Ana Danic Hadzibegovic
Ana Đanić Hadžibegović is ENT specialist, subspecialised in phoniatrics and somnology, at Clinical Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb.
As associate professor, she teaches at University of Osijek at Faculty of Dental Medicine and Healthcare, and at University of Zagreb at Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, at School of Medicine and Academy of music.
She is general secretary of European Academy of Phoniatrics and member of the UEP Educational and Swallowing committee. She is also Croatian national coordinator of Union of the European Phoniatricians. She is vice president of the Croatian phoniatric society and member of Croatian ENT Society, Croatian audiology and Phoniatrics society, Croatian Society for Head and Neck Tumours and Croatian Sleep Science Society.
She is particularly interested in diagnosis and treatment of swallowing and voice impairments and obstructive sleep apnoea. Research topics prevention, diagnostics and treatment of swallowing and voice disorders; drug induced sleep endoscopy and OSA surgery.
In 2024 she won 2<sup>nd</sup> place for UEP Young Phoniatrician Award. In 2016 she won first prize of Jorge Perello Fundation for her reaserach on influence of extra-esophageal reflux on the occurrence of voice prosthesis complications and voice Quality at 28th European Congress of Phoniatrics in Bilbao, Spain.
She has organised many international interdisciplinary courses on oropharyngeal dysphagia, office based laryngeal procedures, OSA - diagnosis and treatment. In 2019 and 2024 she was the course director of 5<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> EAP course on voice and swallowing and 2<sup>nd</sup> BLA/UEP joint meeting in Zagreb.
She is author or co-author in more than 40 published research papers in international peer reviewed journals, in more than 27 book chapters and she gave more than 70 presentations.
Sessions
Background/Objectives: Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) endoscopy is a relatively novel optical biological endoscopic method that enables improved visualization of microvascular patterns and thus, earlier detection of vocal cord cancer. The purpose of this instructional course is to present the diagnostic value of NBI and compare the most commonly used classifications of microvascular patterns.
Methods: The literature was reviewed and our own clinical experience in the use of NBI and enhanced contact endoscopy using NBI were incorporated with an emphasis on Ni's classification and the classification of the European Laryngology Society (ELS) and Puxeddu’s classification.
Results: NBI allows for the precise visualization of mucosal and submucosal vessels and the detection of pathological microvascular patterns associated with malignant transformation. Ni's classification offers a detailed, but complex classification that requires a high level of training. The ELS classification is simpler, based on the dichotomous division of vascular changes into longitudinal and perpendicular ones, allowing for the effective and straightforward differentiation between benign and malignant changes as well as rapid learning. Puxeddu’s classification is intended for use with contact endoscopes coupled to NBI device and high-resolution monitors. Although complex, it provides highly informative clinical data.
Conclusions: NBI is a non-invasive, swift, reliable endoscopic method for the early detection of vocal cord cancer. For optimal results, both profound understanding of microvascular patterns and two-step endoscopic diagnostic procedure are of paramount importance.
this is a panel presentation about Pediatric Dysphagia
this is a 60 minutes course for Functional Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing
Oropharyngeal dysphagia; from diagnosis to the treatment
this is a 60 imnutes panel about Functional management of tracheostomy in ICU and post-ICU patients