Dr. Tang Ho Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2026
Tang Ho, MD, chief of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and director of the facial plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School, has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2026. 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.
A recognized leader in his field, Dr. Ho has been named to the Castle Connolly list every year since 2018, marking his eighth consecutive year as a recipient of the honor. He leads the Texas Center for Facial Plastic Surgery, a subspecialty program that combines clinical care, education, and research and is a core division of the department. The center offers the full spectrum of facial cosmetic and reconstructive services, including facelift, brow lift and thread lift; reanimation procedures for patients with facial paralysis; reconstruction of skin cancer defects; and complex microvascular facial reconstruction. Providers at the center also offer aesthetician services that include skin care, laser resurfacing, microneedling for facial rejuvenation, injectable Botox®, and fillers.
Dr. Ho received his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 1998 and spent the following year as a United States Fulbright Scholar to the United Kingdom, where he received his master’s degree in sociology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. In 1999, he returned to the U.S. from Scotland and entered the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Following graduation, he completed internship training in general surgery and residency training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He returned to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2008 for fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and subsequently joined UTHealth Houston, where he has practiced for 16 years.
For more than 30 years, patients have turned to Castle Connolly to find trusted quality care in all 50 states and all major specialties. Castle Connolly Top Doctors are nominated by their peers and thoroughly vetted by the organization’s physician-led research team.