Michael Tong

Clinical Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Michael Tong is clinical professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He headed the university's otorhinolaryngology division from 2003 to 2007, directed the department's academic divisions from 2007 to 2015 and chaired the department from 2015 to 2024. An otologist and neurotologist, he is a senior surgeon of the CUHK Cochlear Implant Team, which with Professor C A van Hasselt performed the first implantations in Asia of an advanced device with an improved electrode, in 2012. The department credits his team with the first auditory brainstem implant using a removable-magnet device that allows MRI scanning and the first Vibrant Soundbridge middle ear implantation in Asia. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications and is affiliated with the university's Brain and Mind Institute, the Gerald Choa Institute of Neurology and its robotics centres.