Mentor Profiles
Irene Battel
PhD, Speech and Language Pathologist
Italy
Fields of Expertise
Neurogenic Dysphagia
Biofeedback Swallowing Rehabilitation
Evidence base practice in rehabilitation
Language
English
Italian
Experience
Clinical Research
Mentee Profession Preference
No preference
Favorite Quote
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Additional Information
I am really passionate about dysphagia management.
Anne Rittié Burkhard
SLOT/Orthophoniste
France
Fields of Expertise
Neurogenic Dysphagia
Parkinson Disease
Language
English
French
Experience
Clinical
Mentee Profession Preference
SLT
No preference
Favorite Quote
"Do what you can with what you have where you are." - Theodore Roosevelt.
Additional Information
I'm the VP of the SF2D (French Society for Swallowing disorders), a member of DRS, MDS (et more), and a member of the Ethics committee of the French SLT association.
My last IELTS overall score (Dec 2021) was 8.
Loukas Dagdilelis
Radiologist
Greece
Fields of Expertise
Gastrointestinal Radiology
Videofluroscopy of Swallowing
Thoracic Radiology
Language
English
Experience
Clinical
Mentee Profession Preference
No preference
Favorite Quote
"Knowledge based on evidence and willing to contribute"
Additional Information
Some of my proposals for continued Education in Dysphagia:
- Construct as specifically as possible contemporary guidelines for the diagnosis and management of dysphagia
- Promote the interdisciplinary involment in the Dysphagia field
- Built an collaborative clinical environment for the implementation of Dysphagia managent, through Dysphagia Management Teams
Ulrike Frank
SLP, Clinical Researcher
Germany
Fields of Expertise
Respiratory Dysphagia
Tracheostomy Management
Motor learning principles in dysphagia management
Language
English
German
Experience
Clinical Research
Mentee Profession Preference
No preference
Marco Gerschke
Speech-Language Therapist
Germany
Fields of Expertise
Neurological Rehabilitation, Stroke Unit
FEES-Instructor (ESSD and DGD)
Tracheostomy Management
Language
English
German
Experience
Clinical
Mentee Profession Preference
SLT
No preference
Favorite Quote
"We don´t know what we don't know."
Marion Girod-Roux
Speech-Language Therapist
France
Fields of Expertise
Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer
Post-Stroke Dysphagia
Dysphagia in Geriatrics & Dementia
Language
English
French
Experience
Clinical
Mentee Profession Preference
SLT
Favorite Quote
"The more you question, the more questions you have!"
Andrea Hofmayer
Speech-language pathologist
Germany
Fields of Expertise
VFSS/ MBS
FEES
Rehabilitative Dysphagia Therapy
Language
English
German
Experience
Clinical
Mentee Profession Preference
No preference
Favorite Quote
"Listen to the patient" - Paula Leslie
Additional Information
Additionally to the topics of interest listed, further topics of interest are patient will, pleasure feeding and end of life decisions. I believe that our role as clinicians is to understand patient wishes and help patients to achieve those wishes. It is not our role to forbid patients to eat or drink in a certain manner but to find ways (through specific diagnostic based therapy) to facilitate patients to accomplish their goals for a better quality of life.
Jochen Keller
Speech Therapist
Germany
Fields of Expertise
FEES Instructor
Instrumental evaluation of swallowing
Neurogenic Dysphagia
Language
English
German
Experience
Clinical Research
Mentee Profession Preference
No preference
Favorite Quote
"Swallowing does not end at the upper esophageal sphincter."
Additional Information
I am very interested in the evaluation and treatment of esophageal dysphagia.
Paul Muhle
Neurologist
Germany
Fields of Expertise
Neurogenic Dysphagia
FEES
Neuromodulation
Language
English
German
Experience
Clinical Research
Mentee Profession Preference
No preference
Favorite Quote
"Et kütt wie et kütt." - Kölsches Grundgesetz
(What will be, will be.)
Rania Mustafa
Professor and Head of Phoniatrics Unit. Faculty of Medicine - Alexandria University
Egypt
Fields of Expertise
Swallowing assessment and rehabilitation
Post stroke dysphagia
Adult dysphagia
Language
English
Arabic
Experience
Clinical
Mentee Profession Preference
No preference
Favorite Quote
“The eyes cannot see what the mind does not know”?
Angelika Pfahler
Speech-Language Pathologist
Germany
Fields of Expertise
Interdisciplinary dysphagia management
Dysphagia and Tracheostomy
Swallowing and Respiration
Language
English
German
Experience
Clinical
Mentee Profession Preference
SLT
MD
No preference
Additional Information
By having had steps in different disciplines in my career (Masters degree in SLT and a second Masters degree in phonetics, 3 years of work in neuropsychology during my studies, 3 years in acute hospital with focus in critical care, oto-rhino-laryngology, internistic med. and also a stroke unit, 3 years in care for in-house dementia-patients in a hospital, and more than 8 years in Neurologic rehab) I gained a very interdisciplinary thinking in diagnostics, therapy and daily working routine. I try to bring this knowledge to other SLTs and other professions during my work in my hospital but also by teaching (7 years of "tracheostomy-teaching" for SLTs at LMU Munich, many seminars of different length for nursing Staff and also seminars for MD). My focus in mentoring is not only transmitting knowledge but also helping in overcoming barriers between fields.
Petra Pluschinski
Speech-Language Pathologist
Germany
Fields of Expertise
FEES instructor
Profound knowledge in VFSS
Profound knowledge in implementation of dysphagia pathways in Geriatrics, HNC and neuro rehab
Language
English
German
Experience
Clinical
Mentee Profession Preference
No preference
Favorite Quote
"There are questions to which people want answers but cannot find them. It is a superstition to think that these questions can disappear with the progress of science." Hans-Georg Gadamer in an interview with Thomas Sturm.
DER SPIEGEL 8/2000 http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-15737880.html 02/21/2000
Additional Information
Looking forward to being part of this great European project
Michaela Trapl-Grundschober
Speech-Language Therapist
Austria
Fields of Expertise
FEES
Dysphagia Screening Tool and Implementation
Dysphagia in Acute Stroke
Language
English
German
Experience
Clinical
Mentee Profession Preference
No preference
Favorite Quote
"The best exercise for swallowing is swallowing." - J. Logeman
(It's old and everybody knows it, but it still has validity.)
Additional Information
I can start offering to be a mentor at the earliest January 2025. But I really very much looking forward to my first mentee.
