This year, 2007, marks the 15th Anniversary of the formation of the Dysphagia Research
Society. From all accounts, in this short period of time, the Society has achieved its goals of …

Principles of Deglutition is the first in class comprehensive multidisciplinary textbook to
encompass the entire field of normal and disordered deglutition. It is designed as the …

The Dysphagia Research Society held its 18th annual meeting March 3–6, 2010, in San
Diego, California, at the recently renovated historic US Grant hotel. This multidisciplinary …

The mission of Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) is to advance the scientific
understanding of normal development, normal adaptation, physiology, pathophysiology, and …

It has been exactly 25 years since we started working on the treatment of patients with
dysphagia. I cannot forget to emphasize and thank two great teachers that I had at the …

Get a quick, expert overview of the many aspects of the evaluation and management of
dysphagia from a team of experts in the field, led by otolaryngologists Drs. Dinesh K. Chhetri …

The Dysphagia Research Society was founded in 1992 by Dr. Reza Shaker, a
gastroenterologist and director of the Dysphagia Institute at the Medical College of …

It is axiomatic that in order to understand swallowing function, one must grasp a
comprehensive understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the various organs of …

The opening session of the 2nd International Conference on Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
featured a series of invited talks reviewing the definition of dysphagia, its prevalence and its …

Dysphagia evaluation and management has rapidly become the primary practice area of
medical speech pathologists since its adoption in our field less than three decades ago. As a …