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Meet Our Speech Pathologists
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Kim Allen, M.S., CCC-SLP
Lead Speech-Language Pathologist for Flagstaff Medical Center, Kim Allen has been working as a speech therapist since 1996. She achieved and has maintained her Certificate of Clinical Competency as well as her Arizona State license. She obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northern Arizona University. She has a dual master’s degree in Speech and Hearing Science. She then returned to NAU later in her career teaching the masters level Dysphagia class. She is a very well rounded and experienced clinician with specialty areas in Voice and Swallowing. Her treatment philosophy is to educate, motivate, and provide the patient with the tools for recovery.
She came to Flagstaff in 1989 from San Diego, CA. She chooses to live in Northern Arizona because of the four seasons, the great outdoors, and the wonderful people. |
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JunLi Gallagher, M.S., CF-SLP
JunLi Gallagher is the newest team member. JunLi spent her initial 18 years in Bangkok, Thailand and moved to the United States in 2001 to attend school. She received a Bachelor of Science in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Arizona. After her undergraduate coursework JunLi worked in the public schools on the Navajo and Hopi reservations. She returned to school at Northern Arizona University for her master’s degree, eager to achieve a higher level of competency in the field of speech language pathology.
JunLi works primarily with the pediatric population interacting with families and their children who have concerns regarding speech/language delays or have a difficult time being understood by others. Her treatment philosophy is to involve the family in therapy activities and to provide the family and children with the tools to reach their goals and improve their overall ability to communicate and interact with the people who matter most. |
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Nicole Sasser, M.S., CCC-SLP
Nicole received her Bachelor of Arts from Purdue University and Masters of Science in Speech-Language-Pathology and Audiology from California State University, Eastbay (formally California State University, Hayward). She is a member of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Organization (ASHA). She has worked at Northern Arizona Healthcare since 2002, first at Verde Valley Medical Center later transferring to Flagstaff Medical Center where she worked in a variety of capacities, including acute care, outpatient rehabilitation, home health and pediatrics. Nicole currently focuses her skills in the acute care setting. She enjoys working with individuals on ways to improve their quality of life.
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