Caitlin Holmes
About Caitlin Holmes
Caitlin Holmes is an Acute Speech-Language Pathologist currently working at Scripps Health in San Diego, California. She has extensive experience in the field, having previously worked at Kaiser Permanente, Tri-City Medical Center, and Carle Foundation Hospital, among others.
Title
Caitlin Holmes is an Acute Speech-Language Pathologist currently working at Scripps Health in San Diego, California, United States.
Company
Caitlin Holmes is employed by Scripps Health, a respected healthcare provider in San Diego, California, United States.
Previous Employment Experience
Caitlin Holmes has acquired extensive experience in her field through various roles. Between 2021 and 2023, she worked at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego as an Acute Speech-Language Pathologist. Before that, she served as the Lead Speech-Language Pathologist at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, California, for five months in 2021. From 2016 to 2021, she held the position of Senior Acute Speech-Language Pathologist at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. Additionally, in 2016, she completed an internship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago’s Inpatient Neurorehabilitation unit.
Education and Expertise
Caitlin Holmes holds a Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which she earned after completing a three-year program from 2013 to 2016. She also possesses a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics and Portuguese from the University of Florida, where she studied from 2005 to 2010.
Initiatives and Projects
While at Carle Foundation Hospital, Caitlin Holmes spearheaded a successful initiative to transition to a gel-based thickener, enhancing patient safety, satisfaction, and compliance. She provided comprehensive hospital-wide training on the new thickener to various staff members, including nurses, nursing techs, managers, dietitians, and physical, occupational, and speech therapists. She also created and distributed educational handouts tailored for staff and patients/families.
Mentoring and Training
At Carle Foundation Hospital, Caitlin Holmes played a significant role in mentoring graduate students and offering monthly educational sessions on dysphagia to new nursing graduates. Her dedication to training has been a critical component of her professional outreach and growth within the speech-language pathology community.
Technical Skills
Caitlin Holmes regularly conducts Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies (VFSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing (FEES), specialized procedures that are essential for dysphagia evaluation.