Richard Huang, MD

Biography

Richard Huang, M.D., an Assistant Professor at McGovern Medical School, received his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois in 2007. He completed his internship in internal medicine at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois through the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine in 2008.  He then completed his residency at the Baylor College of Medicine / University of Texas Medical School at Houston Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Alliance in June 2011, where he served as a chief resident.  He subsequently pursued an administrative fellowship in Brain Injury Rehabilitation at the Baylor College of Medicine / McGovern Medical School Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Alliance, which he completed in June 2012.

After working in a private practice group in the Chicago area for a couple of years with a focus on inpatient rehabilitation and spasticity management, he returned to Houston in December 2014 to join the faculty of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth.  In February 2015, he became the Medical Director of the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit at TIRR Memorial Hermann at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital.

Dr. Huang is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) and is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, with sub-specialty certification in Brain Injury Medicine.