Director of Speech Pathology
University of California, Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, United States
Dr. Lisa Evangelista is the Director of Speech Pathology at the UC Davis Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She is a board-certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders and serves on the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association's Issues in Head and Neck Cancer Topic Committee and on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. Her clinical and research interest includes management of swallowing dysfunction following surgical intervention and radiation therapy for head and neck cancers. Dr. Evangelista has lectured internationally and authored peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on dysphagia in head and neck cancers