Phillip A. Wackym, M.D., serves on the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation.
Dr. Wackym is currently Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He has received many research awards, including the William H. Call Research Award from the Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society; the Vice President’s Research Award and the Shirley Baron Research Award from the Western Section of the American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society, Inc.; and the Nicholas Torok Vestibular Award of the American Neurotology Society.
Dr. Wackym’s clinical emphasis is on the surgical rehabilitation of congenital hearing losses, including aural atresia and microtia repair, cochlear implantation, vestibular disorders, and hearing preservation in acoustic neuroma surgery. Dr. Wackym has performed close to 40 cochlear implants.
Dr. Wackym holds an M.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville Tennessee. He has published more that 100 articles and books, primarily relating to otologic pathology and molecular biology.