Kazunari ("Kaz") Koike, PhD, has been director of audiology and professor of otolaryngology at West Virginia University School of Medicine for the past 24 years. Born in Tokyo, Japan, he earned a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Sophia University in Tokyo as well as master and doctoral degrees in audiology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Dr. Koike holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A). Dr. Koike evaluates patients in a tertiary care ENT clinic on a daily basis, and his expertise encompasses all areas of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology.