AJ Speech Services

AJ Speech Services provides expert speech and language services, focusing on personalized care for clients of all ages. With a commitment to improving communication skills, we offer public speaking, executive presence, and accent reduction programs tailored to the needs of children, adolescents, and adults. Our services address a range of speech and language disorders, including articulation, fluency, and voice.At AJ Speech Services, we use evidence-based practices and the latest techniques to ensure effective outcomes. We are dedicated to fostering a supportive and collaborative environment that helps clients achieve their communication goals. Our primary target customers include adults, and adolescents aiming to improve their communicative abilities for professional or personal growth.Serving clients across the United States, AJ Speech Services is passionate about empowering individuals to communicate more effectively, thereby enhancing their overall quality of life. Each session is designed to be engaging and tailored to the unique needs of each client, ensuring progress is both meaningful and measurable. We prioritize clear communication with our clients, keeping them informed and involved throughout the process. Choose AJ Speech Services for dedicated, personalized speech and language services that make a difference.

Sahil A. Parikh, MD is the Director of Endovascular Services at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. His clinical practice leverages his knowledge and experience in clinical cardiovascular medicine and complex coronary and peripheral vascular interventions. He has an active practice in cardiovascular medicine with a focus on atherosclerotic vascular disease and intervention throughout the circulation. This includes coronary artery disease, peripheral arterial disease including claudication and critical limb ischemia, renovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease and venous disease and thrombosis. He is a nationally recognized clinician educator and investigator in vascular medicine and intervention. He has won numerous teaching awards locally and co-directs several national educational programs for physicians in training and for continuing medical education in conjunction with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention (SCAI). His research interests focus on novel endovascular devices for the treatment of vascular disease. He has been the site and national principal investigator for several clinical trials and has authored more than 50 original manuscripts and reviews in basic and clinical cardiovascular medicine. He lectures frequently at national meetings including Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), ACC and SCAI amongst others. Dr. Parikh grew up in northern New Jersey and graduated from Livingston High School. He went on to graduate magna cum laude from Harvard College with an AB in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering and went on to earn his MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology fellowships at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and vascular medicine and intervention fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, all teaching hospitals affiliated with the Harvard Medical School in Boston. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Vascular Medicine and Endovascular Intervention.

Evan Kennedy, CCC-SLP currently serves as an Associate in Clinical Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center. He is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Voice Specialist at the Voice and Swallowing Center. Mr. Kennedy specializes in the evaluation and treatment of voice disorders across the lifespan. His clinical and research interests lie in the areas of gender-diverse voice and communication, professional voice rehabilitation, and paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder. Drawing from his prior experiences as a musician and athlete, he integrates diverse insights into his clinical practice, leveraging these backgrounds to enhance patient care and treatment outcomes. Mr. Kennedy holds a master's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from McGill University. He is presently completing his master's of Biostatistics in Clinical Research Methods at the Mailman School of Public Health at CUIMC. Mr. Kennedy serves as a content expert for the American Board of Voice and Upper Airway Disorders, with whom he works to establish the national practice standards for voice-specialized speech pathologists. He actively participates in clinical research initiatives and has served as consulting faculty for nationally attended conferences. He regularly provides mentorship to graduate students as well as an international community of clinicians looking to further specialize their skills in voice assessment and care.