About Kristie Gatto, MA, CCC-SLP, COM®, CBS

Finanacial: Kristie Gatto is the author of three books Understanding the Orofacial Complex: the Evolution of Dysfunction (Outskirts Press, 2016), Understanding the Orofacial Complex – Muscle Manual (Outskirts Press, 2014), and Sam the Super Chewer, Eats (Mindstir Media, 2016) for which she receives royalty payments. She is also in private practice in Houston, as well as an instructor on the topics of Orofacial Myology, feeding, swallowing, breathing, tempromandibular joint dysfunction, and associated concerns.

Non-financial: Kristie Gatto has served as a Board of Directors member for the Oral Motor Institute, Editorial Board for the Dental Sleep Practice magazine, American Academy of Private Practitioners in Speech Pathology and Audiology, the International Association of Orofacial Myology where she was also a past President, the Community Advisory Board at the University of Houston, Houston Association of Communication Disorders, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Ladies Golf Association.

Kristie Gatto has been in private practice for approximately 25 years, as a large practice owner, a business partner, and now as a solo practitioner. Her focus has always remained with feeding and swallowing development and dysfunction.