phoniatrical aspects of medical disorders
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE

Barbara Maciejewska, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department and Clinic of Phoniatrics and Audiology,
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Members of the committee

Paola Díaz Borrego, PhD, M.D.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician, Phoniatrician
Rehabilitation Department, Phoniatric and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Unit
Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville (Spain)

Anna Reetz-Kolasińska, M.D.
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Head & Neck Surgery and ENT Oncology Clinic
Greater Poland Cancer Center Poznań

Seher Sirin, PhD, M.D.
Kocaeli Universitesi Uygulama ve Arastırma Hastanesi
Umuttepe Yerleskesi
41000, Izmit, Kocalei, Turkey
The aim of committee:
– to promote the phoniatry as a medical discipline
– to demonstrate the usefulness of phoniatrists in the diagnostic process
– to create recommendations for various medical branches indicating when a phoniatric consultation may be helpful (recommendations for rheumatology, psychiatry, gastroenterology, pediatrics, stomatology, rehabilitation)
Activities of the Committee
- 6 meetings in 2023
- Members are preaparing description of various diseases and their links to phoniatrics.
Discipline of interest:
Paola Diaz Borrego- neonatology/pediatrics
Anna Kolasińska – Reetz – oncology/heamathology
Seher Sirin – endocrinology
Barbara Maciejewska – neurology/audiology
- We have a few described such as Alzheimer’s disease, cleft palate, miasthenia, Parkinson’s, hypothyroidism.
- The diseases will be arranged in alphabetical order to make it easier to find information on selected disease entities. We would like it to be possible to post links on our site to materials we develop – for UEP members and EAP.
- We are starting to record short animation about the comittee.
- Proposals for scientific publication – in the future.
- Next meeting –Antalya.



