Union of the
European
Phoniatricians
The Medical Specialty for Communication and Swallowing Disorders

swallowing committee

chairs of the committee

Prof. Daniele Farneti, MD

A Professor with a teaching contract at the Universities of Bologna, Parma, Ferrarahe, and Pathophysiology of Vocal Production in the Music Conservatory of Parma, Italy

Prof. Mohamed Farahat, MD, PhD

Professor of Phoniatrics
ORL Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

members of the committee

Dr. Mariam Shadi

Lecturer and consultant of Phoniatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.  

Dr. Barbara Arnold

Private office in Munich (Office for ENT/Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology, Tal 34, 80331 Munich, Germany

dr.arnold@phoniatrie-muenchen.eu

Dr. Virginie Woisard. MD, PhD

MD., PhD ENT and Phoniatrician. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck at the University Hospital of Toulouse

Dr. Miro Tedla, MD, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor and ENT Consultant at the Department of ORL- HNS at the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. 

Prof. Dr. Tamer Abou-Elsaad, MD, PhD

Vice Dean of Post-Graduate Studies and Research,
Prof. of Phoniatrics, ORL Department,
Faculty Of Medicine, Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt,

Dr. Devora Kiagiadki. MD PhD

ENT and phoniatrician Heraklion, Crete-Greece

Prof. Antonio Schindler, MD, PhD

Head of the Phoniatric Unit, Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy

Full Professor of Audiology, University of Milano, Milano, Italy

Assoc. Prof. Ana Đanić Hadžibegović, MD, PhD

Consultant at Clinical Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia

Prof. Rania M Abdou Mustafa. MD PhD

Professor and Head of Phoniatrics Unit, Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt

Doris-Maria Denk-Linnert, MD, Assoc. Professor, Hon.Professor

Head of the Division of Phoniatrics and Speech Language Therapy

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Medical University of Vienna, University Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Dr. Sally Adel, MD,

Lecturer of the phoniatrics unit, Otorhinolaryngology department,

Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Dr. Doaa Hassouna, MD,

Consultant of Phoniatrics, 

Al -Al-Ahrar Teaching Hospital, Zagazig, Egypt

Prof. Ahmed Abdelhamid Abdelgoad, MD, PhD

Professor of Phoniatrics, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Consultant of Phoniatrics, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Egypt

Objectives & Terms of Reference

Purpose

To monitor and support all activities related to the swallowing disorders specialty in UEP

Objectives:

  • Promote the scientific and professional development of the Swallowing Disorders specialty
  • Promote cooperation among phoniatricians worldwide in the field of swallowing disorders

Charges

  • Organizes scientific and professional meetings and congresses in European countries
  • Appoints members for special purposes
  • Update the UEP website that puts out information for its members and for the public in the field of swallowing disorders
  • Acts as the representative of the swallowing disorders specialty on medical and non-medical scientific and professional corporations and in public
  • Cooperates with other medical and non-medical organizations in the field of swallowing disorders

Meeting frequency

Every 2 months

Projects

World Swallowing Day 2005

4th UEP Swallowing Committee Webinar: Swallowing Assessment Challenges - From Past Insights to Future Solutions


2nd Virtual Forum of Phoniatrics

Use this link to register:

https://bit.ly/UEPVirtualForum


World Swallowing Day 2024

3rd UEP Swallowing Committee Webinar: Beyond the Tube: Managing Dysphagia in Tracheostomy Patients


World Swallowing Day 2023

2nd UEP Swallowing Committee Webinar: Pediatric Dysphagia


World Swallowing Day 2022

1st UEP Swallowing Committee Webinar: Current Concepts of Dysphagia


SURVEYS

SURVEY ON CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF SWALLOWING AND FEEDING DISORDERS IN CHILDREN

Union of the European Phoniatricians ‒ Pediatric Swallowing Committee

The purpose of this survey is to collect information regarding the care and management of children with swallowing and/or feeding disorders as provided by health care professionals across countries.

If you have questions about the study, please feel free to contact Professor Daniele Farneti: Daniele.farneti@auslromagna.it

Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5M6RLVY

We are members

Our Partners

UEP Office | Veneranda Klegr |Association Development Manager | GUARANT International |Českomoravská 19, 190 00 | Prague

E: uep-office@phoniatrics.eu
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