Professor Elizabeth Fitzpatrick
Assistant Professor Audiology
School of Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Ottawa
Prof Elizabeth Fitzpatrick has worked in auditory (re) habilitation and audiology for the past 25 years. Before joining the University of Ottawa, she held various positions as audiologist, therapist and manager at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa and the Central Speech and Hearing Clinic in Winnipeg. Working in collaboration with colleagues at CHEO and the Ottawa Hospital, her research and publications cover the spectrum from infants to adults; her doctoral studies were focused on newborn hearing screening. She has been involved in professional associations as a member of the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists working group on cochlear implants in children and internationally as a member of the Board of Directors of Auditory-Verbal International, Inc. She is currently a member of the Auditory-Verbal Certification Committee (Alexander Graham Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language).
Research Interests
• Cochlear implantation for children and adults, particularly outcomes in “special populations”
• Early identification of hearing loss in children
• Services for children (and families) affected by hearing loss
• Systematic reviews on hearing loss and cochlear implantation outcomes
Dr. Judith Marlowe Ph.D., FAAA
Executive Director
Audiology & Professional Relations
Natus
Since 1971, Dr. Judith Marlowe has created hearing assessment and habilitation programs in hospitals, charitable agencies, an otolaryngology centre, and in her solely owned private audiology practice. In 1983, she developed the very first universal newborn ABR screening program in the U.S., now in its 27th year of operation. She moved from a consulting role to full-time affiliation with Natus 16 years ago and is Executive Director, Audiology & Professional Relations, advising private and public health professionals worldwide.
Dr. Marlowe is the author of more than twenty-four publications on early detection and has lectured around the world. She has been profiled in twelve health and executive Who’s Who editions. Among her honours are an International Sertoma Club “Service to Mankind” Award and the 1994 Marion Downs Award for leadership in early detection. Thomas More College conferred its highest honour, the Saint Thomas More Medallion for scholarship, service, and integrity in 2002 and the Professional Achievement Award in 2003. She is the recipient of the University of Cincinnati, Department of Communication Disorders “2005 Distinguished Alumnus” award.
In May, 2010 the University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences inaugurated a “Distinguished Alumni” award naming Dr. Marlowe the first recipient from the field of Communication Disorders.
Professor Gunesh Rajan
Professor of Otolaryngology,
Head and Neck surgery,
University of Western Australia
Neuro-otologist, skull base surgeon with particular interest in Cochlear implantation.
Professor Gunesh Rajan is Professor of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery at University of Western Australia and is based at Fremantle Hospital. He studied medicine in Switzerland and was awarded a doctoral thesis by the University of Zurich and obtained specialist qualifications in Switzerland and in Australia. He is head of the Otolaryngology Unit at Fremantle Hospital, has written over 25 pages and book chapters and has a primary interest in middle ear and implant surgery, skill base surgery and head and neck cancer surgery.