Andrea Ekstam, MA, CCC-SLP

Commitment to patient-centered care

"My idea of a successful care plan is to develop goals that are meaningful for the child and their family, and finding ways to gain skills in fun and engaging ways."

Clinical expertise

Ande is a speech-language pathologist. She practices in the acute and outpatient care setting providing diagnostic, treatment, and educational services, to pediatric patients in the areas of dysphagia, speech and language disorders, cognition, and augmentative/alternative communication. Ande earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master's degree from the University of Northern Iowa. She completed her clinical fellowship training through the LEND program at the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, in Portland, OR. She has worked in several pediatric settings with a consistent focus on pediatric feeding and augmentative/alternative communication.