Young Phoniatricians Committee (YPC)
The Young Phoniatricians Committee (YPC) is a permanent committee within the UEP that connects early-career phoniatricians across Europe to foster professional development, international networking, and mentoring.
Meetings
We meet every four months on the second Tuesday at 18:00 CET, with smaller working groups convening roughly every two months in between.
Our Goals
Our main goals are collaboration and fellowships, early-career support, education, and clinical and scientific mentoring, as well as improving patient pathways, promoting multicenter research, and contributing to guidelines and position statements.
Chair of the Committee
Philipp Mathmann
Senior Physician / Consultant
Department of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University Hospital of Münster
Münster, Germany
Thematic Groups
The YPC currently works through four thematic groups:
- Exchange & Mentoring Group — Head: Philipp Mathmann, Germany
- Education & Training Group — Head: Silvia Capobianco, Italy
- Research & Guidelines Group — Head: Louisa Traser, Germany
- Visibility & Advocacy Group — Head: Sibel Yildirim, Turkey
Becoming a Member
We warmly welcome new members to the Young Phoniatricians Committee. Potential new members can be proposed by any current committee member, provided they are under 45 years of age and active members of the UEP.
Committee Members
LH
Lauri-Eemil Hyytiäinen
Resident / Specialist in Training
HUS Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
Sibel Yildirim Moral
Associate Professor
Acıbadem University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Andrea Bianchino
Resident / Specialist in Training
Università degli Studi di Ferrara
Ferrara, Italy
Samira Ira Zabaneh
Resident / Specialist in Training
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany
ES
Elisa Swanljung
Board-certified Specialist
HUS Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
Ralph Haddad
Academic Track (PhD / Postdoc)
La Conception University Hospital, Aix-Marseille University
Marseille, France
Tudor Ionescu
Senior Physician / Consultant
Enayati Medical City
Bucharest, Romania
AP
Austeja Peceliuniene
Board-certified Specialist
Anteja Clinic
Vilnius, Lithuania
HS
Helena Savolainen
Board-certified Specialist
HUS Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
Esma Altan
Board-certified Specialist
Etlik City Hospital
Ankara, Türkiye
Dr. med. Lennart Pieper
Resident / Specialist in Training
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany
RP
Raghavi Vishnu Prasanna
Board-certified Specialist
Shri VAS Clinic
Chennai, India
AD
Arzubetul Duran
Board-certified Specialist
Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital
Ankara, Türkiye
Ebru Karakaya Gojayev
Resident / Specialist in Training
Ankara Etlik Hospital
Ankara, Türkiye
Annika Laaksonen
Board-certified Specialist
Phoniatrics Outpatient Clinic, Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
Meltem Demirdağ Çevikkan
Senior Physician / Consultant
Merkezefendi State Hospital
Manisa, Türkiye
Banu Öksüz Ok
Resident / Specialist in Training
Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Ankara, Türkiye
Merve Doğan
Resident / Specialist in Training
Etlik City Hospital
Ankara, Türkiye
Andreea Elena Milea
Board-certified Specialist
Sfânta Maria Clinical Hospital
Bucharest, Romania
Alper Özdemir
Resident / Specialist in Training
Etlik City Hospital
Ankara, Türkiye
Asser Elsaeed
Senior Physician / Consultant
Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt
