Medical Music Therapy with Ciele Knox, MT-BC & Ryan Johnson, MT-BC | #70

Ellisa sits down with Ciele Knox and Ryan Johnson, two medical music therapists, to talk about music therapy in hospitals. They touch on music therapy in the NICU, general hospital and rehabilitation center at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare in Tallahassee, FL. As a reminder, you can watch this conversation on our Youtube page, here.

Guest Bios:

Ciele Knox serves as the Medical Music Therapy Director at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) as well as the Coordinator of the National Institute for Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy. Prior to serving as the department's director, Ciele served as TMH's first full time NICU music therapist for three years. During this time, she was responsible for developing a comprehensive NICU Music Therapy Program in collaboration with FSU's College of Medicine. As a result, Ciele came to realize that program development is one of her passions and it has become a topic that she presents on frequently. At TMH Ciele also serves as the mentor for the Patient Engagement Council through Shared Governance, in which she has the opportunity to impact the patient's experience on an organizational level. Lastly, Ciele enjoys the endless opportunity to engage and educate students and professionals that come through TMH's program for practicum, internship, or professional NICU training.

Ryan Johnson is a board-certified music therapist and internship director at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH). Ryan earned his bachelor’s of music in music therapy at the University of Alabama in 2018 and his master’s of music in music therapy at Florida State University in 2022. He wrote his thesis on music theory requirements in music therapy curricula. He earned his MT-BC and NICU-MT credentials in 2018. He worked at Florida State Hospital for 2 1/2 years and earned his NMT credential during this time. In 2020, he joined the team at TMH, where he serves most units at the main hospital and at the in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation center. In his free time, Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife, 2-year-old daughter, and dachshund; writing and recording music; teaching guitar lessons; gigging around town; and serving on the worship team at his church.

You can watch this conversation on our Youtube channel, here.

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