Carmen Vega-Barachowitz, MS, CCC-SLP, FASHA, is Director of Clinical Services.  Under her purview she has oversight of the Departments of Speech, Language & Swallowing Disorders and Reading Disabilities Department, Social Work, Spiritual Care, and Medical Interpreters Services. She is an assistant professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions.

Carmen’s career started in Miami, Florida, addressing the communication needs of pediatric and adult individuals who were primarily Spanish-speakers. Her career spans over 40 years in various settings across the continuum of care. During the last two decades her focus has been on leadership and administration, which has allowed her to influence the hospital’s mission to increase diversity, equity and inclusion.

Carmen was the recipient of the 2009 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Diversity Champion, 2009 Ernesto Gonzalez Award for Outstanding Service in the Latino Community and 2010 Boston Business Journal Champions in Health Care.  In 2015 was recognized as a Fellow of the Association.

Carmen was the recipient of the 2009 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Diversity Champion, 2009 Ernesto Gonzalez Award for Outstanding Service in the Latino Community and 2010 Boston Business Journal Champions in Health Care. In 2015 was recognized as a Fellow of the Association. Speech, Language and Swallowing Disorders and in 2021 she became the inaugural recipient of the MGH Trustees Endowed Scholar.

Carmen is a member of the Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) Foundation, which focuses on raising funds to support students at BHCC, many of who are students of color and/or first generation college students.