Katy Magee, M.H.S., CCC-SLP/L, CBIS

Katy Magee, M.H.S., CCC-SLP/L, CBIS is the Therapy Manager for the Think and Speak Lab at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. She also works as a Research Speech-Language Pathologist in the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab. Katy earned her undergraduate degree at Elmhurst University and her Master’s degree at Governor’s State University. She has been practicing for 13 years with both pediatric and adult populations. Katy has worked in a variety of clinical settings including schools, home health, clinics, Day Rehabilitation Centers, and acute Neuro ICU rehabilitation. For the last 6 years, she has had the pleasure of being the cognitive-communication lab therapist at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, with focused cognitive-communication treatment for patients in the acute inpatient rehabilitation stage as well as teaching and mentoring support in the areas of attention, memory, pragmatics and executive functions. She began some work in the cognitive neuroscience lab 3 years ago focusing on rewards sensitivity and has grown her research interests to include, patient engagement, motivation/apathy, social cognition, Right Hemisphere Dysfunction, and Long COVID. Most recently, she accepted a position as the Therapy Manager for the Think and Speak AbilityLab, which includes leading a phenomenal team of SLP's and OT's who provide services for the areas of aphasia, dysphagia, voice/dysarthria, cognitive-communication, vision, and functional cognition.