Dr. Zhen Huang Named a Texas Super Doctors Rising Star for 2024
Pediatric otolaryngologist Zhen “Jane” Huang, MD, MBA, CPO, assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named by her peers among Super Doctors Rising Stars® in Texas, which recognizes the best doctors who have been practicing in the state 10 years or fewer. Selection to the Rising Stars list involves a rigorous multistep process designed to identify physicians who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 2.5% of physicians practicing in Texas are named to the Rising Stars list, which is published online at superdoctors.com.
Dr. Huang was born in southern China and moved to Dallas with her family at the age of seven. After graduating as valedictorian, she continued her education at Dartmouth College as a Presidential Scholar majoring in psychology. She earned a combined MD/MBA at Dartmouth as a recipient of the Dr. Hampers Leaders in Healthcare Scholarship. After spending almost a decade in New England, Dr. Huang returned to Texas and completed residency training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. She went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.
In 2022, she completed subcertification requirements for complete pediatric otolaryngology by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Subcertification in CPO recognizes pediatric otolaryngologists who complete additional training, successfully demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills beyond primary certification, and maintain an ongoing clinical practice within the subspecialty. The criteria that define CPO clinical practice include practice setting, case types, and participation in multidisciplinary activities.
Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese, Dr. Huang has a strong interest in improving health care delivery and population health. Her clinical interests are broad and include sleep-disordered breathing, congenital neck masses, open and endoscopic pediatric airway surgery, chronic ear disorders and hearing loss, and pediatric voice disorders.
Dr. Huang, who joined the Department of Otorhinolaryngology in 2016, has been named to the Texas Super Doctors Rising Stars list several times. Super Doctors Rising Stars are selected based on hospital appointments, professional activities, leadership positions, academic achievements, board certifications, publications and presentations, and recognitions.