Ellis Douek
| Ellis Douek | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1934 (age 83–84) Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | surgeon and cochlear implant pioneer |
| Relatives | Claudia Roden (sister) |
Ellis Douek FRCS (born 1934) is a British surgeon and cochlear implant pioneer.
Early life
He was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1934, the son of Cesar Elie Douek and his wife Nelly Sassoon.[1][2][3] His parents were both from Syrian-Jewish merchant families, and he grew up in Zamalek, Cairo, with his sister Claudia, and brother Zaki.[4][2]
Career
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons[5]
- Consultant Otologist, 1970–99, now Emeritus, Guy's Hospital[5]
- Chairman, Hearing Research Group, 1974–99, Guy's Hospital[5]
- Member Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) working party on Hearing Research, 1975[5]
- Medical Research Council Representative to European Communities on Hearing Research 1980[5]
- UK Representative to European Communities on Industrial Deafness 1983[5]
- Dalby Prize for hearing research, Royal Society of Medicine, 1978[5]
Cochlear implants
"During the 1970s, a group in the United Kingdom, headed by Ellis Douek, began experimenting with an extracochlear electrode that was stationed on the promontory near the round window ... this device created a great deal of interest because it was judge to be the more conservative, less invasive, approach."[6]
"In Britain ... [I]t all started in the early 1970s, soon after Ellis Douek's appointment to a senior ear, nose and throat post at London’s Guy's Hospital. The Department of Health, prompted by a deafened Member of Parliament active on behalf of the disabled (Jack Ashley, now Lord Ashley), suggested to Douek that his speciality was doing far too little on sensorineural deafness, and why didn't he do something in that area?"[7]
Autobiography
Douek is the author of the autobiography A Middle Eastern Affair (2004), ISBN 978-1870015875.
References
- ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- 1 2 "Jews of Egypt, with Dr Ellis Douek". harif.org. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Claudia Roden | Jewish Women's Archive". Jwa.org. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ↑ Pownall, Elfreda (13 July 2014). "Claudia Roden: an interview with the champion of Middle Eastern food". Retrieved 2 April 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Who's Who 2017, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017; http://www.ukwhoswho.com
- ↑ Clinical Management of Children With Cochlear Implants, Second Edition edited by Laurie S. Eisenberg, Plural Publishing San Diego, p .7; ISBN 1-944883-24-X
- ↑ The Artificial Ear: Cochlear Implants and the Culture of Deafness, Stuart Blume, Rutgers University Press, New Jersey, 2010, p. 41; ISBN 0-8135-4911-6