Dr. Tang Ho Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2024
Facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon Tang Ho, MD, director of the Texas Center for Facial Plastic Surgery in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2024. Dr. Ho, who has been named to the list since 2018, is chief of facial plastic surgery, an associate professor in the department, and director of the Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at UTHealth Houston.
Top Doctors represent the top 7% of all physicians practicing in the United States and are considered best-in-class health care providers, demonstrating excellence in clinical care as well as interpersonal skills. Dr. Ho is dual board certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. His clinical interests include aesthetic and reconstructive surgeries of the face, including facial rejuvenation procedures (facelift, brow lift, thread lift, Botox® injection, injectable fillers), rhinoplasty, facial reanimation procedures for patients with facial paralysis, reconstructive surgery of skin cancer defects, and complex microvascular facial reconstruction. He is currently engaged in research on tissue engineering and clinical outcomes of rhinoplasty.
Dr. Ho received his medical degree at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and returned to Texas to complete his otolaryngology-head and neck residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He subsequently completed subspecialty fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Before embarking on a career in medicine, Dr. Ho was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to the United Kingdom, where he received his master’s degree in sociology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
He has been recognized with other honors, including the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Faculty Member of the Year Award, the McGovern Medical School Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, and Texas Super Doctors®.
Castle Connolly Top Doctors are nominated by their peers and thoroughly vetted by the organization’s physician-led research team. The organization has been rating physicians since 1991. Castle Connolly’s established survey research process, directed by a physician, involves tens of thousands of top doctors in America and the medical leadership of leading hospitals. The Castle Connolly list covers all 50 states and all major specialties, and is based on nominations from physicians who answer the question, “As a doctor, where would you go if you needed care?”