THE PEOPLE AND PROGRESS SHAPING ENTU.S. EDITION / UPDATED OCT 17, 2026
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Alan G. Cheng, MD

Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Stanford Medicine / Palo Alto, California

Areas of workPediatric hearingCochlear implantsInner-ear regeneration

The work behind the name.

Dr. Alan Cheng is a Stanford surgeon-scientist whose clinical work includes congenital hearing loss, cochlear implantation, and chronic ear disease in children. His research studies how inner-ear hair cells develop and regenerate. He joined Stanford in 2007 after residency at Washington and pediatric ENT fellowship training at Boston Children’s, and holds an endowed School of Medicine professorship.

WHY FOLLOW

His Stanford laboratory studies inner-ear hair-cell development and regeneration alongside a pediatric hearing practice.

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