Overview of Dr. Huang
Dr. Elbert Huang is Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy, and Associate Director of the Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research at the University of Chicago. From 2010-2011, he served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Huang is a general internist who studies clinical and health care policy issues at the intersection of diabetes, aging, and health economics. His main research focus is in the area of medical decision making for elderly patients with type 2 diabetes where uncertainty exists regarding how to best individualize diabetes treatments based on clinical parameters and patient preferences.
Apart from his work in geriatric diabetes, Dr. Huang has also performed other seminal translational diabetes research in the area of cost-effectiveness analysis. He performed the economic analyses of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Health Disparities Collaboratives initiative of diabetes quality improvement in community health centers that serve the indigent. With this one study, he performed one of the first business case analyses from the perspective of the community health center as well as one of the first societal cost-effectiveness analyses of a quality improvement initiative.
Dr. Huang’s research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Diabetes Association, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He has received numerous honors including the Research Paper of the Year Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine and elected membership to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
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Education & Training
- Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, Clinical Effectiveness, 1999 - 2001
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 1999
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1996
- Harvard UniversityAB, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 2001 - 2026
- CA State Medical License 1997 - 2025
- MA State Medical License 1999 - 2008
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2011
- Mary Tyler Moore and S. Robert Levine, M.D., Excellence in Clinical Research Award 2011
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Clinical Trials
- Personalized Decision Support for Older Patients With Diabetes Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
- Managing Diabetes to Gain Opportunities for a More Active Life Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 29
- My Diabetes, My Community Start of enrollment: 2021 Jul 29
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 25 citationsImpact of a Low-Intensity Resource Referral Intervention on Patients' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Use of Community Resources: Results from the CommunityRx Trial.Elizabeth L. Tung, Emily Abramsohn, Kelly Boyd, Jennifer A. Makelarski, David G. Beiser
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2020-03-01 - 66 citationsPractice Changes at U.S. Transplant Centers After the New Adult Heart Allocation Policy.William F. Parker, Kevin Chung, Allen S. Anderson, Mark Siegler, Elbert S. Huang
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020-06-16 - 21 citationsA National Assessment of Medication Adherence to Statins by the Racial Composition of NeighborhoodsAndrew M. Davis, Michael S. Taitel, Jenny Jiang, Dima M. Qato, Monica E. Peek
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2017-06-01
Journal Articles
- The Cost and Safety of Insulin in Older AdultsElbert Huang, MD, JAMA Internal Medicine
Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- Individualizing diabetes care for older people1/1/2012
- Diabetes care in the elderly1/1/2012
- “Diabetes and Dementia” and “Hypoglycemia Unawareness.”1/1/2012
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Press Mentions
- 7 Simple Ways to Lower Your Blood SugarMay 12th, 2023
- Kovler Diabetes Center Raises over $35K for Diabetes Care and Research at Salon Kovler EventApril 5th, 2023
- Diabetes Decision Tool Yields ‘Modest’ Benefit in Low-Resource ClinicsDecember 6th, 2022
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Grant Support
- Diabetes And Aging In A Multi-Ethnic PopulationNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2009–2012
- Quantitative Analysis CoreNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2011
- Enrichment ProgramNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2011
- A Conference Grant For Special Programming On Decision Making In CancerNational Cancer Institute2009–2011
- Individualizing Diabetes Care For Older PeopleNational Institute On Aging2004–2007
Hospital Affiliations
- University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, Illinois
External Links
- Chronic Disease Center at the University of Chicagohttp://chronicdisease.uchicago.edu/
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