SOMERSET, NJ June 24 -- Oticon, Inc. has appointed three new Account Managers to the company’s Government Services Team. Oticon’s dedicated Government Services Team works closely with Veterans Administration (VA) and government audiologists to bring quality products and services to US veterans and active duty military service personnel.
Robert Dowling, AuD, FAAA is the new Government Services Account Manager serving the Southeast region. Previously, Dowling was the Clinical Account Manager for the Southeast region, a position he held since 2009. He brings nearly 10 years of clinical experience working in a variety of practice settings and a unique personal perspective to his new role in Government Services. Dowling has been a hearing instrument user since 1972 and currently wears bilateral cochlear implants. His dedication to the people he serves has led him to become Vice-President and President of the Connecticut Chapter of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf. Dowling holds a Master’s degree in Audiology from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Doctor of Audiology degree from the Arizona School of Health Sciences.
Gabrielle Filips, AuD is the new Government Services Account Manager for the Midwest region. Prior to joining Oticon, Filips served as an Educational Specialist for a major hearing instrument manufacturer, responsible for educating customers and employees on new technology and software. In that role, she used her knowledge of products on contract to lead training seminars for Government Service accounts, ensuring that clinicians were trained on hearing aid products relative to the needs of the veterans, active duty and Indian Health patients. Her clinical experience includes 11 years in a group ear, nose and throat practice before opening her own practice in 2006. Filips earned a Master of Science degree from Illinois State University and a Doctor of Audiology degree from the Arizona School of Health Sciences.
Ken Curtis, AuD is the new Oticon Government Services Account Manager for the Northeast region. Prior to joining the Government Services team, Curtis worked for Oticon’s ExPO program providing technology and patient counseling/motivation training to audiology practices. His passion for serving VA and military providers is a result of his service in the U.S. Navy as a Medical Service Corps audiology officer. A former clinical professor at Utah State University, Curtis also owned a private audiology practice where he contracted to provide services at a VA medical center. He earned a Master of Science degree from Utah State University and in 2001, was one of the first audiologists to obtain a Doctor of Audiology degree from Arizona School of Health Sciences.
Oticon, Inc. is an official supplier of hearing devices for the more than 9 million US veterans who seek health care through the VA system. In addition to the Veterans Administration, Oticon supplies hearing solutions to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies within the 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico. Oticon hearing solutions with BrainHearing™, built on the company’s state-of-the-art Inium Sense™ platform, offer veterans a more natural listening experience with less effort.
For more information about the Oticon and Oticon hearing solutions with BrainHearing™ technology, visit pro.oticonusa.com or the Oticon Expo Page on AudiologyOnline.
