- Senior Leadership
- Grant Leadership
- Faculty
- Care Coordination
- Caring for Champions
- Community Engagement
- Education and Child Development
- Family Care Enhancement Project
- Genetic Medicine
- integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Occupational Therapy
- Outpatient Clinic
- Pediatric Feeding Disorders
- Physical Therapy
- Psychology
- Recreational Therapy
- Research
- Severe Behavior
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Warren G. Sanger Human Genetics Laboratory
Speech-Language Pathology
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450
Phone: 402-559-5751
Email
Professional Summary
Abby Crimmins is a speech-language pathologist in the Department of speech-language pathology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI). Abby joined the team in 2020. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics at Iowa State University in Ames, IA and a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, NE. Abby completed her graduate externship here at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She then obtained professional clinical experience at MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center in Sioux City, IA where she treated patients in the acute care, outpatient, acute rehabilitation, and skilled nursing settings prior to returning to UNMC to continue growing in her career. Her clinical interests include communication and swallowing with tracheostomized and ventilator-dependent patients, speech, language, and swallowing treatment following a stroke, and recovery from traumatic brain injuries. She also has experience with patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer and is currently training to specialize in pediatric therapy within the acute care setting.
Specialty Certifications
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) certificate of clinical competence
- Nebraska state licensed speech-language pathologist
- Iowa state-licensed Speech-Language Pathologist
Education
- MS, in Speech-Language Pathology – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 2019
- BA, in Linguistics – Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2017
Special Interests & Projects
- Adult and pediatric neurogenic communication and swallowing disorders
- Tracheostomized and mechanically-ventilated patients
- Head and neck cancer
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Patient and family education
Professional Affiliations
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Iowa Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Senior Leadership
- Grant Leadership
- Faculty
- Care Coordination
- Caring for Champions
- Community Engagement
- Education and Child Development
- Family Care Enhancement Project
- Genetic Medicine
- integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Occupational Therapy
- Outpatient Clinic
- Pediatric Feeding Disorders
- Physical Therapy
- Psychology
- Recreational Therapy
- Research
- Severe Behavior
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Warren G. Sanger Human Genetics Laboratory