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ERIC M. KRAUS, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Winston-Salem, NC, United States



Eric M. Kraus, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., is an Assistant Professor, Department of Oto-HNS, Division Otology/Neurotology, at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.

Dr. Kraus graduated from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in Biology with Distinction in 1973 and from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Cum Laude in 1977. He completed two years of General Surgery residency at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Residency in Otolaryngology Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, 1979-83.

Dr. Kraus practiced Otologic surgery at The Ear Center of Greensboro, PA, Greensboro, NC, from 1989-2020 where he served as President. He has been an Adjunct Clinical Professor at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Department of Communications, Greensboro, NC, has served on an Audiology Ph.D. review committee, and is a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

Dr. Kraus’ areas of expertise include: medical and surgical treatment of pediatric and adult diseases of the ear and vestibular system including: hearing improvement/restoration, evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic sensorineural, conductive, and mixed hearing losses, treatment of otitis media and Meniere’s Disease, chronic ear surgery, middle ear and mastoid reconstructive surgery, ossicular chain reconstruction, stapedectomy, cochlear implants and hearing implants.

Eric is an inventor. He has been granted three U.S. utility patents. He has invented the Kraus Ossicle-Cup Middle Ear Prosthesis (Smith & Nephew), the Kraus TM Microcut™ Forceps (Medtronics/MicroFrance), and the Kraus K-Helix Crown & Piston prostheses, U.S. Patent #8,057,524, (Grace Medical Corporation) for endoskeletal ossicular chain reconstruction (eOCR). The K-Helix prostheses are being used in 65 countries around the world.

Dr. Kraus has authored 23 medical publications, taught 34 instruction courses at the AAO-HNS annual meeting, has made 23 formal scientific medical presentations, and has taught 61 medical presentations.

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