Michael A. Novak, MD

Instructor

Director, Carle Foundation Hospital Clinical Assistant Professor University of Illinois

Michael Novak is an Otologist with 32 years of cochlear implant experience. He started the adult cochlear implant program at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. in 1984 when he joined the FDA clinical trials for the House-3M single channel implant. Dr. Novak subsequently participated in the clinical trials for the original Cochlear Corporation, Advanced Bionics, and Symbion devices. He developed the pediatric cochlear implant program in 1987. Today, Carle works with Cochlear, Advanced Bionics, and MedEl implants in busy adult and pediatric programs implanting about 40 patients per year. He has placed approximately 900 cochlear implants between in patients from 7 months to 91 years of age.

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Michael A. Novak, MD

Director, Carle Foundation Hospital Clinical Assistant Professor University of Illinois