Our Professionals

Under the direction of Gary Rodriguez, Ph.D., the entire staff of audiologists and speech and language pathologists at each of our locations offers the same tenets, philosophies, commitments to education and outstanding service we've been providing since 1974.


Gary Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Gary Rodriguez, Ph.D. Audiology Director
Doctorate: Audiology, University of Florida; M.S.: Florida State University; B.S.: Florida State University; CCC-A: American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn; Certified Audiologist: State of Florida; Occupational Hearing Conservationist: Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation; Member: Institute for the Advanced Study of Communication Processes; Fellow: American Academy of Audiology; Faculty: Associate Professor, Audiology; Florida State University 1986-92; Publications: American Journal of Audiology, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Ear and Hearing, American Journal of Otolaryngology; Presentations: American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn., Southern Medical Assn., Florida Speech, Language,and Hearing Association


Barbara Garner, M.A., CCC-A

Audiologist
M.A.: Audiology, University of Maryland; B.A.: Speech and Hearing Science, University of Maryland; CCC-A: Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (ASHA); Florida State Licensure; Member: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association


Kristen Van Watteghem, M.A., CCC-A

Audiologist
M.A.: Audiology, University of Iowa; B.A.: Communicative Disorders, University of Northern Iowa; CCC-A: Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (ASHA); Florida State Licensure; Member: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association


Patricia Wolcott, M.A., CCC-SLP

Speech Pathologist
M.A.: Speech-Language Pathology, University of Cincinnati; B.S.: University of Cincinnati; CCC-SLP: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); Teaching Certificate: Xavier University; Member: FLASHA, Junior League of Manatee County (Charter Member), PTA (Indian Hills Exempled Village Schools, Cincinnati), PTA (Palma Sola Elementary School, Bradenton); Awards: (ACE) from ASHA 1989, '92, '96, '98; Author: Article on Speech Development in Health and Leisure; Special Interests in Field: Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury, Voice Disorders;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brad Mason, MBA, BC-HIS

Hearing Aid Specialist
National Board Certified in Hearing Instrument Sciences, MBA from the Tabor School of Business at Millikin University, Florida Licensure, Member of the International Hearing Society, Member of the Florida Society of Hearing Healthcare Professionals

 

 

 

 

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