Carmen Vega-Barachowitz
Director
Department of Speech Language and Swallowing Disorders
Masachusetts General Hospital

Carmen Vega-Barachowitz is the Director of the Department of Speech Language and Swallowing Disorders at Masachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Carmen has been a spech-language pathologist for 27 years. She graduated with a Masters Degree in Speech-language Pathology from Florida State University in 1979.

Although her current position is primarily administratively, she continues to provide rehabilitation services to patients with aphasia. Carmen is also the co-chair of the Council of Disability Awareness at MGH. In collaboration with Oz Mondejar, and the rest of the Council members, the work of the council has focused on ensuring that MGH goes beyond compliance and provides a welcoming environment for our patients, visitors, and staff with disabilities.