Michael Hoa, MD

Georgetown University

Michael Hoa, MD, is an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Hoa is board certified in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, otology, and neurotology. Dr. Hoa has been in practice for over 10 years and received his neurotology training at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles along with research training under Neil Segil, PhD. Dr. Hoa serves as the medical director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) Cochlear Implant Program which provides comprehensive cochlear implant services to both pediatric and adult populations. Dr. Hoa is also a team member of the MGUH Skull Base Multidisciplinary Surgical Team and has experience in comprehensive treatment of skull base tumors, including vestibular schwannoma, through all available modalities and all major surgical approaches, including translabyrinthine, middle fossa, and retrosigmoid approaches. In addition, he also has advanced training in endoscopic ear surgery approaches allowing for minimally invasive options for otologic and skullbase surgery across the age spectrum. Finally, Dr. Hoa is a surgeon-scientist in the intramural research program at the National Institute for Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with an interest in hearing restoration in the setting of hearing instability disorders, including Meniere’s disease, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and autoimmune inner ear disease.