Jenna DiMartini, MS SLP, received her masters at Brooklyn College Communication Arts, Sciences, & Disorders.  She received her BA in Theatre Studies and Speech, as well as a dual degree in Elementary and Special education from Wagner College.  

Jenna's clinical focus in the treatment of adults with voice and swallowing disorders, as well as care of the professional voice.  Her experience includes working with both children and adults in a variety of settings including private practice, preschool, and clinics with a specialized focus in speech and language with those with hearing impairment/auditory processing disorder (APD), fluency disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

 Jenna has worked for over ten years as a professional singer and actor for television, stage and in the recording studio.  She is certified in the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT).

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Christina DiMare, MS CF-SLP, received her master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from New York University. She holds a BFA in Acting with a second major in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Syracuse University.

Throughout her studies, Christina’s clinical focus has been in the areas of voice, fluency disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Most recently, she received training from the interdisciplinary team at the NYU Langone Voice Center where she provided diagnostic and therapeutic care to professional and occupational voice-users.

She presented research on emotional regulation in children who stutter at the Joint World Congress for Stuttering and Cluttering.

She serves as a supporting artist for CO/LAB theater group, whose mission is to offer individuals with developmental disabilities a creative and social outlet through the theater arts.

With a background in musical theater performance, Christina is passionate about bridging the gap between clinical voice and performance voice. When not in the clinic, Christina remains actively involved in the theater community in New York City as a performer and as a creative assistant on new musicals.

Amanda C. Hembree, MA CCC-SLP is a Speech-Language Pathologist with more than 30 years of  expertise in voice and swallowing disorders, adult language disorders, neurological disorders of speech and swallowing and post-surgical head and neck rehabilitation. Ms. Hembree is a graduate of Valparaiso University, where she received her Bachelors Degree in Music Performance and  Communication Disorders and received her Master's Degree in Speech - Language Pathology from New York University.
Ms. Hembree is LSVT - Certified.

Ms. Hembree is the Clinical Coordinator of the New York Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders, under the Medical Direction of Dr. Andrew Blitzer. She has joined the Grabscheid Voice Center and Mount Sinai West under the Medical Direction of Dr. Mark Courey.   She is currently the director of the Graduate Student Program for SLP's within the Mount Sinai Hospital System. 

Evidenced based clinical research is currently focusing on NeuroMuscular Taping method, investigating long term vocal therapy outcomes and studying the effects of expiratory muscle strength devices. 

Ms. Hembree has been published in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v51 n2 p350-366 Apr 2008 titled “Vocal Hygiene Education, Voice Production Therapy, and the Role of Patient Adherence: A Treatment Effectiveness Study in Women with Phonotrauma” and operative techniques in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery: Swallowing Disorders, Vol 8, # 4, 1997 titled “Dysphagia Evaluation and Treatment.” Ms. Hembree is also a co-author of “Sensation and swallowing: Endoscopic evaluation of deglutition in the anesthetized larynx,” from The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology 2002:111:291-294.

You can find Ms. Hembree frequently attending performances at the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall and shows both on Broadway and Off Broadway.   Ms. Hembree supports the ARTS in NYC and the Berkshires.  She is a Patron of the Metropolitan Opera, a Member of the Atlantic Theater and New York Theater Workshop as well a business partner for Tanglewood and Barrington Stage Company in the Berkshires, Mass. 

Christina DiMare  CF-SLP 

Speech Language Pathologist, clinical fellow

ChristinaDiMare@WestsideVoice.com

Jenna DiMartini CCC-SLP 

Speech Language Pathologist 

JennaDiMartini@WestsideVoice.com

Emily Stephenson, MS CCC-SLP, received her master’s degree from Hunter College's 
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and her bachelor’s degree in speech from
Northwestern University. Her nearly ten years of clinical experiences include treatment of
children and adults with speech, language, and voice disorders across a variety of settings,
including preschools, elementary schools, clinics, and private practice. She currently serves as a
clinical educator and adjunct lecturer at Hunter College, where she also supervises a gender
affirming voice training group. She is an adjunct faculty member at Manhattan School of Music,
where she teaches speech and vocology for undergraduate students in the musical theatre
program. Emily worked professionally as a singer, performing on Broadway and off Broadway,
in addition to appearing on numerous cast albums and recordings. Her clinical treatment focus
includes voice, swallowing, accent modification, and care of the professional voice. She is
certified in the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT).

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Emily Stephenson, MS CCC - SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Amanda C Hembree, M.A., CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist/ Owner 

AmandaHembree@WestsideVoice.com

westsidevoice@gmail.com

Westside Voice and Swallowing

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