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Medical Advisory Board

We have assembled a top Medical Advisory Board whose years of experience in a multitude of medical specialties and practices enable us to develop state-of-the-art hearing aids with our customers’ health and hearing aid needs in mind.

James McDonald, Au.D., Sc.D. is a prominent Audiologist who holds a Doctor's degree in Audiology and Science from the University of Arizona and Johns Hopkins University. Dr. McDonald is an active clinician and a driving force in American Audiology. He is a past president of the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists, a member of the Accreditation Commission of Audiology Education and formerly served as the Director of AuDNet; a nationwide network of dispensing audiologists. He is a member of nearly all prominent national Audiology societies. Dr. McDonald's research interests include applied psychoacoustics as it relates to the diseased ear and the electrophysiology of audition, specifically to clinical applications of the auditory evoked potential. He is the author of a number of peer reviewed publications and has presented his work to a wide array of prestigious national Audiology organizations.

Edward L. Applebaum M.D. is Professor and recent Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Northwestern University Medical School since 2000. Previously, he served in the same capacity at The University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a member of and has served as President of numerous prestigious academic organizations of ENT surgeons. Among his honors are the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the medical school at Wayne State University, the Distinguished Faculty Award from the University of Illinois Medical School and The Frank Netter International Award in 1999. He is the developer of two widely used middle ear implants that bear his name and for which he holds U.S. patents. Dr. Applebaum has specialized in the practice of otology for the past twenty-five years. He has co-authored a book while also publishing over one hundred and thirty scientific articles and book chapters. He was the Editor of the American Journal of Otolaryngology for five years and serves on the editorial boards of three otolaryngology journals.

Sean Conlon M.D. is an ENT surgeon in private practice with a special interest in hearing loss, residing in Fort Collins, Colorado. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology at Northwestern University Medical School and had additional fellowship training in Otology/Neurotology at Northwestern and the Ear Research Foundation in Sarasota, Florida. Dr. Conlon has an extensive clinical practice with a strong emphasis on hearing disorders. He has published papers in peer reviewed journals and presented to national scientific organizations. Dr. Conlon is a Diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology and a member of a number of ENT societies. Dr. Conlon is especially knowledgeable in the business aspects of hearing disorders and serves as a consultant to the Northport Private Equity Group.

John Zappia M.D., FACS is an Otologic Surgeon with the prestigious Michigan Ear Institute in Suburban Detroit. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he did his Residency in Otolaryngology as well as Head and Neck Surgery. He was an NIH Resident Research Fellow with further training in Otology and Neurotology upon completion of his formal residency training. After his residency and fellowship, Dr. Zappia served for five years on the teaching faculty of Northwestern University Medical School. Among his numerous certifications, appointments and professional society memberships, he served on the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Zappia is the author of thirty-five peer reviewed publications and book chapters dealing predominantly with problems of the ear and has made over seventy-five presentations to a wide variety of ENT and other medical and scientific organizations. Dr. Zappia continues in an active teaching role at The Michigan Ear Institute.

Prince K. Zachariah, M.D., Ph.D has recently retired as Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Medical School, as an active clinician in both primary care/cardiology at the Mayo Clinic and as the Medical Director of Information Technology for the entire Mayo Foundation. He is a highly respected internist and cardiologist who also served as Chairman of the Department of Medicine at The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida for a number of years. Dr. Zachariah is a distinguished clinician, recognized pioneer and national leader in the field of medical informatics. Despite recently retiring, Dr. Zachariah continues to serve as a special consultant to major healthcare IT companies. He also sits on the boards of several private, non-IT healthcare focused companies. He has received a number of prestigious awards and has been a regular speaker at major national and international societies. He has authored over one hundred publications, spanning topics such as General Internal Medicine, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Diabetes and Medical Informatics. Dr. Zachariah has received a B.S. in Zoology and an M.S. in Biology from the University of Kerala, Ph.D.s in both Microbiology/Biochemistry and Pharmacology from the University of Washington and an M.D. from the Memorial University of Newfoundland.