P. Ashley Wackym, MD, FACS, FAAP

Titles
Pediatric otolaryngologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; chairman, Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Otolaryngology

Research interests
Ear diseases, genetic diseases/genomics

Study interests
Auditory development, auditory neuropathy, cochlear implantation, inner ear gene expression, molecular genetics of hearing loss, speech perception, vestibular efferent-afferent interaction.

Education
Medical degree, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, 1985; residency, Head and Neck Surgery (Otolaryngology), University of California Los Angeles Center for the Health Sciences, 1985-1991; fellowship, Otology and Neurotologic Skull Base Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, 1991-1992.

Certifications
Otolaryngology, 1992; Neurotology, 2004.

Honors
Top Doctors in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Magazine, 2000, 2004; Top Doctors in America, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Directory, 2001, 2003, 2004; John C. Koss Chair, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, May 2000; Best Doctors in America, Woodward/White Inc., Aiken, S.C., 2002, 2004; Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care, 2002-2003, 2005-2006; elected to membership in the Collegium Oto-rhino-laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum, August 2002.

Representative publications

• Wackym PA, Firszt JB, Gaggl W, Runge-Samuelson CL, Reeder RM, Raulie J. Electrophysiological Effects of Placing Cochlear Implant Electrodes in a Perimodiolar Position in Young Children. Laryngoscope. 2004; 114(1):71-76.
• Erbe CB, Harris KC, Runge-Samuelson C, Flanary VA, Wackym PA. Connexin 26 and Connexin 30 Mutations in Children with Non-syndromic Hearing Loss. Laryngoscope. 2004; 114(4):607-611.
• Wackym PA, Michel M, Banks KL, Runge-Samuelson C, Firszt JB, Prost RW. Effect of MRI on Internal Magnet Strength in Med-El Combi 40+ Cochlear Implants. Laryngoscope. 2004; 114(8):1355-1361.
• Firszt JB, Gaggl W, Runge-Samuelson CL, Burg LS, Wackym PA. Estimation of Auditory Sensitivity in Cochlear Implant Candidates using the Auditory Steady-state Response. Archives of Otolaryngoly, Head and Neck Surgery. 2004; 130(5):536-540.
• Cristobal R, Edmiston Jr. CE, Runge-Samuelson CL, Owen HA, Firszt JB, Wackym PA. Fungal Biofilm Formation on Cochlear Implant Hardware after Prophylactic Antibiotic-induced Fungal Overgrowth within the Middle Ear. Pediatric Infectious Disease. 2004; 23(8):774-778.
• Cristobal R, Wackym PA, Cioffi JA, Erbe CB, Roche JP, Popper P. Assessment of Differential Gene Expression in Vestibular Epithelial Cell Types using Microarray Analysis. Molecular Brain Research 2005. 133(1):19-36.

Grants

• Molecular Basis of Vestibular Efferent Function, National Institutes of Health, principal investigator.
• Molecular Basis of Vestibular Efferent Function, NIH, principal investigator.
• Middle Ear Epithelial Response to Cytokine Stimulation, NIH, mentor.
• Central Auditory Function in Patients with Hearing Loss, NIH, mentor.
• Differential Gene Expression in the Cochlear Nucleus, NIH, mentor.
• Unilateral Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implantation, Cochlear Corporation, principal investigator.
• Research with Med-El Cochlear Implant Subjects, Med-El Corporation, co-principal investigator.

Contact
PO Box 1997
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 266-3750
Fax: (414) 266-2693
E-mail: wackym@mcw.edu