Neurotologist
University of Miami Health System / Jackson Memorial Hospital
Michael Hoffer, MD, FACS is s a Professor of Otolaryngology and Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami. Dr. Hoffer assumed these roles after an over twenty year military career in which he studied hearing loss, tinnitus, vestibular disorders, and mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) on active duty service members. Dr. Hoffer is a clinician-scientist who performs both basic and clinical research along with his Otology/Neurotology clinical practice. Dr. Hoffer’s lab focuses on traumatic damage to the inner ear and brain. He is authorized or co-authorized over sixty papers and has a particular expertise in hearing disorders (including hearing loss and tinnitus), balance disorders as well as neurosensory consequences after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Dr. Hoffer and his collaborators have done pioneering work on the treatment of noise induced hearing loss and tinnitus, pharmaceutical countermeasures for mTBI as well as optimized diagnosis and management of neurosensory disorders seen after mTBI. Dr. Hoffer graduated from Stanford and then attended UCSD Medical School. After receiving his MD he was a resident at the University of Pennsylvania, and did a Neurotology Fellowship at the Ear Research Foundation