Beth Solomon, MS, CCC-SLP
Beth Solomon is the Chief of the Speech and Language Pathology at the NIH Clinical Center.  She received her Masters of Science in Speech Language Pathology from Columbia University.  She received her Bachelors of Arts in Elementary Education and Bachelors of Science in Communication Disorders from the University of Massachusetts. Her clinical practice and research interests involve speech rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients, pediatric and adult dysphasia, voice disorders, and craniofacial anomalies. She is a recognized leader in the area of voice restoration following laryngectomy and as an Infant and Toddler Specialist by the Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families in the State of Maryland. She is the appointed Speech-Language Pathology Liaison to the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. Surgeon General’s Office. Her collaborative research efforts include the study of speech and swallowing outcomes with various head and neck cancer treatments, and the natural history study of speech, swallowing and voice production in various pediatric genetic and metabolic conditions, as well as outcome measures with various treatments in progressive neurologic diseases.  Ms. Solomon has mentored numerous graduate students during clinical internships and is a frequent guest lecturer in many of the local university graduate programs in speech-language pathology.  She has presented at numerous state, national, and international meetings and has published extensively in the areas of swallowing, oral motor function, and head/neck cancer and rare diseases and syndromes.

Maia L. Magder, MS, CCC-SLP
Maia L. Magder is a staff speech language pathologist in Speech Language Pathology at the NIH Clinical Center.  She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Miami in English Literature and Marketing and graduate degree at Emerson College in Boston in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Her clinical and research interests are in adult neurogenic acquired communications disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and communication disorders in psychiatric patients. Currently, she provides diagnostic and treatment services for patients with acquired neurogenic communication and swallowing disorders, tracheotomized and ventilator dependent patients, and pediatric patients with behavioral, psychiatric, and language learning disorders. She leads a social communication group for children with autism spectrum disorders, and has developed a social communication curriculum for private schools.  Ms. Magder initially trained in Boston at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, New England Medical Center, and at Boston Children’s Hospital and worked in Philadelphia at Albert Einstein Medical Center,  Moss Rehab, and in the District of Columbia at Georgetown University Hospital.  Ms. Magder has presented on treatment of communication disorders and dysphagia at NIH and nationally, and has supervised numerous graduate students in their clinical practicum. Ms. Magder is the elected Advisory Council representative for the District of Columbia for the American Speech and Hearing Association and a member of the District of Columbia Speech and Hearing Association Executive Board.

Jennifer M. Ryder, MA, CCC–SLP
Jennifer M. Ryder is a staff speech language pathologist in Speech Language Pathology at the NIH Clinical Center.  She received her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the George Washington University Columbia School of the Arts.  As a speech-language pathologist her clinical and research interests are in adult and pediatric acquired neurogenic communication disorders.  Ms. Ryder’s clinical training included internships at the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) and Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) in Washington, DC.  She subsequently worked for 10 years at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, primarily providing services to patients on the brain injury unit, but also spent time providing treatment to cardiac, stroke, musculoskeletal, spinal cord injury, and pediatric patients.  She has provided home health SLP services through the Visiting Nurse’s Association and acute care SLP services with Washington Adventist, Shady Grove Adventist, and Suburban Hospitals.  She currently works half time at the NIH Clinical Center.  She has presented numerous times in multiple formats on the topic of Ethics in Rehabilitation and on treating speech, language, cognition, and swallowing in low level traumatic brain injury.