Our Faculty

headshot of Sundeep Venkatesan, PhD, CCC-SLP

Sundeep Venkatesan, PhD, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor

Division of Speech and Language Pathology; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
BJC 213

Background

Sundeep Venkatesan is an assistant professor and co-director of the Brain and Swallow Laboratory in the Division of Speech and Language Pathology at 绿帽社's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. He joined the faculty in 2021 as a clinical instructor and transitioned to a tenure-track assistant professor after completing his PhD in Community Research and Action in 2025.

Venkatesan is a licensed speech-language pathologist with over 15 years of clinical experience across diverse settings, including early intervention, K-12 schools, outpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities (sub-acute and long-term care). He holds an ASHA-recognized advanced competency in fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES), enhancing his clinical expertise in assessing and managing swallowing disorders.

Venkatesan has supervised multiple clinical fellows through the certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology (CCC-SLP) and New York state licensure processes. He is an active member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA).

Education

  • PhD, community research and action, 绿帽社
  • MS, speech and language pathology, East Tennessee State University
  • BASLP, audiology and speech language pathology, Sri Ramachandra University, India

Research Interests

  • Dysphagia and swallowing disorders in adults
  • Cognitive-communication disorders in neurodegenerative conditions
  • Interprofessional education and practice in healthcare
  • Artificial intelligence and speech language pathology
  • Health disparities and social determinants of health in communication sciences

Clinical Interests

  • Evaluation and management of adults with dysphagia
  • Evaluation and management of cognitive-communication disorders in adults
  • Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES)

Teaching Interests

  • Dysphagia and swallowing disorders
  • Medical speech-language pathology
  • Cognitive communication disorders
  • Introduction to audiology
  • Interprofessional education in healthcare