About the Stuttering Center
The Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania is a collaboration between the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh.
Stuttering Center Co-Directors
J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA-Fellow, is an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and Clinical Research Consultant at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Yaruss is a Board-Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders who has served on the Board of Directors of the National Stuttering Association and as Associate Coordinator of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Special Interest Division for Fluency Disorders. Yaruss can be reached via email at jsyaruss@pitt.edu or by phone at (412) 383-6538.
Craig E. Coleman, MA, CCC-SLP, is the Stuttering Program Coordinator at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Coleman is a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders who has served as the President of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (PSHA). Coleman can be reached via email at Craig.Coleman@chp.edu or by phone at (412) 666-3825.
Stuttering Center Locations
The Stuttering Center is housed in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC (CHP).
Clinical services are provided at the main hospital in Lawrenceville and in the CHP satellite offices in Monroeville (East), Bethel Park (South), and Wexford/Pine Center (North).
Research and education efforts are coordinated through the Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland and are conducted throughout the Western Pennsylvania Region.