11 Salt Creek Lane, Suite 101
Hinsdale, IL 60521

Telephone: 630-789-3110
Fax: 630-789-3137
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Website: www.chicagoear.com

Statement about the Center

The Ear Institute of Chicago, LLC, is an academic-affiliated, private practice that specializes exclusively in the medical/microsurgical treatment of all aspects of diseases of the ear and related skull base structures. Over 1,000 patients with an acoustic neuroma have been treated during a twenty-five year period by the physicians of the Ear Institute of Chicago, LLC. Acoustic neuroma treatment is performed utilizing a team approach that includes neurosurgeons, neurologists, physical therapists and/or radiation oncologists.

Richard J. Wiet, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Director of Neurotology/Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
Northwester University Medical School

Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine (Loyola University), Chicago, IL, 1971
Residency: Otolaryngology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1971-1976
Fellowship: Otology/Neurotology, Otology Clinic, Beziers, France, Early August 1978
The London Hospital, London, England, Late August 1978
University of Zurich, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Zurich, Switzerland, September, 1978
Otology/Neurotology, The Ear Foundation, Nashville, TN, 1978-1979
Board Certification: Otolaryngology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery

Robert A. Battista, M.D.

Assistant Professor in Clinical Otolaryngology
Northwestern University of Medical School
Co-Director of Neurotology/Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Northwestern University Medical School

Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 1986
Internship: General Surgery, UMDNJ-University Hospital, Newark, NJ, 1986-1987
Residency: Otolaryngology, UMDNJ-University Hospital, Newark, NJ, 1987-1991
Fellowship: Otology, Minnesota Ear Clinic, Minneapolis, MN, 1991
Otology/Neurotology, Lippy Group for Ear Nose and Throat, Warren, OH, 1991-1992
Board Certification: Otolaryngology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery

Arvind Kumar, M.D., F.R.C.S.

Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
And Department of Neurosurgery
University of Illinois at Chicago
Adjunct Professor Department of Otolaryngology
Northwestern University, Chicago

Medical School: Sawai Man Singh Medical College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, 1963
Internship: Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., 1974-1975
Residency: Otolaryngology, Dept. of Otolaryngology, S.M.S. Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India, 1964-1966
Otolaryngology, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Western Infirmary, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, 1968-1969
Otolaryngology, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Ear, Nose and Throat, Infirmary, University of Liverpool, England, 1969-1971
Fellowship: Otology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 1975-1976
Neurotology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1982-1983
Board Certification: Otolaryngology

R. Mark Wiet, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Head, Section of Otology, Neurotology, and Lateral Skull Base Surgery
Rush University Medical Center

Medical School: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 2001
Internship: General Surgery, Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH 2001 - 2002
Residency: Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 2002 - 2006
Fellowship: Neurotology & Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006 - 2008
Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy, 2008
Board Certification: Otolaryngology and Neurotology