Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dr. Brodsky obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to his current appointment in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dr. Brodsky was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), an adjunct to the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program at MUSC, and a Research Health Scientist at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina. He completed research traineeships with the Pittsburgh VA Health Care System and the MUSC Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing.
As a licensed and ASHA certified speech-language pathologist, Dr. Brodsky has practiced clinically in Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Maryland. His clinical specialties include swallowing disorders, tracheostomy and ventilator dependency, and communication disorders resulting from neurologic impairments. In addition to these specialties, his research and clinical interests include cognition, motor learning, head and neck cancer, and improving clinical health service. Current research pursuits include swallowing impairments related to ventilator dependency and improving clinical health service delivery.
Dr. Brodsky is a continuing education reviewer for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a guest reviewer for several scientific journals, and is a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Dysphagia Research Society, and the American Psychological Association.
Education:
2006: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
1995: M.A., Michigan State University
1992: B.A., Michigan State University
Research Training:
1998 - 2001: Pre-doctoral Trainee, VA Health Care System of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2001: Research Associate, Veterans Research Foundation of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 - 2003: Pre-doctoral Fellowship–Swallowing/Swallowing Disorders, MUSC Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 2001 - 2003
Clinical Appointment:
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Outpatient Rehabilitation
Teaching:
2009: Professional Lecturer, Speech and Hearing Sciences, George Washington University
Honors:
2000: University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Development Award.
2003: Third Place Poster Award, Dysphagia Research Society 12th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2003: New Investigator Award, ASHA Special Interest Division 13: Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders in partnership with the Yul Brynner Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, Inc., Dysphagia Research Society 12th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2003 - 2004: Presidential Scholar, Medical University of South Carolina.
2003 - Present: Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Representative Publications:
Martin-Harris, B., Brodsky, M. B., Michel, Y., Ford, C. L., Walters, B., & Heffner, J. (2005). Breathing and swallowing dynamics across the lifespan. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 131, 762-770.
Dozier, T. S., Brodsky, M. B., Michel, Y., Walters, B. C. Jr., Martin-Harris, B. (2006). Coordination of swallowing and respiration in normal sequential swallowing. Laryngoscope, 116, 1489-1493.
Gillespie, M. B., Day, T. A., Sharma, A. K., Brodsky, M. B., & Martin-Harris, B. (2007). Role of Mitomycin in upper digestive tract stricture. Head & Neck, 29, 12-17.
Martin-Harris, B., Brodsky, M. B., Michel, Y., Lee, F.-S., & Walters, B. (2007). Delayed initiation of the pharyngeal swallow: Normal variability in adult swallows. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research, 50(3), 585-594.
Martin-Harris, B., Brodsky, M. B., Michel, Y., Castell, D. O., Schleicher, M., Sandidge, J., Maxwell, R., Blair, J. (2008). MBS Measurement Tool of Swallow Impairment—MBSImp: Establishing a Standard. Dysphagia, 23(4), 392-405.
Brodsky, M. B., McFarland, D., Dozier, T. S., Blair, J., Ayers, C., Michel, Y., Gillespie, M. B., Day, T. A., & Martin-Harris, B. (in press). Respiratory-swallow phase patterns and their relationship to swallowing impairment in treated oropharyngeal cancer patients. Head & Neck.
Contact Information:
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins University
98 N. Broadway, Suite 403
Baltimore, MD 21231
Phone: (410) 502-4468
Fax: (410) 502-4900
Email: brodsky@jhmi.edu
