{"id":623,"date":"2025-11-12T17:48:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/oto-coati\/?p=623"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:48:44","slug":"gintas-krisciunas-featured-on-innovation-panel-at-2025-new-york-city-dysphasia-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/oto-coati\/2025\/11\/12\/gintas-krisciunas-featured-on-innovation-panel-at-2025-new-york-city-dysphasia-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Gintas Krisciunas Featured on Innovation Panel at 2025 New York City Dysphasia Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\"><div class=\"bu-slideshow-container gintas-presenting-at-2025-nyc-dysphagia-symposium autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-628\" data-slideshow-name=\"gintas-presenting-at-2025-nyc-dysphagia-symposium\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: 400px; ; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-628\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-628_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/oto-coati\/files\/2025\/11\/Gintas-presenting-at-NYC-Dysphagia-2025-2.png\" alt=\"Gintas Krisciunas, Michelle Troche, &amp; Georgia Malandraki together at the 2025 NYC Dysphagia Symposium\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-628_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/oto-coati\/files\/2025\/11\/Gintas-presenting-at-NYC-Dysphagia-2025.png\" alt=\"Gintas Krisciunas presenting at the 2025 NYC Dysphagia Symposium\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-628_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/oto-coati\/files\/2025\/11\/Gintas-presenting-at-NYC-Dysphagia-2025-1.png\" alt=\"Gintas Krisciunas presenting at the 2025 NYC Dysphagia Symposium\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-628\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\">Dr. Gintas Krisciunas, director of the OTO-COATI Lab, was invited to present at the<span data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a02025 New York City Dysphagia Symposium, held October 17\u201318 in New York, NY. He served on a panel titled\u00a0<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"\"><i data-ogsc=\"\">From Innovation to Implementation in Dysphagia Management,\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span data-ogsc=\"\">with co-presenters Dr. Georgia Malandraki and Dr. Michelle Troche, and with Dr. Bonnie Martin-Harris serving as a moderator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\">His presentation, &#8220;Innovation in assessment for dysphagia management,&#8221; reflected insights drawn from the lab\u2019s ongoing research in clinical outcomes measurement. His talk highlighted novel psychometric approaches such as Item Response Theory and Modified Bookmarking techniques that can enhance both qualitative and quantitative assessment of patient centric outcomes related to\u00a0swallowing disorders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\">The invitation-only symposium explored how rapidly evolving healthcare innovations intersect with patient access, clinician training, and clinical outcomes \u2014 all while keeping the patient experience of eating and drinking, and the critical importance of these functions on patient&#8217;s health and daily lived experience, at the heart of discussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 whitespace-pre-wrap\">Dr. Krisciunas&#8217; participation underscores the lab\u2019s active role in contributing to these evolving conversations, and in advancing new approaches to patient-centered dysphagia assessment and management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Gintas Krisciunas, director of the OTO-COATI Lab, was invited to present at the\u00a02025 New York City Dysphagia Symposium, held October 17\u201318 in New York, NY. He served on a panel titled\u00a0From Innovation to Implementation in Dysphagia Management,\u00a0with co-presenters Dr. Georgia Malandraki and Dr. Michelle Troche, and with Dr. Bonnie Martin-Harris serving as a moderator. 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