May Experts Available

Better Hearing and Speech Month


  • Carolyn Perry, M.S., CCC-SLP, clinical instructor, Speech-Language Pathology, School of Allied Health Sciences

  • Brittany Hall, M.S., CCC-SLP, clinical instructor, Speech-Language Pathology, School of Allied Health Sciences

  • Steven Zupancic, Au.D., Ph.D., CCC-A, assistant professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences


Skin Cancer

  • Ashley Sturgeon, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Dermatology


Mental Health Month

  • Tom McGovern, Ed.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Psychiatry

  • Terry McMahon, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Psychiatry


Stuttering Awareness

  • Jim Dembowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, associate professor, Speech-Language Pathology, School of Allied Health Sciences


May 31 - World No Tobacco Day

  • Gilbert Berdine, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians —Internal Medicine

  • Michael Arisa, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Psychiatry


Heat Safety

  • Franklin Babb, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians — Family Medicine


Alcohol and Drug-related Birth Defects

  • George Henderson, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and neuroscience


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