Amherst College, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Academic work
Discipline
Spine, peripheral nerve disorders, neurotrauma
Institutions
Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine
Neuroscience Institute
Jason Huang is a Chinese-born American neurosurgeon at Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple, Texas. He is known for both clinical and research work in nervous system injury and repair, including traumatic brain injury, spinal trauma, and peripheral nerve injuries. He is the recipient of "U.S. News Top Docs".
Early life
Huang was born in Shanghai, China.
Education
Huang graduated from Amherst College, and received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Following that, he finished neurosurgery residency training at University of Pennsylvania. During his residency training, he also completed his Neurotrauma & Critical Care and Complex Spine fellowships at University of Pennsylvania.
Huang received the Army Commendation Medal in 2008 and was honorably discharged from the United States Army Reserve in 2012 with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
In 2014, he joined Baylor Scott & White Health as director of the Neuroscience Institute and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, and was appointed professor of surgery at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine. At Baylor Scott & White, he established an ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency program, for which he served as program director from 2015 to 2025.
Huang was elected president of the Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons for 2020 and served in that role through 2021. He became a tenured professor of neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine in 2022.
Research
Huang's main research interest lies in the field of nervous system injury and repair. His lab has active extramural research funding including a prestigious R01 award from the National Institutes of Health.
Hua, Xiaorong; Li, Yue; Pentaparthi, Srikanth R; McGrail, Daniel J; Zou, Rui; Guo, Lei; Shrawat, Anju; Cirillo, Kristen M; Li, Qing; Bhat, Akshay V; Xu, Min; Qi, Dan; Singh, Anirudh; McGrath, Frances; Andrews, Steven B; Aung, Kyaw Lwin; Das, Jishnu; Zhou, Yunyun; Lodi, Alessia; Mills, Gordon B; Eckhardt, S. Gail; Mendillo, Marc L; Tiziani, Stefano; Wu, Erxi; Huang, Jason H; Sahni, Nidhi; Yi, S. Stephen (4 Jan 2023). "Landscape of microRNA regulatory network architecture and functional rerouting in cancer". Cancer Research. 83 (1): 59–73. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-0371. PMC9811166. PMID36265133.
Wang, Feng; Zhou, Shanshan; Qi, Dan; Xiang, S. H.; Wong, Edward T; Wang, Xin; Fonkem, Ekokobe; Hsieh, T. C.; Yang, Jing; Kirmani, Babar; Shabb, James B; Wu, J. M.; Wu, Min; Huang, Jason H; Yu, Wei H; Wu, Erxi (27 Feb 2019). "Nucleolin is a functional binding protein for salinomycin in neuroblastoma stem cells". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141 (8): 3613–3622. Bibcode:2019JAChS.141.3613W. doi:10.1021/jacs.8b12872. PMID30689374.
Soto, Jose M; Nguyen, Anthony V; van Zyl, Johanna S; Huang, Jason H (Jul 2023). "Outcomes after supratentorial craniotomy for primary malignant brain tumor resection in adult patients: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis". World Neurosurgery. 175: e780–e789. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2023.04.020. PMID37061032.
US 9114246,Jason H. Huang; Samantha Dayawansa,"Spinal nerve stimulation rings for rehabilitation of patients with spinal trauma and stroke",published 25 Aug 2015, assigned to University of Rochester
US 9682248,Jason Haitao Huang; Samantha Dayawansa,"Deep brain magnetic stimulator",published 20 Jun 2017, assigned to University of Rochester
US 9993168,Jason Haitao Huang; Samantha Dayawansa,"Implantable pressure monitor",published 12 Jun 2018, assigned to University of Rochester
US 1000438,Jason Haitao Huang; Samantha Dayawansa,"Implantable real-time oximeter to determine potential strokes and post-traumatic brain-injury complications",published 26 Jun 2018, assigned to University of Rochester
US 11883114,Jason H. Huang,"Ultrasound locatable surgical guidewire system and method",published 30 Jan 2024, assigned to Baylor University; Baylor Scott & White Health
US 11969565,Jason H. Huang,"Programmable medical wire system and method",published 30 Apr 2024, assigned to Baylor University; Baylor Scott & White Health