Dorinda Malcolm, MA, CCC-SLP
Dorinda is the founder of Renew Speech Language Pathology, LLC. She is certified by the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and licensed to practice in the state of Maryland. Dorinda has been a medical SLP for over 23 years; specializing in voice disorders, swallowing impairments, and speech/language/cognitive deficits. Dorinda is certified in Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) LOUD, Vital Stim and Ampcare Effective Swallowing Protocol neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), and Modified Barium Swallowing Impairment Profile (MBSImP). She is trained in FEES and videostroboscopy as well as Patterned Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation (PENS) and surface electromyography (sEMG.) She received certification in the McNeil Dysphagia Therapy Program (MDTP) and Phonation Resistance Training Exercises (PhoRTE.) She actively attends continuing education courses to learn up to date, evidence-based evaluation and treatment practices. Dorinda has been a resident of Howard County, Maryland since 1997. She and her husband are busy raising a blended family of 5 kids ranging in ages from 19 – 29 years. Dorinda and her family enjoy spending time together playing games, traveling, and eating lots of popcorn!
Carol Kathke, RN Adminstrative Assistant
My name is Carol Kathke. I am a Remote Administrative Assistant for Renew Speech Language Pathology. I retired in May 2023 from 44 years of being an R.N. I have worked in a lot of different capacities throughout my career. Just to name the last couple, as a Director of Nursing for an Assisted Living Facility in Lockport, N.Y. for 19 years and then in 2014 we relocated to Florida, and I became a School Nurse for Pinellas County Schools and worked there for 9 years. I thoroughly enjoy caring for and helping people. My hobbies include gardening, writing poetry, baking and spending time with friends and family.
Brooke Bergman, MS, CCC-SLP
My name is Brooke Bergman and I am a Speech-Language Pathologist with Renew Speech Therapy. I have more than 15 years of experience as an SLP and have worked in Acute Care, Skilled Nursing, Long-Term Care, Assisted Living, Outpatient clinic and now Private Practice. I have experience with evaluating and treating diagnoses including dysphagia, aphasia, apraxia and cognitive-linguistic dysfunction that come from a range of neurological injury and/or disease. I have worked with many Parkinson’s and Parkinsonism patients and am certified in LSVT and SPEAK OUT! I also carry a certification of Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) from the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS). Additionally, I have experience with voice disorders, head and neck cancer treatment, chronic cough and provide gender affirming voice therapy. In my spare time, I’m a mom of two littles, bake amazing brownies and love to read in my hammock.
Merena Sarnecki, MA, CCC-SLP
Merena is a speech language pathologist who is excited to be on the Renew team! She is certified with ASHA and licensed to practice in the state of Maryland. Merena received her undergraduate degree from Loyola University Maryland and her graduate degree from The University of Maryland College Park. She has worked with adults in medical settings for ten years, with primary experience in acute care and additional experience in acute and subacute rehab. She specialized in swallowing evaluation and treatment and is proficient in Modified Barium Swallow (MBS) studies and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow (FEES) exams. She also has experience evaluating and treating cognitive communication, motor speech and voice disorders. She is working towards certification in the SPEAK OUT! program for patients with Parkinson’s. She has greatly enjoyed now working in the outpatient setting, developing relationships with clients and their families and seeing them make progress toward their goals. Outside of speech therapy, she loves spending time with her husband and two young sons, and other family and friends. She is always reading, loves cooking and eating good food, and is always planning her next trip!
Max Kaplan, MS, CF-SLP
Max Kaplan is a Speech Language Pathologist who is quickly approaching the end of his clinical fellowship year! He received his Bachelor’s degree from Penn State University in 2017 and his Master’s Degree from Loyola University Maryland in 2024. He has worked with adults in medical, clinical, and private practice settings dating back to his start of graduate school. He has specialized in evaluating and treating a variety of voice disorders such as muscle tension dysphonia, presbyphonia, vocal fold nodules, vocal fold polyps, and many others. He also has lots of experience with singing voice, gender-affirming voice care, head and neck cancer, chronic cough, dysphagia, aphasia, and cognitive communication disorders. He has also worked with many Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinsonism patients and is currently certified in SPEAK OUT! In his free time, he likes watching movies and TV shows, reading, cooking, and spending time with his girlfriend and their two cats!
Ali Adrover, MS, CCC-SLP
Bio coming soon!