Monica Coran Kuns, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS (she/her/hers)

Speech Language Pathologist
GSPP Rehabilitation

Monica Coran Kuns, M.A., CCC-SLP, CBIS is a full-time speech language pathologist at GSPP Rehabilitation. She has 7 years of experience working as a clinician in various settings including skilled nursing, acute care/acute rehab, and outpatient rehab. She has spent the majority of her career thus far working in a multi-disciplinary outpatient clinic treating adults with numerous neurological conditions, some of which include stroke, brain injury, Post-Acute Sequela of Covid-19, and Parkinson’s Disease. Monica’s areas of specialization focus on cognitive-communication skills and aphasia rehabilitation, including special interest in mTBI and Long COVID. She holds a number of certifications related to adult neurological rehabilitation, including certified brain injury specialist, the McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program, the Guardian Way NMES/sEMG system, and SPEAK OUT!. She has previously published and presented on aphasia treatment and long Covid, including a novel approach to treatment focused on word learning in the post-stroke population. She is a facilitator of the GSPP Rehabilitation Aphasia Support Group and a board member of the Aphasia Resource Collaboration Hub (ARCH) Network. Monica is also an adjunct faculty member in clinical supervision at LaSalle University. Additionally, she has completed multiple guest lectures on the topics of Covid-19 and stroke cognitive-communication intervention to local graduate programs.

Poster(s):

• Implementation of a Comprehensive Customized Therapy Intervention to Improve Quality of Life and Stabilize Symptom Exacerbation in the PASC Population

• The State of Chronic Fatigue: A Systematic Review of Current Contributors and Underpinnings to Post-exertional Malaise