Dr. Norman Hogikyan received his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School, graduating cum laude and with distinction in research in 1988. While in medical school, Dr. Hogikyan completed a one-year research fellowship in molecular genetics at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed his post-graduate medical training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Washington University of St. Louis and a fellowship in Laryngology and Voice Disorders at Loyola University of Chicago.

Dr. Hogikyan joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1995, and currently serves as Professor and Chief of the Division of Laryngology, Rhinology and General Otolaryngology (LaRGO)and Director of the Vocal Health Center in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is also Professor of Voice in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance. His interests include treatment of all types of voice and laryngeal disorders, vocal fold paralysis, care of the professional voice. laryngeal cancer with a special emphasis on minimally invasive endoscopic laser surgery and spasmodic dysphonia.