Z. Çiler Büyükatalay Yaldız
Dr. Z. Çiler Büyükatalay Yaldız was born in 1977 and graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 2001. She completed her residency in Otorhinolaryngology at the same institution between 2002 and 2007. In 2015, she earned a Master’s degree in Audiology and Speech Disorders from Hacettepe University, Department of Audiology and Speech Disorders.
She received the Turkish Board Certification in Otorhinolaryngology in 2011 and the European Board Certification in 2019. In 2006, Dr. Büyükatalay Yaldız participated as an observership fellow under Dr. Robert Thayer Sataloff at the Philadelphia Ear, Nose and Throat Associates Voice Center for one month. In 2017, she spent three months as an observer under Dr. Albert Merati at the University of Washington Medical Center, conducting clinical observations and research.
She was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor in 2020. In addition to her ongoing academic teaching duties at her current institution, she is an active member of several national and international professional societies.
Dr. Büyükatalay Yaldız’s clinical and research interests include laryngology, pediatric and adult airway disorders, otology, as well as salivary gland diseases and sialendoscopy.
Sessions
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This session will acquaint or reinforce attendees with the spectrum of contemporary tools to evaluate pharyngoesophageal (PES) dysfunction including swallowing radiography, endoscopy and high-resolution pharyngoesophageal manometry. Best practices for surgical and non-surgical management will be covered during a review of complex clinical cases. Where appropriate, evidence-based approaches and incorporation of novel methods will be discussed.
The integration of digital technology into medicine marks a new era, and dysphagia management is no exception. Videofluoroscopic swallowing studies (VFSS) and fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) are commonly performed as standard assessments of swallowing function. VFSS is convenient for therapeutic assessment but lacks detailed structural resolution. FEES cannot assess oral function, aspiration or vocal fold movement during pharyngeal contraction.
Swallowing computed tomography (CT) visualizes four-dimensional swallowing dynamics by reconstructing continuous images acquired with a 320-row multidetector CT using dedicated software. The resulting dynamic images facilitate an intuitive understanding of structural changes in various regions. While swallowing CT offers clear dynamic imaging of structural changes, it also has limitations: high cost of the system and software, time-consuming reconstruction, and difficulty appreciating 3D anatomy due to 2D monitor display. To address these challenges, we developed, for the first time worldwide, a swallowing extended reality (XR) platform—comprising both virtual reality (VR) and three-dimensional visualization systems. These innovations enabled reduced reconstruction time, intuitive 3D visualization of structural changes, and significantly lower system costs.
Utilizing swallowing XR for swallowing CT and data visualization allows for the identification of conditions that were previously undetectable with conventional tests, providing more dynamic and spatial information than ever before. In this lecture, I will talk about swallowing CT and extended reality (ER) system in clinical practice.
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