A Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing Swallowing Dysfunction in Older People

By:   Pere Clave (Director of Academic Studies and R&D Hospital de Mataro2022 Spain; Professor Department of Surgery Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) Spain), Omar Ortega (Postdoctoral Researcher, Hospital de Mataro (Fundacio Salut del Consorci Sanitari del Maresme), Spain)
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 191mm, 
ISBN:   9780323916868
ISBN 10:   0323916864
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   29 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr. Clave is the Director of Academic Studies and R&D at the Hospital de Mataro and Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He is the President of the European Society for Swallowing Disorders and Founding President of the European Society for Swallowing disorders. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Digestive Physiology Research Group Ciberehd-CSdM-UAB. The group combines 19 basic and clinical researchers organized around a General Hospital and the Department of Physiology at the UAB. He is the Associate Editor of the journals Dysphagia, Nutrients, and Neurogastroenterology and Motility, and author of 178 Publications, 3 books, 2 patents, 29 book chapters, and Director of 24 thesis in Gastrointestinal Physiology, Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and its complications. He is a member of the World Organization for Specialized Studies on Diseases of the Esophagus, Honorary President of the Annual Meeting of the Asociacion Argentina de Disfagia, Member of Advisory Board of Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the College of Reviewers del Canada Research Chairs. Dr. Omar Ortega is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hospital de Mataro (Fundacio Salut del Consorci Sanitari del Maresme) and affiliated member to the Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digesgivas (CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III). He is an active member of the Digestive Physiology Research Group Ciberehd-CSdM-UAB. His main research areas range from oropharyngeal dysphagia, from diagnosis (including neurophysiology) and pathophysiology, to classical and new treatment strategies including neurorehabilitation. He is the author of 37 scientific publications in high impact factor International scientific journals and contributor to many book chapters.