May 13, 1997
ADDRESS: Michigan Ear Institute
27555 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334
PHONE: (248)-476-4622
DATE OF BIRTH: May 18, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH: Detroit, Michigan
CURRENT POSITION President - Michigan Ear Institute
Farmington Hills, MI
Medical Director - Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery,
Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI
Clinical Professor - Department Of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
EDUCATION
l970-l974 College
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
B.Sc. (with High Honors)
l974-l978 Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan - M.D.
l977 Neurosurgery and Neurology rotations,
Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
l978-l980 General Surgery Residency,
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan
l980-l984 Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
l984-l985 Fellowship
Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
Malcolm D. Graham, M.D., Director, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Site Visits
l984 Prof. Ugo Fisch, Neurotology, University of Zurich,
September, l984
l986 Dr. Mark May, Facial Nerve and Eyelid Rehabilitation
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, August, l986
Otologic Medical Group and House Ear Institute,
Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, October, l986
Dr. Robert Levine, Eyelid Spring Implantation,
Los Angeles, CA, October, l986
l987 Dr. Leonard Rubin, Facial Reanimation, New York, NY,
December, l987
1994 Dr. Robert Jahrsdoerfer, Congenital Aural Atresia Surgery. Houston, TX, November, 1994.
1994 Dr. William Lippy, Stapes Surgery. Warren, OH, November, 1994.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Director - Otology and Neurotology Program, Veterans Administration Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, Dept. of Otolaryngology, July l, l984 to January l, l987
Assistant Chief - Dept. of Otolaryngology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI,
July l, l984 to January l, l987
Assistant Professor - University of Michigan Hospitals,
Department of Otolaryngology, July l, l985 to
January l, l987
Staff Physician - Michigan Ear Institute (Farmington Hills,
MI), Providence Hospital (Southfield, MI),
January l987 to present; William Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, MI) February l992 to present, Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, MI 1997 - present
Clinical Associate Professor - Wayne State University Department of Otolaryngology, Detroit, Michigan.
March l995 to present
HONORS AND AWARDS
1982 - Metro Times Award: "Platinum Rider"
Guitarist and composer in "Detroit's Best Rhythm and Blues Group"
1997 - FOX TV 10 O'Clock News: Opening Music - composed and performed, Lexington, Kentucky
Resident Research Award, "Timing of Repair for Intra-temporal Facial Nerve Injury", Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI - l982
Development of University of Michigan departmental facial electrophysiologic assessment protocol - l982
99th percentile on annual national in-training examination - l983, l984
"Dolowitz Distinguished Lectureship", University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, March, l990
First "J. Brown Farrior Lecturer" - "Intraoperative Monitoring in
Neurotology", University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, April, l990
Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award - Otology, Providence Hospital,
Southfield, MI, June l5, l990
AMA Physician's Recognition Award, l99l - over l,000 CME Credits,
l987-l990
Honor Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 94th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, September 9-l3, l990
Cited in: The Best Doctors in America,
Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC, l992, 1994 and 1996.
Cited in: Top Doc's - Best Doctors in Michigan
Detroit Monthly 1995 and 1996.
Cited in: Best Doctors in The Midwest
Detroit News 1995 and 1996.
Cited in: Top-Rated American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Instruction Courses: "Small Fenestra Laser Stapedotomy", Course Instructor: Kartush, JM: Fall 1996.
MEDICAL INVENTIONS
Kartush Stimulating Dissectors, Xomed-Treace
Co-inventor: 
Facial Nerve Integrity
Monitor, Xomed-Treace
Kartush Hydroxyapetite Struts, Smith & Nephew Richards
Kartush Tympanic Membrane Patchers - Patent Pending
Computerized Otologic Database - disseminated free via Internet
OTOLOGY ONLINE
First Internet forum on Otology - 1995
Jack M. Kartush, MD and John Shea III, MD
Includes MailServer, ftp library and World Wide Web page
ELECTED OFFICES - PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Founder and President: American Society of NeuroPhysiological Monitoring (ASNM) (June, l989)
Secretary-Treasurer: Michigan Oto-Laryngological Society, l988-l990
President Elect: Michigan Oto-Laryngological Society, l990-l99l
President: Michigan Oto-Laryngological Society, l991-l992
Secretary-Treasurer: American Neurotology Society, l992-l995
President Elect: American Neurotology Society, l995-l996
President: American Neurotology Society, l996-l997
BOG Delegate American Neurotology Society's delegate to the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery's Board of Governors, 1993
BOD Delegate American Journal of Otology Board of Directors
Nominating Committee American Otological Society
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Member - Review Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
(Journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery Foundation, Inc.) l988 - present
Member - Editorial Board of the Journal of Skull Base Surgery
(Journal of the International Skull Base Society) l989 - present
Member - Editorial Board of The American Journal of Otology, l989 - present
Member - Editorial Board of The Laryngoscope l990 - present
Member - Editorial Board of The Journal of Radiosurgery, l997 - present
Guest Editorial Reviewer - Annals of Otolaryngology
Guest Editorial Reviewer - Archives of Otolaryngology
Guest Editorial Reviewer - Plastic Surgery Outlook
Guest Editorial Reviewer - Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Regional Michigan Oto-Laryngological Society - l986
Michigan State Medical Society - l987
Oakland County Medical Society - l987
National American Medical Association - l982
American Academy of Otolaryngology-HNS (Fellow) - l984
American Neurotology Society (Fellow) - l985
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - l988
American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring - l989
North American Skull Base Society - l990
Otosclerosis Study Group - l990
William F. House Society - l990
American Otological Society (Active Member) - l99l
American College of Physician Inventors, l993
International Pan American Association for the Advancement of Science -l985
Prosper Meniere Society - l988
International Skull Base Society - l989
International Evoked Response Audiometry Study Group
Politzer Society - l992
Sir Charles Bell Society, l993
116 papers, chapters and books - full bibliography on request. Abstracts viewable on Medline.
Over hundred lectures, Visiting Professor visit
Numerous research projects, grants, scientific exhibits, audio and videotapes, etc.