Phagenesis Ltd
Rebecca Oxtoby has extensive work experience in the field of speech and language therapy. From 2017 to 2022, they worked for the NHS as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, where they served as the Clinical Lead for the Stroke service. In this role, they managed a team of therapists, provided clinical supervision, and emphasized the importance of timing and effective rehabilitation through collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
In 2022, Rebecca joined Phagenesis Ltd as the UK Therapy Development Manager. Their responsibilities include empowering Speech and Language Therapists to understand the evidence behind Pharyngeal Electrical Stimulation (PES) and its application in dysphagia rehabilitation. Rebecca delivers comprehensive training, supports clinicians in product trials, assists with patient selection, and provides on-site guidance for using the Phagenyx system.
Overall, Rebecca's work experience showcases their expertise in stroke rehabilitation, clinical leadership, and their commitment to enhancing dysphagia rehabilitation practices.
Rebecca Oxtoby obtained their Bachelor's degree in Bsc Speech and Language Sciences from Newcastle University between 2009 and 2013.
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Phagenesis is developing a device for the treatment for dysphagia, the inability to swallow safely, that often accompanies stroke or other neuro-deficit diseases. The approach is to harness the brain's own capacity for relearning functions that have been lost through brain damage (via "neuroplasticity" or "corticalremapping"). Focusing initially on the care of stroke patients as they recover in hospital (acute care), Prof Shaheen Hamdy of the University of Manchester, UK, painstakingly devised a method of delivering electrical signals from the pharynx (throat) along nerve cells directly to the relevant parts of the brain. The results of his work have been published in top peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals, including The Lancet, the Nature group of publications, and Gastroenterology.