About Ellis Douek
Lived 1934 – 2024 (aged 89–90). Ellis Douek was a surgeon and cochlear implant.
Ellis Douek (25 April 1934 – 20 May 2024) was a British surgeon and cochlear implant pioneer.
Biography Douek was born in Cairo, Egypt on 25 April 1934, the son of Cesar Elie Douek and his wife Nelly Sassoon. His parents were both from Syrian-Jewish merchant families, and he grew up in Zamalek, Cairo, with his sister Claudia, and brother Zaki. He worked as a consultant otologist at Guy's Hospital between 1970 and 1999, later taking on the title of Emeritus. at the behest of the Department of Health, which had been encouraged by Deaf MP Jack Ashley.
Autobiographies Douek is the author of the autobiography A Middle Eastern Affair (2004) , and the medical memoir To Hear Again, To Sing Again (2022).
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Who was Ellis Douek?
British surgeon (1934–2024)
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Ellis Douek was born in 1934 in Cairo.
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Ellis Douek died on 20 May 2024.
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Ellis Douek was a surgeon and cochlear implant.
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