Courtney C. J. Voelker, MD, PhD
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Pacific Neuroscience Institute Medical Group
11645 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90025
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About Courtney C. J. Voelker
Courtney Voelker, M.D., Ph.D. (D.Phil. Oxon), is a Rhodes Scholar and board certified neurotologist. She is Director of Otology/Neurotology-Lateral Skull Base Surgery; and Director of the Adult & Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program at Pacific Neuroscience Institute. She is an otolaryngology – head & neck surgeon who takes care of adult and pediatric patients seeing a wide range of inner ear conditions. A Super Doctor Rising Star award recipient, she is committed to offering high quality, compassionate care to all her patients.
Prior to joining PNI, Dr. Voelker was at USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC as Division Chief of Otology, Neurotology and Lateral Skull Base Surgery and the Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Previously, Dr. Voelker served as Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She has conducted leading-edge research on the physiology and diseases of the inner ear at Brown University, the University of Oxford, Washington University in St. Louis, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as well as cancer research at the University of Portland.
Dr. Voelker has authored numerous research publications and textbook chapters in her field and also holds several patents. Dr. Voelker regularly organizes and leads temporal bone courses to teach surgical techniques to fellow otolaryngologists. Additionally, she has volunteered with Global ENT Outreach, a medical mission that traveled to Bolivia to provide surgical care to patients without access to a neurotologist and to teach neurotological techniques to Bloivian otolaryngologists. She is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and the American Neurotologic Society.
Dr. Voelker graduated with Honors from Brown University (elected to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society). Dr. Voelker earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, having been selected for both the Brown-Dartmouth Medical Program as well as the Program in Liberal Medical Education. As a Rhodes Scholar, she earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oxford in developmental neurobiology. She completed her residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the Washington University (Barnes-Jewish Hospital) in St. Louis and her fellowship at the world-renowned House Ear Institute and Clinic in Los Angeles.
Brown University Program in Medicine
2007
Washington University School of Medicine - GME
2008
Washington University School of Medicine - GME
2012
House Ear Clinic
- American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology
- American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Neurotology
- American Board of Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
- American Board of Otolaryngology, Neurology
11645 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Excellent care and service . Very focused and reassuring. Expertise obvious.
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Had a good experience with this office and the doctor. Would recommend them to family and friends.
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Dr Voelker was very informative & knowledgeable. She provided very good care & suggested for my next appointment to see her virtually so that I didn't have to hassle with driving to Brentwood from the South Bay, where I live.
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Excellent care! Wonderful and friendly doctor
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Very good experience.
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There is no bad experience with Dr Volker, thorough,compassionate and highly informative regarding the complexities of cochlear implant.
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