Charleston Draws Record Crowd to the 16th Annual Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) Meeting: President’s Report 2008

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The Dysphagia Research Society hosted 382 clinical and basic scientists from 27 countries at its 16th annual meeting held at the Wild Dunes Resort, Isle Of Palms in Charleston, SC. Recorded meeting attendance was the largest since the inception of the Society. The 2008 platform featured 79 posters and 47 oral paper presentations and offered diverse research topics reaching across all the disciplines (speech-language pathology, otolaryngology, gastroenterology, neurology, neuroscience, radiology, oncology, dental medicine, nursing, developmental pediatrics, gerontology, pulmonary medicine, physical and rehabilitation sciences, engineering, and nutrition) represented at the meeting of the seasoned research society. …