Susan E. Langmore, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Biography
Dr. Langmore is Emeritus Professor of Otolaryngology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She is a clinician, teacher, and researcher. She has worked as a speech pathologist her entire career, and has worked extensively in aphasia, dysarthria, and dysphagia. She has worked in acute care, ICU, rehab, and outpatient settings, and with patients who have neurologic diseases, pulmonary conditions, and head and neck cancer. Dr. Langmore has made many significant contributions to the field of Speech Language Pathology, starting with the development of the FEES procedure in the 1980’s.
She has altered the medical field’s perception and management of aspiration pneumonia with her research in the 1990’s, and has recently completed a multi-center NIH funded clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of electrical stimulation for dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients. Dr. Langmore was awarded the ASHA Fellowship in 1998 and then ASHA Honors in 2012, and currently serves as the president of the Dysphagia Research Society (DRS). She has served on NIH review committees and is a reviewer or editor of a dozen medical journals.
Ongoing Research Support
5RO1CA120950-02 Langmore (PI) 6/26/2007- 5/30/2012
NIH/NCI
Efficacy of Electrical Stimulation for Dysphagia in Head & Neck Cancer Patients
Role: Principal Investigator
This multi-institutional clinical trial will compare electrical stimulation plus aggressive swallowing exercise to sham electrical stimulation with aggressive swallow exercise to determine the efficacy of e-stim in treating dysphagia in patients who have received radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.
As outgrowths of this research, I am collaborating with several faculty here at BMC to determine how we can best predict and prevent dysphagia in patients undergoing treatment for head & neck cancer.
Other Positions
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University
Education
- Northwestern University, PhD
- Stanford University, MA
- University of California, Los Angeles, BA
Publications
- Published on 12/10/2023
Zuckerman M, Wang S, Kaneoka A, Coster WJ, Leonard R, Langmore SE, Pisegna JM. Conceptualizing Adult Dysphagia in the United States Within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 May; 105(5):1008-1018. PMID: 38072229.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/6/2023
Cordier R, Speyer R, Langmore S, Denman D, Swan K, Farneti D. Development of a Visuoperceptual Measure for Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (V-FEES) in Adults with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: An International Delphi Study. J Clin Med. 2023 Jun 06; 12(12). PMID: 37373571.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/25/2023
Jijakli A, Borders JC, Gottlieb A, Ramirez E, Leonard R, Langmore SE, Murray J, Pisegna JM. Absent epiglottic inversion as seen on flexible endoscopic evaluations of swallowing (FEES) is associated with a gestalt reduction in swallowing mechanics. Am J Otolaryngol. 2023; 44(2):103757. PMID: 36753976.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/20/2022
Miller CK, Reynolds J, Kelchner LN, Scarborough D, Langmore S, Gosa M. Tutorial on Clinical Practice for Use of the Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing Procedure With Pediatric Populations: Part 2. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2023 Jan 11; 32(1):55-82. PMID: 36538506.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/10/2022
Kumar S, Marchina S, Langmore S, Massaro J, Palmisano J, Wang N, Searls DE, Lioutas V, Pisegna J, Wagner C, Shinde A, Schlaug G. Fostering eating after stroke (FEASt) trial for improving post-stroke dysphagia with non-invasive brain stimulation. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 10; 12(1):9607. PMID: 35689084.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/24/2021
Langmore SE, Scarborough DR, Kelchner LN, Swigert NB, Murray J, Reece S, Cavanagh T, Harrigan LC, Scheel R, Gosa MM, Rule DK. Tutorial on Clinical Practice for Use of the Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing Procedure With Adult Populations: Part 1. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2022 01 18; 31(1):163-187. PMID: 34818509.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/13/2021
Martino R, Fitch MI, Fuller CD, Hope A, Krisciunas G, Langmore SE, Lazarus C, Macdonald CL, McCulloch T, Mills G, Palma DA, Pytynia K, Ringash J, Sultanem K, Theurer J, Thorpe KE, Hutcheson K. The PRO-ACTIVE trial protocol: a randomized study comparing the effectiveness of PROphylACTic swallow InterVEntion for patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. BMC Cancer. 2021 Oct 13; 21(1):1100. PMID: 34645411.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/1/2021
Langmore SE, Krisciunas GP, Warner H, White SD, Dvorkin D, Fink D, McNally E, Scheel R, Higgins C, Levitt JE, McKeehan J, Deane S, Siner JM, Vojnik R, Moss M. Correction to: Abnormalities of Aspiration and Swallowing Function in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure. Dysphagia. 2021 Oct; 36(5):842-853. PMID: 33635374.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/25/2021
Starmer HM, Arrese L, Langmore S, Ma Y, Murray J, Patterson J, Pisegna J, Roe J, Tabor-Gray L, Hutcheson K. Adaptation and Validation of the Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity for Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing: DIGEST-FEES. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2021 06 04; 64(6):1802-1810. PMID: 34033498.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/6/2020
Langmore SE, Krisciunas GP, Warner H, White SD, Dvorkin D, Fink D, McNally E, Scheel R, Higgins C, Levitt JE, McKeehan J, Deane S, Siner JM, Vojnik R, Moss M. Abnormalities of Aspiration and Swallowing Function in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure. Dysphagia. 2021 10; 36(5):831-841. PMID: 33156398.
Read at: PubMed
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