Associate Chief Improvement Officer; Audiology Director, Hearing Implant Program; Director, Audiology Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, United States
Sarah Sydlowski, AuD, PhD, MBA is Audiology Director of the Hearing Implant Program, Director of Audiology Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, and Associate Chief Improvement Officer at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Sydlowski is Board Certified in Audiology with Specialty Certification in Cochlear Implants.
Dr. Sydlowski has published and lectured extensively on the expansion of adult cochlear implant criteria, hearing preservation outcomes, and practice efficiency/innovative clinical delivery models. She has earned the Cleveland Clinic Distinguished Educator Certificate.
Dr. Sydlowski completed her clinical doctorate at the University of Louisville, her externship at Mayo Clinic Arizona, and her PhD at Gallaudet University. Most recently, she completed her executive MBA at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University where she was the recipient of the EMBA Leadership Award.
Dr. Sydlowski served on the American Academy of Audiology Board of Directors as a member-at-large (2015-2018) and as President (2020-2023). She is a former President of the Ohio Academy of Audiology and was Co-Chair of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance Program Committee (2021). She is currently Co-Chair of the Hearing Health Collaborative, a think tank of audiologists, otologists, and patient advocates charged with developing a blueprint for changing the landscape of hearing healthcare. She is also principal investigator of a study focused on integrating tablet-based hearing screeners in primary care and geriatric medicine practices. Together with her physician co-investigators, Dr. Sydlowski aims to quantify the feasibility and impact of prioritizing the identification and management of hearing loss with referring providers.
In her role as Associate Chief Improvement Officer, Dr. Sydlowski works closely with CI specialists across the Cleveland Clinic Enterprise to develop a culture of improvement where every caregiver is capable, expected, and empowered to make improvements every day.
Have You Heard: The Annual Update on Implantable Hearing Devices, Cochlear Impants
Monday, September 30, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
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