Overview of Deglutition and Digestion -- Gustation, Olfaction and Deglutition -- Coordination of Deglution and Respiration -- Airway Protective mechanisms, Reciprocal Physiology of the Deglutitive Axis -- Cerebral cortical control of deglutition -- Brainstem control of deglutition: Swallowing pattern Generator -- Brainstem control of deglutition: Brainstem Neural Circuits and Mediators Regulation Swallowing -- Oral Phase Preparation and Propulsion: Anatomy, Physiology, Pheology, Mastication and Transport -- Deglutitive oral pressure phenomena -- Effect of aging on the oral phase of deglutition -- Nascent oral phase -- Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Pharynx -- Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Larynx -- Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Lungs -- Effect of aging of the pharynx and the UES -- Nascent Pharynx, physiology, reflexes -- Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Upper Esophageal Sphincter and Pharyngo-Esophageal Junction -- Deglutitive Pharyngeal and UES Pressure Phenomena -- Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Esophagus -- Normal aging and the esophagus -- Nascent esophagus, sensory-motor physiology during maturation -- Esophageal Motor Physiology -- Sphincter Mechanisms at the Esophago-Gastric Junction -- Motility and pressure phenomena of the esophagus -- Symptom Indices for Dysphagia Assessment and Management -- Cerebro-Vascular Accidents and Dysphagia -- Progressive Neurologic Disease and Dysphagia (Include Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Post Polio Syndrome) -- Disorders of appetite, eating and swallowing in the dementias -- Dystrophies and Myopathies (To include Muscular, Oculopharyngeal) -- Dysphagia Secondary to the Effects of Chemo and Radiation Therapy -- Swallowing Syncope -- Globus Pharyngeus -- Deglutition in patients with tracheostomy, nasogastric tubes and orogoastric tubes -- Dysphagia Secondary to Systemic Diseases -- Zenker's Diverticulum -- Cricopharyngeal Bar -- Cricopharyngeal achalasia -- UES opening muscle dysfunction -- Achalasia and Ineffective Esophageal Motility -- Esophaegeal Spasm/non-cardiac chest pain Hypertensive Esophageal Peristalsis (Nutcracker Esophagus) Hypertensive Lower Esophageal Sphincter -- Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Esophagus -- Strictures, rings, webs (peptic, caustic, radiation, anastomotic) -- Esophageal Foreign Bodies: food impaction & foreign bodies -- Post Surgical Dysphagia: Post-Nissen fundoplication, C-spine surgery, Thyroid surgery, Gastric Banding, Gastric bypass -- Drug-induced Esophageal Injury -- Inectious esophagitis -- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease -- Barrett's Esophagus -- Extraesophageal Manifestations of Reflex Disease and dysphagia -- Hiatal Hernia -- Psychogenic Dysphagia -- Rumination Syndrome -- Compensatory Management and Treatment in Dysphagia -- Rehabilitative Treatments -- Electrical Stimulation Treatment -- Pharmacotherapy of UES Spastic Disorder -- Open and Endoscopic Cricopharyngeal Myotomy -- Surgical Treatment of Zenker's Diverticulum -- Dilatations (UES, Esophagus, LES) Balloon dilations, Bougies -- Esophageal Stenting for Relief of Dysphagia -- Botulinum Toxin for LES Spastic Disorders -- Surgical Treatment of Achalasia and Spastic Esophageal Disorders -- Vocal Fold Medialization, arytenoid adduction, and partial pharyngectomy -- Laryngohyoid Suspension -- Surgical Managment of Life-Threatening Aspiration -- Anti-reflux Surgery -- Tube Feeding: Indications, Considerations and Technique.-.