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Dr. Nancy Pearl Solomon will introduce the webinar and the History of the IAOM and IJOM.

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Dr. Nancy Pearl Solomon, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a Research Speech-Language Pathologist in the National Military Audiology and Speech Pathology Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Professor in the Department of Surgery of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland. She is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and has served as Editor for two of ASHA’s premier research journals in speech-language pathology. Dr. Solomon has published over 100 scholarly articles and chapters, with topics focused on normal and disordered functions of motor speech, voice, breathing, and swallowing

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Professional Regulation of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy in Brazil: Evolution over 40 years

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Dr. Esther Bianchini is a Speech and Language Pathologist with multiple decades of experience in clinical practice, teaching, and research. She graduated in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) in 1981, later earning a Master’s degree in Education with a focus on Communication Disorders from the same institution in 1998. She completed her Ph.D. in Sciences, specifically Experimental Pathophysiology at the University of São Paulo’s School of Medicine in 2005. As a recognized specialist in OMT, she has been certified by the Brazilian Federal Council of SLHS since 1996. Her expertise also extends to sleep-related communication sciences, having received accreditation from the Brazilian Sleep Association (ABS). She serves as a professor in postgraduate programs at both the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) in Santiago, Chile, where she teaches at the specialization, master’s, and doctoral levels. Throughout her career, she has held leadership and advisory roles in several professional associations. She has been a representative of the SLHS Council on the Interdisciplinary Committee of the Brazilian Sleep Association since 2014 and is a member of the Brazilian Society of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SBFa). She is also a founding member of the Brazilian Association of Orofacial Motricity (ABRAMO), and an active member of international organizations such as the World Sleep Society (WSS), the World Dentofacial Sleep Society (WDSS), and the International Pediatric Sleep Academy (IPSA). In addition to her academic and research contributions, she is the Director and Technical Manager of EBianchini Speech Therapy Clinic, where she continues to provide expert care and guidance in the field of speech-language pathology.

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Interdisciplinary Airway Management: Perspectives from Osteopathic, Physical, and Breathing Therapies

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Dr. Rosalba Courtney is an osteopath with over 45 years of experience as a practitioner, teacher, researcher and writer. She received her PhD from RMIT University for her research on the topic of “Dysfunctional Breathing: Its Parameters, Measurement and Clinical Relevance” in 2011. She is internationally recognized for her work in this field, having published over 20 peer reviewed articles and several book chapters on this topic. For the last 20 years she has been refining the assessment and treatment of dysfunctional breathing and exploring the ways that breathing can be used as a healing tool. She developed Integrative Breathing Therapy, an evidence based approach to breathing therapy that combines both the art and science of breathing to personalize your patient's treatment.

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How Did OMT Go from Tongue Thrust to Sleep Disordered Breathing and Beyond?!

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Dr. Soroush Zaghi graduated from Harvard Medical School, completed residency in ENT (Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery) at UCLA, and Sleep Surgery Fellowship at Stanford University. He now serves as medical director of The Breathe Institute where the focus of his sub-specialty training is on the comprehensive treatment of nasal obstruction, mouth breathing, snoring, and obstructive sleep apnea in children and adults. He is very active in clinical research with over 97+ peer-reviewed research publications in the fields of neuroscience, head and neck surgery, myofunctional therapy, sleep-disordered breathing, and tongue-tie surgery.

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Past and Future Directions of the IAOM: Perspectives from the President

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Joy Lantz, RDH, PHDH, COM, IBCLC has over 30 years of experience in the dental field. Joy began practicing orofacial myology and received her certification in orofacial myology from the International Association of Orofacial Myology in 2017. She is currently serving as the President of the IAOM. She got her International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) credential in 2022. Joy is the owner of Joy Lantz: Transforming Oral Health, specializing in educating patients, parents and colleagues. She is a professional international speaker presenting courses on anticipatory guidance, collaboration for patient care and myofunctional therapy. Joy is also a consultant for dental offices that want to incorporate airway components into their practices. She created the BLOOMS milestone program for children aged birth to three in dental practices. Her passion is to assist dental and medical professionals to collaborate in screening for oral myofunctional and airway disorders for overall health.

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MDPI Partnership, Journal metrics, Submission options

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Stephen Mora is the current Managing Editor of the International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy. He completed both his Masters and PhD in Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in Toronto, Canada.