to the full spectrum of voice, airway and swallowing disorders, and their medical and surgical management. Through bimonthly, interdisciplinary voice and swallow rounds, clinic-based teaching, and progressive responsibility in behavioral treatment of voice and swallowing disorders, the fellows receive a well-balanced academic experience. Each fellow will learn to hone their teaching skills by participating in the training of medical students and residents when appropriate, and by participating in resident didactics. This one-year Speech-Language-Pathology (SLP) clinical fellowship is designed to provide an educational experience with progressively increasing clinical responsibilities. This program will allow the trainee to become an expert in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with voice, airway, and swallowing disorders in an interprofessional setting. Clinical Fellows will be provided an in-depth survey of the field based on clinical, didactic, and research exposure. The education of the SLP clinical fellow is viewed as a dynamic process with active didactic learning that is then applied to patients in a clinical practice setting. The program’s learning objectives will provide clinical fellows with exposure to all aspects of patient care, research opportunities and teaching experience. The clinical fellow will learn from a team of three SLPs, three fellowship-trained laryngologists and two fellowship-trained head and neck surgeons to optimize the diversity of training during the year. The Speech Language Pathology fellowship experience at The University of Colorado is geared towards the development of competency in the assessment and treatment of voice, airway, and swallowing disorders. Fellows will have exposure to all aspects of patient cases on the behavioral, medical, and surgical levels. As a participatory member of the inter-professional team, each fellow will be involved in the treatment of patients in an outpatient setting for the purpose of learning and taking history, physical examination skills, and developing skills with instrumental assessment of voice and swallowing disorders. Diagnostic skills are further challenged through monthly “Voice Rounds” or “Dysphagia Rounds” where the fellow will be responsible for presenting difficult voice cases from previous weeks and expected to understand and convey all of the issues as they pertain to the diagnosis and treatment of the patient. Fellows also work in close conjunction with on-site laryngologists and singing specialists to improve their understanding of the role of surgical treatment and physical rehabilitation of the speaking and singing voice. Fellows will perform numerous office-based procedures, including videostrobolaryngoscopy, flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing skills (FEES), videoflouroscopic swallowing studies (VFSS), and acoustic and aerodynamic testing in addition to developing expertise in the clinical/ perceptual assessment of upper aerodigestive disorders. This fellowship is a twelve-month, full-time, paid position in the University of Colorado Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Preferred start date is August 1, but exceptions may be made in specific circumstances.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited graduate program in speech-language pathology, with completion of a master's level course of study by June 2026
Experience in an academic medical center
Experience in the evaluation and treatment of voice and swallowing disorders through graduate student work
Ability to obtain at CO SLP Provisional License by hire date

Responsibilities

Participating in the training of medical students and residents when appropriate
Participating in resident didactics
Involved in the treatment of patients in an outpatient setting for the purpose of learning and taking history, physical examination skills, and developing skills with instrumental assessment of voice and swallowing disorders
Presenting difficult voice cases from previous weeks and expected to understand and convey all of the issues as they pertain to the diagnosis and treatment of the patient
Perform numerous office-based procedures, including videostrobolaryngoscopy, flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing skills (FEES), videoflouroscopic swallowing studies (VFSS), and acoustic and aerodynamic testing
Complete at least one clinical research project
Submit at least one abstract to a national meeting for oral presentation
Submit one manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal during training