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Audiology Team
Lurie Children’s Audiology team consists of Audiologists, Coordinators, Hearing Aid Dispenser and Clinical Assistants who provide state-of-the-art audiological services to diagnose, treat and habilitate children with hearing loss using evidence-based practices.
Lisa Weber AuD, CCC-A
Director, Department of Audiology
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Salus University; Master of Arts, Audiology, Indiana University; Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, hearing aids, cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment and cochlear implant programming
Locations: Main Hospital
Manager
Denise Thomas, AuD, CCC-A
Manager, Department of Audiology
Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of Wisconsin; Master of Science, Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin; Bachelor of Science, Communicative Disorders and Education, University of Wisconsin
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, hearing aids, cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment and cochlear implant programming
Locations: Main Hospital, Northbrook
Kathleen Masterson Colella, AuD, CCC-A
Clinical Coordinator, Diagnostic Audiology
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Purdue University; Bachelor of Science, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital; Westchester
Joy Ringger, AuD, CCC-A
Clinical Coordinator, Diagnostic Audiology
Education: Doctor of Audiology, A.T. Still University - Arizona School of Health Sciences; Master of Arts, Audiology, University of Illinois; Bachelor of Science, Speech and Hearing, University of Illinois
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Westchester
Claire Barnes, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Bachelor of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Doctor of Audiology, University of Iowa
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Lincoln Park
Emily Burg, AuD, PhD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist and Research Scientist, Clinician I
Education: Bachelor of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Doctor of Audiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations
Locations: Main Hospital
Kristen Cortese, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Rush University Medical Center; Bachelor of Science, Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Lincoln Park
Tenzin Dasal Tarak, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Bachelor of Science, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Lincoln Park
Sue Demari, MA, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II
Education: Master of Arts, Audiology, University of Illinois; Bachelor of Science, Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, amplification (hearing aids)
Locations: Main Hospital, New Lenox
Maeve Derrig, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Northern Illinois University; Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Augustana College
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital
Cara M. Donahue, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II
Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of Memphis; Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University
Specialty Areas: Cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment, and cochlear implant programming
Locations: Main Hospital, Skokie
Katherine Farnsworth, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Rush University Medical Center; Bachelor of Arts, Communication Sciences and Disorders and Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, University of Iowa
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices), cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment, and cochlear implant programming
Locations: Westchester, New Lenox
Sabrina Ferrero, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Bachelor of Science in Education, Communication Disorders, and Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Virginia
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Location: Main Hospital, Westchester
Tanya Goralczyk, MS, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Master of Science, Audiology, Rush University; Bachelor of Science, Communicative Disorders and Music, Valparaiso University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations and amplification (hearing aids)
Locations: Lake Forest, Northbrook
Megan Hart, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Bachelor of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Syracuse University
Doctor of Audiology, Northwestern University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Skokie
Colleen Ittner, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Illinois State University; Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Iowa
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices), cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment and cochlear implant programming
Locations: Main Hospital, Westchester
Tori Larson, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: University Doctor of Audiology, Gallaudet University, Master of Science, Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences, Gallaudet University, Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital
Alexandra Madison, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine; Master of Deaf Education, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Bachelor of Science, Special Education, Vanderbilt University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Skokie
Alison Olivo, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Bachelor of Science, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices), cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment, and cochlear implant programming
Locations: Lake Forest, Northbrook, Schaumburg
Perla Ortiz, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Bachelor of Science, Speech-Language Pathology, Texas Christian University; Doctor of Audiology, Northwestern University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital
Suzanne Pak, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of North Texas; Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, Baylor University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Skokie
Caroline Rayburn, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Illinois State University; Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology, Illinois State University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Schaumburg, Northbrook
Susan Reynolds-Lundberg, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Vanderbilt University; Bachelor of Science, Communication Disorders, Central Michigan University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Schaumburg, Northbrook
Casey Riley, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of the Pacific; Bachelor of Science, Public Affairs, Indiana University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Lincoln Park
Rebecca Salt, MA, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II
Education: Master of Arts, Audiological Sciences, Michigan State University; Bachelor of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Purdue University
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Westchester
Beth Tournis, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician III
Education: Doctor of Audiology, Salus University; Master of Arts, Audiology, Northwestern University; Bachelor of Arts, Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, The University of Southern Mississippi
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, hearing aids, cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment and cochlear implant programming
Locations: Main Hospital, New Lenox, Westchester
Emily M. Wilson, AuD, CCC-A
Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I
Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of Wisconsin--Madison; Bachelor of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin--Madison
Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)
Locations: Main Hospital, Skokie
Support Staff
Shavonne Cortez
Location: Westchester
Tiffany Hoskins
Location: Main Hospital
Bronwyn Kishbaugh, BA
Cochlear Implant team
Location: Main Hospital
Stephanie Smith, BS
Locations: Northbrook and Westchester
Gloria Arzet
Location: Northbrook
Callie Boustany, BS
Location: Main Hospital
Mckenna Horton
Location: Main Hospital
Diane Kapustka, BA
Locations: Lake Forest, Northbrook
Tamara Pieranunzi
Location: Westchester
Kaylee Sundell, BS
Location: Skokie