Professor Michael Gluth holds the Gordon McLaren Chair in Ear Science Surgery & Research at UWA. His work integrates clinical outcomes research, otopathology, and translational innovation to improve understanding and treatment of complex ear and hearing disorders with a particular focus on developing new surgical devices and therapies. He is a lead surgeon scientist at Ear Science Institute Australia.
Prior to joining UWA, he was Professor of Surgery & Director of the Comprehensive Ear & Hearing Center at the University of Chicago, where he led a major academic unit focused on ear disease and hearing loss treatment and research. He earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Zoology (minor in History), followed by a Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.) at the University of Texas (USA). He completed postgraduate training in surgery, including specialst training in otolaryngology-head & neck surgery, at the Mayo Clinic (USA). He also completed further advanced subspecialty training in otology & skull base surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Top Publications
- Gluth MB, Baratz KH, Matteson EL, Driscoll CLW. Cogan syndrome: a retrospective review of 60 patients throughout a half century. Mayo Clinic Proceed 2005
- Gluth MB, Eager K, Eikelboom RA, Atlas MD. Long-term benefit perception, complications, and device malfunction rate of bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) implantation for profound unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Otol Neurotol 2010
- Gluth MB et al. Management of Eustachian tube dysfunction with nasal steroid sprays: a prospective randomized placebo-controlled trial. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2011
- Gluth MB et al. Malleostapedotomy prosthesis size and shape: key measurements from a temporal bone study Otol Neurotol 2012
- Sunde J, Webb JB, Moore PC, Gluth MB, Dornhoffer JL. Cochlear implant failure, revision, and reimplantation. Otol Neurotol 2013
- Gluth MB et al. Hearing aid tolerance after revision and obliteration of canal wall-down mastoidectomy cavities. Otol Neurotol 2013
- Friedman AB, Gluth MB, Moore PC, Dornhoffer JL. Outcomes of cartilage tympanoplasty in the pediatric population. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013
- Santa Maria P, Sucher K, Blevins N, Gluth MB, Atlas MD. Hearing preservation surgery for cochlear implantation: a meta-analysis. Otol Neurotol 2014
- Gluth MB et al. Immunotargeted photodynamic therapy for cholesteatoma: In vitro results with anti-EGFR–coated indocyanine green nanocapsules. Otol Neurotol 2015
- Talmage G, Sunde J, Walker D, Atlas MD, Gluth MB. Anatomic basis of the middle temporal artery flap in otologic surgery. Laryngoscope 2016
- Lim J, Gangal A, Gluth MB. Management of cholesteatomatous labyrinthine fistula. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2017
- Gluth MB, Nelson EG. Age-related change in vestibular ganglion cell populations in individuals with presbycusis and normal hearing. Otol Neurotol 2017
- Walker DD, David MZ, Boyle S, Catalano D, Daum, R, Gluth MB. In-vitro responsiveness of ciprofloxacin-resistant MRSA to ototopical therapy. Otol Head Neck Surg 2018
- Sbeih F, Christov F, Gluth MB. Newly-diagnosed Meniere’s disease: clinical course with non-invasive management including an accounting of vestibular migraine. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2018
- Christov F, Nelson EG, Gluth MB. Human superior olivary nucleus neuron populations in subjects with normal hearing and presbycusis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2018
- Christov F, Gluth MB. Histopathology of the mucosa of the Eustachian tube orifice at the middle ear in otitis media with effusion: potential implications for tuboplasty failure. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2018
- Christov F, Gluth MB, Hans S, Lang S, Arweiler-Harbeck D. Impact of cochlear tonotopy on electrical compound action potential thresholds for perimodiolar and straight electrode arrays. Acta Otolaryngol 2019
- Christov F, Nelson, EG, Xu L, Lopez I, Ishiyama A, Gluth MB. Histology of human outer sulcus cells in normal ears, presbycusis, and Meniere’s disease. Otol Neurotol 2020
- Gluth MB. On the relationship between Meniere’s disease and endolymphatic hydrops. Otol Neurotol 2020
- Judd R, Imbery TE, Gluth MB. The utility of numeric grading scales of middle ear risk at predicting ossiculoplasty hearing outcomes. Otol Neurotol 2020
- Nguyen D, Judd R. Imbery TE, Gluth MB. Frequency-specific analysis of hearing outcomes associated with ossiculoplasty versus stapedotomy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2021.
- Gluth MB et al. A multi‐center study of ossiculoplasty hearing outcomes and a grading scale of ear environment risk. The Laryngoscope 2025
- Judd RT, Gluth MB, Gurgel RK, Dornhoffer JL, Carlson ML, Isaacson B, Kuthubutheen J, Hui NJ, Quick M, Anderson RD, Sakai M. Impact of modifiable surgical factors on ossiculoplasty outcomes after controlling for ear environment risk: a multi-institutional study. Otol Neurotol 2025
- Wallace A, Boya MN, Gluth MB. Perilymphatic Fistula Revisited: A Histopathologic Study of Inner Ear Dehiscence and Possible Third Window Syndrome. Otol Neurotol 2025