Ellis Douek

Ellis Douek FRCS (born 1934) is a British surgeon and cochlear implant pioneer.

Ellis Douek
Born1934 (age 86–87)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityBritish
Occupationsurgeon and cochlear implant pioneer
RelativesClaudia Roden (sister)

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

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
  1. "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. "Jews of Egypt, with Dr Ellis Douek". harif.org. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. "Claudia Roden | Jewish Women's Archive". Jwa.org. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
  4. 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.
  5. Who's Who 2017, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017; http://www.ukwhoswho.com
  6. 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
  7. 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
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