Maureen A. Lefton-Greif, PhD CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a speech-language pathologist and Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. An expert clinician and clinical researcher in pediatric feeding and swallowing development and disorders, she has
presented nationally and internationally. Her work focuses on optimizing pediatric swallowing evaluations to facilitate the prompt initiation of interventions and lessen the consequences associated with dysphagia. Dr. Lefton-Greif has received grants and support from the National Institutes of Health—National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders,
the Ataxia-Telangiectasia Children’s Project, and other sources. She co-edited the third edition of this book and, with Dr. Arvedson, co-authored Pediatric Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Studies: A Professional Manual with Caregiver Guidelines. More recently, she and Dr. Bonnie Martin-Harris developed the BaByVFSSImP © to quantify physiologic swallow impairments in bottle-fed children. She also developed the Feeding/Swallowing Impact Survey (FS-IS), the first outcome measure designed to assess how children’s feeding and swallowing problems affect caregivers, and it has since been translated and culturally adapted into multiple languages. She is a Fellow of ASHA and was awarded the Honors of the Association in 2026. She is a founding member and the first vice-president of the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, the recipient of SENTAC’s 2024 Ruben Scientific Achievement Award, and serves on the editorial boards of Dysphagia.
