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Cochlear Implant Program Overview - Meet our Staff - Rodney Lusk, M.D.
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Rodney Lusk, M.D., FACS
Director, Boys Town Ear, Nose & Throat Institute
Director, Cochlear Implant Center
Education:
- BA, McPherson College, McPherson, KS, 1970
- MD, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1977
- Otolaryngology Residency, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 1978-82
- Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, PA, 1982-83
- American Board of Otolaryngology Certification, 1982
Professional Affiliations:
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head &Neck Surgery
- American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Bronchoesophagology Division
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Triological Society
- American Board of Otolaryngology
- American Medical Association
- American Broncho-Esophagological Association
- American Laryngological Association
- American Rhinologic Society
National Offices Held:
- President and Treasurer of American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology
- President and Secretary of American Broncho-Esophagological Association
- Numerous Committee Chairs for the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Areas of Expertise/Interest:
- Cochlear Implants
- Pediatric Chronic Sinusitis
- Pediatric Head and Neck Disorders
Representative Publications:
Lusk RP: The Surgical Management of Chronic Sinusitis in Children. Pediatric Annals, 27(12):820-827, December, 1998
Woolley AL, Lusk RP: Pediatric Cochlear Implantation. In: Pediatric Otolaryngology: Principles and Practice Pathways. Wetmore RF, Muntz, HR, McGill,TJ, eds. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2000
Bauer PW, Wippold FJ 2 nd, Goldin J, Lusk RP: Cochlear implantation in children with CHARGE association. Arch. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, Sep;128(9):1013-7, 2002