Michael Hoa, MD, is a surgeon-scientist and a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Hoa completed his neurotology fellowship at the House Clinic in Los Angeles in 2012. Dr. Hoa is board certified in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, otology, and neurotology. Dr. Hoa serves as the director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Cochlear Implant Program which provides comprehensive cochlear implant services to both pediatric and adult populations. His main research interests as an NIH-sponsored surgeon-scientist include hearing restoration and preservation and the identification of novel and repurposable therapeutics in the setting of hearing instability disorders and cochlear implantation. In addition, he has clinical interests in both surgical management of vestibular and facial nerve schwannoma, endoscopic and microscopic management of cholesteatoma and chronic ear disease, otosclerosis, paraganglioma management, and lateral skull base encephalocele and CSF leak management.

Ann K. Jay, MD, is Professor of Radiology at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is a neuroradiologist with subspecialty expertise in head and neck and skull base imaging. Dr. Jay serves as Co–Section Chief of Neuroradiology at the ACR Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP), is a board member of the Radiology Leadership Institute, and sits on the executive committee of the Intersociety Committee.

Throughout her career, Dr. Jay has held numerous leadership roles, including Vice Chair of Education, Chief of the Division of Neuroradiology, Program Director of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency, and Medical School Education Director. A dedicated educator, she has delivered invited lectures nationally and internationally and has received multiple teaching awards.