Rachel St. John, MD, NCC, NIC Advanced
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Rachel St. John is a board-certified pediatrician, and a NIC-Advanced certified sign language interpreter through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID). In the past, she has served as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and the Director of the Kids Clinic for the Deaf at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. She received her BS degree in psychology at George Mason University. She completed her MD degree at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and then attended Georgetown University Hospital to complete her internship and residency in pediatrics. She also obtained an MA degree in counseling from Gallaudet University. She served as the American Academy of Pediatrics Washington DC Chapter Champion for the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program for 5 years before moving to Texas and assuming the same role there.
Currently, Rachel is the physician for the Family-Focused Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children at Dallas Children's Medical Center. The FFC provides support for families in making informed decisions regarding their deaf/hard of hearing child, as well as provide education and collaborative support to pediatricians caring for these patients.
Rachel also works as a health education consultant at the state and national level, as well as an area freelance interpreter specializing in medical encounters. She is a Physician/Interpreter volunteer with the Denton County Medical Reserve Corp. In addition to her work with Jay Penuel at MedTerp, she speaks regularly at state RID meetings on medical terminology, as well as at local and national EHDI meetings regarding the provision of the medical home for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. She also continues to serve as adjunct faculty in the graduate department of counseling at Gallaudet University.
Currently, Rachel is the physician for the Family-Focused Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children at Dallas Children's Medical Center. The FFC provides support for families in making informed decisions regarding their deaf/hard of hearing child, as well as provide education and collaborative support to pediatricians caring for these patients.
Rachel also works as a health education consultant at the state and national level, as well as an area freelance interpreter specializing in medical encounters. She is a Physician/Interpreter volunteer with the Denton County Medical Reserve Corp. In addition to her work with Jay Penuel at MedTerp, she speaks regularly at state RID meetings on medical terminology, as well as at local and national EHDI meetings regarding the provision of the medical home for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. She also continues to serve as adjunct faculty in the graduate department of counseling at Gallaudet University.
Jay Penuel, BS, CI and CT, NIC Advanced, OTC, SC:L
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Jay Penuel, has been interpreting professionally for 15 years in a variety of settings from Educational (K-12 to Doctoral) to Medical. Jay holds a Bachelor of Science in Recreation Management from East Carolina University and has taken advanced courses in Gross Human Anatomy and Physiology, Bio-Organic Chemistry and Microbiology in his pursuit of becoming a medical specialist. Having grown up in a Deaf family in North Carolina, Jay is a native ASL/Signed English user. He worked with Dr. St. John at Georgetown University Hospital as an ASL Patient Care Coordinator, a position now called Language Services Advocate, and was responsible for both provision and management of interpreting services. Jay is currently a staff interpreter with Inova Health Systems and freelances in the Metro Washington, DC area, specializing in legal, medical, governmental and platform/conference interpreting as well as oral transliterating. He is an active mentor in the Northern Virginia/Metropolitan Washington DC area. Jay is the current Vice President and Past President and Treasurer of the Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. He received the VRID President's Award in 2008 at the RID Region II Conference in Raleigh, NC.
Jay also presents workshops on Interpreting in Disaster Situations, Oral Transliteration, Drop Form ASL to English Interpreting, and has led several online Book Clubs for the Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Jay also presents workshops on Interpreting in Disaster Situations, Oral Transliteration, Drop Form ASL to English Interpreting, and has led several online Book Clubs for the Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.