Stuttering Update 2026: What Clinicians Should Know 
AGENDA

 

This course will include lectures on stuttering from psychiatrists, neurologists, speech-language pathologists and a panel with lived experience.

Location:  SLU Education Union Bldg., 1312 Carr Lane, St. Louis, MO 63104

Course Directors: Gerald Maguire, MD and Erick Messias, MD

 

8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
 

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM      Introductory Remarks & Overview
 

Gerald A. Maguire, MD  Chief and Director of Residency Training in Psychiatry, College Medical Center—Long Beach, California Faculty Director of Graduate Medical Education and Staff Psychiatrist, Maguire Neuropsychiatric Institute of Oroville Hospital Principal Investigator, CenExel California Adjunct Professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine Chief Medical Officer, AdhereTech Founder and Chair, Stuttering Treatment and Research Society

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Erick Messias, MD, MPH, PhD   Samuel W. Fordyce Professor and Chair Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience Saint Louis University School of Medicine
 

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM     Stuttering Beyond Speech: Neurodevelopment, Mental Health, and the Need for Integrated Clinical Care        Goncalo Leal, SLP
 

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM     Questions and Discussion
 

10:45 AM – 11:05 AM     Morning Coffee Break
 

11:05 AM – 11:50 AM     Friends with Benefits: Exploring the Overlap of Stuttering, ADHD and Complementary Pharmacology      Greg Mattingly, MD
 

11:50 AM – 12:05 PM     Questions and Discussion
 

12:05 PM – 1:05 PM     Lunch
 

1:05 PM – 1:50 PM     Diagnostic Considerations in Stuttering and Treatment Implications    TJ Valente, MD
 

1:50 PM – 2:35 PM     The Neurobiology of Stuttering    Shahriar SheikhBahaei, PhD
 

2:35 PM – 2:55 PM     Afternoon Coffee Break
 

2:55 PM – 3:40 PM     Lived Experience Panel: Insight and Directions from the Stuttering Community     Maura Miles, Annie Hernandez, Zach Greene, Tony DeLaMore
 

3:40 PM -3:55 PM     Questions and Discussion
 

3:55 PM – 4:00 PM    Closing Remarks     Gerald A. Maguire, MD