University of South Florida Joy McCann Culverhouse Center for Swallowing Disorders 2nd Annual Swallowing Symposium

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Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)

Location

USF Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS)

124 S Franklin St.

Tampa, FL 33602 

Also held virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Audience

Speech-Language Pathologists, Gastroenterologists, General Surgery, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Dieticians, Nursing, Primary Care Physicians

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this activity, learners should be able to:

  1. Describe multidisciplinary roles of dysphagia management.
  2. Discuss interdisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for Upper Esophageal Sphincter (UES) dysfunction.
  3. Outline interdisciplinary lung transplant swallowing considerations.
  4. Explain how to integrate multidisciplinary interventions for individuals with functional swallowing disorders.
  5. Recognize appropriate treatment plan given clinical cases of complex patients with swallowing disorders.

Relevant Financial Relationships

Prior to the activity, USF Health will disclose and mitigate all relevant financial relationships that relate to the content of the activity.

Accreditation

Continuing education activity credit provided by USF Health.

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM 

USF Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

ASHA CE approved provider for 0.65 Intermediate Level ASHA CEUs.

Relevant Financial Relationships

 

Speaker

Session

Relevant Financial Relationships

Relevant

Non-Financial

Relationships

Yasmeen Abdel-Aty, MD

Session 1, 5

None

None

Diane Longnecker, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Session 1

None

None

Rene Gomez Esquivel, MD

Session 1

None

None

Samuel Slone, MD

Session 2, 5

None

None

Joseph Sujka, MD, FACS

Session 2, 5

Consultant: Enterra Medical, Medtronic,

Intuitive, Johnson & Johnson

None

Joy Gaziano, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Session 2, 5

None

None

Christopher DuCoin, MD, MPH, FSAGES, FASMBS, FACS

Session 4, 5

Consultant: Intuitive, Johnson & Johnson,

Medtronic , Life Cell

None

Alexis Benstock, MS, CCC-SLP

Session 4

None

None

Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, MB, BS, MD, FRCP, FACP, FCCP

Session 4

None

None

John Jacobs, MD, FACG

Session 4, 5

Advisory Board or Panel: Sanofi, Regeneron,

Dupliumab, Medtronic

None

Speaker’s Bureau: Sanofi & Regeneron

Jaimie Anderson, MS, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS

Session 3, 5

Royalties: Medbridge

None

Rebecca Klam, PsyD

Session 3

None

None

Camille Thelin, MD, MSc, FFGS

Session 3

Consultant: Intuitive, Johnson & Johnson,

Medtronic, Life Cell, Enterra Medical

None

Grants: G-Tech

 

 

Agenda at a Glance 

Saturday, June 7, 2025

  • 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
  • 8:30 - 8:40 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
  • 8:40 - 9:40 a.m. Session 1: Multidisciplinary Understanding of Swallowing and Dysphagia (SLP, GI, GI Surgery) | Joy Gaziano, SLP, Sam Slone, MD, and Joseph Sujka, MD
  • 9:40 - 11:00 a.m. Session 2: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Upper Esophageal Sphincter Dysfunction (SLP, ENT, GI) | Diane Longnecker, PhD, Dr. Yassmeen Abdel-Aty, MD and Dr. Rene Gomez Esquivel, MD
  • 11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Break
  • 11:15 - 12:30 p.m. Session 3: Assessing and Managing Functional Swallowing Disorders (GI, SLP, GI Psychology) | Jaimie Anderson, SLP, Camille Thelin, MD, Rebecca Klam, PsyD
  • 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
  • 1:30 - 3:05 p.m. Session 4: Optimizing Dysphagia Management in Lung Transplant Patients (GI, SLP, Pulmonary, GI Surgery) | Debarata Bandyopadhyay, MD., John Jacobs, MD, Christopher DuCoin, MD and Alexis Benstock, SLP
  • 3:05 - 3:20 p.m. Break
  • 3:20 - 4:00 p.m. Session 5: Case-Based Learning through Grand Rounds
  • 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Final Q&A and Closing Remarks

2nd Annual Swallowing Symposium 2025