Andrew Huang, MD, MPH

Dr. Huang is a medical graduate from National Taiwan University and received a M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University. He completed ophthalmic research fellowships at Harvard Medical School Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, and University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, respectively. He then completed his ophthalmology residency and a clinical corneal fellowship at Bascom Palmer, where he remained as one of the corneal faculty members from 1991 to 2000. He then joined the faculty of University of Minnesota in 2000, served as the Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery and rose to the rank of Professor in 2005 with an endowed chair. Since 2007, he has been a Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual sciences at WashU Medicine. His research interests are ocular surface stem cell biology, amyloid protein formation in corneal dystrophies, gene therapy for TGFBI-related corneal dystrophies and pathogenesis of Meibomian gland dysfunctions.

Education

Graduate

• 1974-81           MD, National Taiwan University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
• 1981-82           MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health,
  Baltimore, Maryland

Postdoctoral Training

• 1981-82           Research Fellow, Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
• 1982-84           Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
• 1984-86           Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School,
  Research Associate, Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation,
  Boston, Massachusetts
• 1986-87           Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
• 1987-90           Resident in Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
• 1990-91           Clinical Fellow in Cornea and External Disease, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

Honors and Awards

• 1974-81        Dean’s List and Book Coupon Scholarship, National Taiwan University
• 1981             Best Intern Award, National Taiwan University Hospital
• 1982             Graduation with Honors, School of Hygiene and Public Health,
  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
• 1986             NEI-ARVO Travel Fellowship
• 1986             Pharmacia Travel Fellowship
• 1992, 2000   Professor of the Year, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
• 1997             Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• 2000             Lyon Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• 2001, 2007   Best Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Ophthalmology,
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• 2004             Medical Faculty Award, ORBIS International, New York, New York
• 2006             Gold Medal, Eye Advance 2006, Mumbai, India
• 2008             Inducted Member, American Ophthalmological Society (AOS)
• 2009             US FDA Advisory Committee Service Award, Ophthalmic Devices Panel
• 2010             Senior Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• 2012             Silver Fellow (FARVO), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• 2018             Professor of the Year, Research Faculty, DOVS, Washington University
• 2021             Gold Fellow (FARVO), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Professional Societies and Organizations

• Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
• American Ophthalmological Society (AOS)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
• Chinese American Ophthalmologists Society (CAOS)
• Chinese American Professional Association of Minnesota (Board Director, 2000-2002)