Dr. Maria Grace Treasa

At Aster Medcity, Kochi, Dr. Maria Grace Treasa serves as Senior Speech Language Pathologist. She has 20 years of professional experience.

She has contributed to peer-reviewed medical literature.

Departments and Clinical Programmes

• Aster KIND

Areas of Expertise

• Her fields of special interest include management of paediatric speech-language disorders and autism spectrum disorders
• Professor of Practice (2026) at SDUAHER, Kolar
• Certified in PECS, PROMPT, Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) level 1, COSMI trained, AAC Professional and first Indian SLP trained in Level 1 Rapid Prompting Method (RPM)- a life changing method to unlock learning/...
• Course Founder & Mentor for AsterKIND
• STAR (Speech language pathologists Trained in Autism & Related communication disorders) course for Speech-Language Pathologists [SLPs]- trained 70 STAR certified SLPs over past 2 years
• Assistant Professor in Speech-Language Pathology ICCONS, Shoranur

Education and Training

• M.Sc (SLP)
• Ph.D (SLP)

Memberships and Professional Roles

• Invited Speaker at communication-related symposiums at several Schools / Hospitals / Speech and Hearing Institutes
• Examiner at Amrita University, KUHS and Manipal University
• Organized various autism workshops, was resource person for various conferences/webinars, RCI inspector for few colleges, organizing committee member for ISHA-KSB conference

Awards and Recognitions

• Assistant Professor in Speech-Language Pathology Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
• Gold medalist for M.Sc (SLP), Mysore University
• Best Student Clinician Award 2007, M.Sc (SLP), AIISH, Mysore
• Dr.Moopens's Excellence Award for Nurses and Paramedics Winner in India (2025)
• Best scientific paper and poster awards

Languages Spoken

English, Malayalam