About me
Michael Hoa, MD, is a 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 serves as the medical director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Cochlear Implant Program which provides comprehensive cochlear implant services to both pediatric and adult populations.
In addition to his duties as a neurotologist (ear and skull base surgeon), 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). His interest is in hearing restoration and preservation in the setting of hearing instability disorders and cochlear implantation. Prior to his arrival at Georgetown, Dr. Hoa completed an otolaryngology residency at Wayne State University School of Medicine and a neurotology fellowship at the prestigious House Clinic in Los Angeles. Dr. Hoa also received extensive research training at the associated House Research Institute under an NIH-sponsored institutional research training grant investigating the underlying mechanisms involved in hair cell regeneration.
In addition to the above, Dr. Hoa along with the skull base surgery team at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital offer all approaches for the treatment of acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) including hearing preservation (middle fossa approach, retrosigmoid approach) and non-hearing preservation approaches (translabyrinthine approach) as well as stereotactic radiosurgery treatments. His training and experience allow him to tailor the treatments to each patient’s needs.
Dr. Hoa and his team are one of the few surgeons in the region who offer the full range of hearing rehabilitation options to both adult and pediatric patients including, hearing aids, implantable hearing aids (i.e. Maxum, Esteem) for adults, active bone conducting hearing devices and cochlear implants. In addition, he also has advanced training in endoscopic ear surgery approaches allowing for minimally invasive options for ear surgery across the age spectrum.
Dr. Hoa's clinical interests include diagnosis and management of acoustic neuroma and skull base tumors (including hearing preservation surgical approaches); diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss (including otosclerosis and genetic hearing loss); hearing restoration (including cochlear implantation, implantable hearing devices); diagnosis and treatment of Meniere's disease; pediatric otology/neurotology and treatment of chronic ear infections including cholesteatoma.
"Treatments should be reflective of not only the best evidence but should also be tailored to meet the patient's needs and clinical situation. It is important to me that my patients are well informed and have all their questions answered. Treatment plans are a result of a joint discussion between myself and the patient."
Clinical areas of focus
- Abnormal Breathing
- Acoustic Neuroma Removal
- Acute Sinusitis
- Baha (BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID) Surgery
- Benign Neoplasm Of Middle Ear
- Canalicular Laceration Repair
- Child Speech Disorders
- Chronic Diseases Of Tonsils And Adenoids
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Endoscopic Ear Surgery
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Hearing Restoration Surgery
- Migraine
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otosclerosis
- Somatoform Disorder
- Stapedotomy
- Throat Infection (TONSILLITIS)
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Tympanoplasty With Mastoidectomy
- Tympanoplasty Without Mastoidectomy With Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
- Vestibular Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Acute Sinusitis
- Benign Neoplasm Of Bone And Articular Cartilage
- Benign Neoplasm Of Middle Ear
- Child Speech Disorders
- Chronic Diseases Of Tonsils And Adenoids
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear
- Congenital Malformations Of Ear Causing Hearing Impairment
- Congenital Malformations Of Face And Neck
- Congenital Malformations Of Pharynx
- Coughing Up Blood
- Dentofacial Abnormality
- Diseases Of Salivary Glands
- Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
- Disorders Of Nose And Nasal Sinuses
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Eustachian Tube Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorder
- Fungal Otitis Externa
- Inner Ear Diseases
- Jaw Diseases
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Lymph Nodes
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Mastoiditis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Nasopharynx Cancer
- Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
- Orbit Disorders
- Otalgia And Ear Effusion
- Otosclerosis
- Phakomatoses
- Presence Of Functional Implants
- Somatoform Disorder
- Stomatitis And Related Lesions
- Throat Infection (TONSILLITIS)
- Tic Disorder
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation
- Vasomotor And Allergic Rhinitis
- Vestibular Disorders
- Zoster
Procedures I perform
- Acoustic Neuroma Removal
- Acoustic Neuroma Surgery
- Asymmetrical Hearing Loss Treatment
- Auditory Brainstem Response Testing
- Auditory Evoked Potentials Screening
- Auditory Osseointegrated Implant
- Baha (BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID) Surgery
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Treatment
- Canalicular Laceration Repair
- Cochlear Implant Adjustment
- Cochlear Implantation
- Debridement Of Mastoidectomy Cavity
- Diagnostic Laryngoscopy
- Drainage Of External Auditory Canal
- Ear Cartilage Graft
- Ear Surgery
- Endolymphatic Sac Surgery
- Endoscopic Ear Surgery
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Eustachian Tube Dilation
- Flash Electroretinography
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Glomus Tympanicum Tumor Surgery
- Hearing Aid Fitting
- Hearing Restoration Surgery
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Labyrinthectomy
- Mastoidectomy
- Mastoidectomy Complete
- Meniere's Disease Treatment
- Myringotomy
- Parathyroid Tumor Surgery
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Speech Audiometry With Tympanometry
- Speech Therapy
- Stapedectomy
- Stapedotomy
- Thromboendarterectomy With Patch Graft
- Translabyrinthine Surgery
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation Repair
- Tympanic Membrane Repair
- Tympanoplasty With Mastoidectomy
- Tympanoplasty With Radical Mastoidectomy
- Tympanoplasty Without Mastoidectomy
- Tympanoplasty Without Mastoidectomy With Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
- Tympanostomy
- Tympanostomy With Ventilating Tube
- Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
- Vestibuloplasty
- Vocal Cord Implant
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Choice POS II Open Access
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Network OA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Sentara Health
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Student Resources
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Choice POS
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna HMO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- OA Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- TRICARE for Life East
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HighMark
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- TRICARE East Prime
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- POS OA
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- First Health PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Navigate
- Aetna Classic 5000
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- IH-POS
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Fellowship: House Ear Institute (2012)
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine (2004)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Selected Publications
- Slattery WH, Hoa M, Bonne N, Friedman RA, Schwartz MS, Fisher L, Brackman DE. Middle Fossa Decompression for Hearing Preservation: A Review of Institutional Results and Indications. Otol Neurotol 2011; 32(6):1017-24.
- Wilkinson EP, Hoa M, Slattery WH 3rd, Fayad JN, Friedman RA, Brackmann DE. Evolution in the management of facial nerve schwannoma. Laryngoscope 2011; 121(10):2065-74.
- Hoa M, Slattery WH 3rd. Update on Neurofibromatosis 2. Otolaryngol Clin N Am 2012; 45(2):315-32, viii.
- Hoa M, House JW, Linthicum FH Jr. Petrous apex cholesterol granuloma: Maintenance of the drainage pathway, the histopathology of surgical management, and histopathologic evidence for the exposed marrow theory. Otol Neurotol 2012; 33(6):1059-65.
- Hoa M, Drazin D, Hanna G, Schwartz M, Lekovic GP. The Approach to the Patient with Incidentally Diagnosed Vestibular Schwannoma. Neurosurg Focus 2012; 33(3):E2.
- Friedman RA, Hoa M, Brackmann DE. Surgical management of endolymphatic sac tumors. J Neurol Surg B 2013; 74(01):012-019 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1329622
For other publications, see the following link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/michael.hoa.1/bibliography/public/