Dr. Eyal Botzer, in addition to having performed 20,000+ frenulum surgery procedures, has lectured and taught around the world, and volunteered his time at surgical missions to help underserved communities.  His passion and dedication to help humanity is infectious!

Katrina is a specialist speech and language therapist working as a Consultant in Dysphagia in Kent Community NHS Foundation Trust. She has an independent practice, and trained as an orofacial myofunctional practitioner. She is an honorary lecturer at Christchurch University, Greenwich for Paediatric Dysphagia. 2019 winner of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship where she will be tasked with exploring how to establish OMT in the NHS of the UK.

Michelle Emanuel has 25 years experience as a Neonatal / Pediatric Occupational Therapist,  and IBCLC with specific focus on posture, movement and connection for the precrawling baby. She has a background in neonatal intensive care (NICU), pediatric intensive care (PICU), cardiac intensive care (CICU), and outpatient population.   She has a unique and interesting way of blending traditional and complementary forms of therapeutic applications, with her main emphasis on facilitating healthy nervous system function.

Robin Glass, MS, OTR, IBCLC practices occupational therapy at Seattle Children's Hospital in Seattle, WA. Her clinical specialty is the treatment of infants, both as hospital inpatients and outpatients with a strong focus on feeding issues. She is NDT trained and a Board Certified Lactation Consultant, with extensive national and international experience speaking about the infant feeding. Robin holds a clinical faculty appointment at the University of Washington in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. She has authored numerous journal articles as well as the book with her co-author Lynn Wolf, Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management. She was a recipient of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT) Pioneer Award in 2015.

Silke Anna Theresa Weber is an Adjunt Professor for Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Botucatu Medical School-FMB, UNESP, Botucatu,SP, Brazil. Coordinator of the Sleep Lab at the university hospital “Hospital das Clínicas HCFMB Botucatu” and the research line in Sleep breathing disorders at the program “Surgery and Translational medicine”, member of the ERS Task Force group of paediatric sleep breathing disorders.

Kevin Boyd is a board-certified pediatric dentist practicing in Chicago. He is also an attending instructor in the residency-training program in Pediatric Dentistry at Lurie Children’s Hospital where he additionally serves as a dental consultant to the Sleep Medicine service. Prior to completing his dental degree from Loyola University’s Chicago College of Dentistry in 1986, he obtained an advanced degree (M.Sc.) in Human Nutrition from Michigan State University where his research interests were focused on unhealthy eating, dental caries, obesity and diabetes. Kevin attended the University of Iowa for his post-graduate residency training where he received a Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry in 1988.

The Myo Coffee Klatsch is a weekly study club event for our AOMT students and alumnae. We provide mentorship via an open forum, inviting guest lecturers, researchers and expert clinicians to weigh in on all topics related to myofunctional therapy and sciences.  All lectures are recorded and available for alumni in a searchable library.

This upcoming presentation is a special edition open to the broader AOMT community. 

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