Dave Fabry, PhD

Starkey Laboratories Inc, Eden Prairie, Minn, has hired Dave Fabry, PhD, as the managing director of AudioSync, Starkey’s newest company.

He will be responsible for all aspects of the enterprise, focusing on growth and development initiatives. The company aims to meet the needs of hearing care practitioners with proven business, marketing, and technology solutions, says Starkey. The AudioSync team is comprised of industry leaders who are focused on meeting the health care and business challenges its customers face each day, the company says.

Fabry holds a PhD in audiology from the University of Minnesota. His professional experience includes positions as a research audiologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, chief of audiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, and VP of professional relations and education for Phonak Hearing Systems.

Most recently, he was chief of audiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Fabry is a prolific writer, having published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and he has served as an associate editor for Ear and Hearing, editor of American Journal of Audiology, associate editor for Audiology Online, and editor of Audiology Today.

Fabry has presented widely in the United States, and internationally and he has served as a board member and president of the American Academy of Audiology, from which he received the Distinguished Service Award in 2009.
 
[Source: Starkey]