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:
- Describe multidisciplinary roles of dysphagia management.
- Discuss interdisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for Upper Esophageal Sphincter (UES) dysfunction.
- Outline interdisciplinary lung transplant swallowing considerations.
- Explain how to integrate multidisciplinary interventions for individuals with functional swallowing disorders.
- 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 |
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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
