Dee Adams Nikjeh PhD, CCC-SLP

Dr. Nikjeh is co-chair of the Health Care Economics Committee of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). She has appeared before the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services on behalf of ASHA to propose new diagnostic codes and modifications of existing codes for the benefit of speech-language pathologists. Dr. Nikjeh is an ASHA advisor to the American Medical Association Health Care Practitioner Advisory Committee where she has presented speech-language pathology procedure codes for valuation of professional service. Her clinical experience spans thirty years. She provides services for patients of West Coast Ear, Nose and Throat Association specializing in endoscopic procedures for evaluation and management of voice disorders. Dr. Nikjeh is a consultant for the United States Dept. of Justice, Civil Division-Fraud Section and is an associate of Fearon & Levine, a national consulting firm that focuses on practice management and payment policy in outpatient rehabilitation settings. Dr. Nikjeh is an ASHA Fellow and has served on ASHA's Legislative Council and Executive Board of the Council of State Association Presidents. She is a past-president of the Florida Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists.