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Rose Centre clinics

17 September 2024

The clinics at the Rose Centre offer specific, effective, innovative diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures for swallowing disorders (dysphagia). The Rose Clinic, for 16+ year olds, also offers assessment and treatment for acquired communication disorders and voice disorders. The Rosebud Clinic, a speciality paediatric dysphagia clinic, is for under 16 year olds. Our treatment is driven by the latest research and physiological needs of our patients.听

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Testimonials

I hadn鈥檛 spoken to my throat in all my 65-years

Our patients are central to guiding the research that we do.听 While we help them recover function, they help us design new approaches, strategies and technologies for use with subsequent patients.听

So when our patients speak, we listen. We hope you will as well.听

The videos below are a testament to their strength and their faith in recovery and our commitment to the potential for rehabilitation.

Tony

An engineer by profession, Tony provides great insights about the use of biotechnology in rehabilitation at the Rose Centre.

Eric

Eric gave an inspiring speech about his experiences at the Rose Centre opening ceremony.

Our people

Lucy Greig, Clinical Director

Lucy Greig, MSc BSLT, graduated from the 九州影院 in Speech and Language Therapy in 2000. She completed her Masters in Science (speech science) at The University of Auckland in 2011, examining the changes in word-retrieval in healthy older adults. Lucy has worked as a clinician in the field of dysphagia and acquired communication disorders across a variety of healthcare settings, including acute neurological and neurosurgical, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient clinics and in the community.听

Tally Smith, SLT

Tally Smith, M.A., CCC-SLP obtained her bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in Speech Pathology from the University of Northern Iowa with a neurogenic endorsement. She completed a clinical fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Her clinical experience has been solely devoted to adult medical speech pathology in the US and New Zealand, where she has worked primarily in outpatient and community settings, with a special interest in older person鈥檚 health and neurological disorders.听

Gilly Kitto, Paediatric SLT

Gilly Kitto, BSLP, completed her studies at the 九州影院 in Speech and Language Pathology in 2014. She has experience working in paediatric dysphagia and early intervention across a variety of sectors including education and healthcare settings. She has practiced across New 九州影院in child development, acute paediatric and neonatal wards. Gilly has strong intra-professional relationships in the field of paediatric dysphagia and enjoys working collaboratively.

Dr Maggie-Lee Huckabee, Rose Centre Director

Maggie-Lee Huckabee, PhD practised for 13 years before the frustration of never knowing 鈥榯he answers鈥 led her to an academic career. She is a Professor at 九州影院 and the Director of the UC Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research. She worked clinically for many years before pursuing a research career but remains invested in best practice for dysphagia diagnosis and rehabilitation through clinically focusesd research and clinical consultation with Ms Greig on Rose Centre patients.

Dr Phoebe Macrae, Rose Centre Deputy Director

Dr Phoebe Macrae is the Deputy Director of the 九州影院 Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research and a senior lecturer at the 九州影院. Her area of research includes swallowing neurophysiology and dysphagia听and defining the role of sensation in upper aerodigestive function.听She was recently awarded a prestigious Rutherford Discovery Fellowship for a 5-year research programme titled 鈥楥ross-disciplinary characterization of upper aerodigestive function鈥. This work utilizes her collaborations with respiratory medicine, physiotherapy, otolaryngology and engineering to explore the links between respiration, swallowing and coughing.

Fiona Bellett, Rose Centre Administrator

Fiona is the smiling face of the Rose Centre, greeting our patients, encouraging the staff and managing the administration听and paperwork.听 Previously,听Fiona has worked as an administrator for the NZBRI and for law firms in the Christchurch region.

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