Ellis Douek | |
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| Born | April 25, 1934
Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | May 20, 2024 (aged 90)
London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | surgeon and cochlear implant pioneer |
| Relatives | Claudia Roden (sister) |
Ellis Douek FRCS (1934-2024) was a British surgeon and cochlear implant pioneer.
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]
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- 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]
| This section contains
too many or overly lengthy quotations. (April 2017) |
"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]
Douek is the author of the autobiography A Middle Eastern Affair (2004) ISBN 978-1870015875, and the medical memoir To Hear Again, To Sing Again (2022). [8]
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https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20110304/283287454146938. Retrieved 2 April 2018 – via PressReader.
{{ cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=( help) - ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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
- ^ Douek, Ellis (2022). To Hear Again, to Sing Again. doi: 10.1142/12811. ISBN 978-981-12-5543-4. S2CID 246399992.
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Ellis Douek | |
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| Born | April 25, 1934
Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | May 20, 2024 (aged 90)
London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | surgeon and cochlear implant pioneer |
| Relatives | Claudia Roden (sister) |
Ellis Douek FRCS (1934-2024) was a British surgeon and cochlear implant pioneer.
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]
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- 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]
| This section contains
too many or overly lengthy quotations. (April 2017) |
"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]
Douek is the author of the autobiography A Middle Eastern Affair (2004) ISBN 978-1870015875, and the medical memoir To Hear Again, To Sing Again (2022). [8]
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^
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20110304/283287454146938. Retrieved 2 April 2018 – via PressReader.
{{ cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=( help) - ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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
- ^ Douek, Ellis (2022). To Hear Again, to Sing Again. doi: 10.1142/12811. ISBN 978-981-12-5543-4. S2CID 246399992.
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