Burton J. Cohen, M.D.                                                                                      Top

Dr. Cohen is the founder of the original practice of Cohen and Silk, P.S.C., which has become Kentuckiana Ear, Nose and Throat.  He is a native of Louisville.  He received an undergraduate diploma from Michigan State University and completed medical school at the University of Louisville.  After serving his internship, Dr. Cohen spent two years in the Air Force prior to returning to Louisville to complete his residency training in otolaryngology.  He is widely respected in the medical community and has served as president and chair of many state and local medical and professional organizations.  Currently, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisville Zoo.  His practice is limited to otology (disorders related to the ear).  Dr. Cohen is married and has four children and three grandchildren.

Kenneth L. Silk, M.D.                                                                                        Top

Dr. Silk is a native of Detroit, Michigan.  He completed his undergraduate pre-med curriculum degree and earned his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.  Dr. Silk served his internship from 1967-68 at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA.  From there he went to Cleveland where he served two years with the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Coast Guard.  From 1970-74 he completed his ENT residency at Indiana University.  In 1974 he moved to Louisville to begin practice at Cohen & Silk, P.S.C.  Dr. Silk is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.  He has been president and chairperson of various hospital committees as well as local and state medical organizations.  He is married with two sons and a daughter.  His professional practice interests include general ENT, rhinology and sinus disease, and head and neck oncologic surgery.  His personal interests include family activities, travel, golf, music and the outdoors.

Bruce A. Scott, M.D.                                                                                        Top

Dr. Scott grew up in Louisville and also attended high school here.  He received a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University.  He graduated from medical school at the University of Texas Southwest Branch in 1987 and remained for his otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency.  He completed a fellowship accredited by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Texas Medical Center in Houston following his general residency training.  Dr. Scott is very involved with the American Medical Association and American Academy of Otolaryngology and holds national leadership positions with both organizations.  He practices general otolaryngology and also has expertise in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.  Dr. Scott is married and has three children.

George H. Rudwell, M.D.                                                                               Top

Dr. Rudwell is a native of Richmond, Indiana.  He received a B.A. degree from Indiana University in 1960.  He completed his medical degree at the Indiana University Medical School in 1964.  Following a year of internship in San Francisco, Dr. Rudwell returned to the IU Medical Center to complete four years of residency training in otolaryngology, and then served two years in the United States Air Force.  He has been practicing otolaryngology in Jeffersonville, Indiana for over 25 years, and merged his practice with Cohen & Silk P.S.C. in 1998 to form Kentuckiana Ear, Nose and Throat.  He practices general otolaryngology and has considerable experience in endoscopic sinus surgery.  He is married and has three children.

Brian L. Hawkins, M.D.                                                                                  Top

Dr. Hawkins is a native of Louisville and received a bachelor’s degree in biology with highest honors from the University of Kentucky in 1984.  He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1988, and stayed at the University of Louisville to complete residency training.  Dr. Hawkins joined an academic practice at the University of Louisville following residency and combined teaching as an assistant professor in the division of otolaryngology, with private practice, for four years.  In 1998 he left academic practice to join Kentuckiana Ear, Nose and Throat.  Dr. Hawkins is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, and current president of the Louisville Otolaryngologic Society.  He practices general otolaryngology, and has special interests in laryngology and voice disorders, pediatric otolaryngology, and sinus surgery.  He is married with two daughters and a son.

Mark A. Severtson, M.D.                                                                                Top

Dr. Severtson is a native of the Seattle-Tacoma area of Washington state.  A magna cum laude graduate of Yale University, Dr. Severtson  earned his medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1992 and completed his residency training at Loyola University, Chicago, in 1997.  He extended his training with an American Otologic Society approved fellowship in otology/neurotology through the Ear Foundation and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.  He is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.  Dr. Severtson concentrates his practice in the areas of otology and neurotology (medical and surgical disorders of the ear, balance system, and skull base).  Dr. Severtson and his wife, a clinical psychologist, have two children.  He enjoys golf and traveling to the Pacific Northwest.

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