Dr. James Huang, SHS Director, receives award from his medical school

Dr. James Huang offers a wide range of services to students, including management of acute and chronic conditions, as well as gender-affirming care. His current work also focuses on improving healthcare delivery to the deaf community.

He completed the Social and Family Medicine Residency Program at Montefiore Medical Center, where he was also a chief resident. He is a Senior Atlantic Fellow, after completing the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity year-long fellowship at George Washington University in 2018.

Prior to joining Gallaudet University, he worked at Unity Health Care. There, he started the Comprehensive Medical Care for Deaf Adults and Children (CODA Clinic), which focused on providing accessible healthcare to the hard of hearing and deaf community. He also led a family group visit program focused on healthy eating, physical activity, and prescribed fruits and vegetables through a produce prescription program at farmer's markets. He continues to work with family medicine residents at Unity. Dr. Huang is proud to provide high quality, evidenced based care in a patient centered manner. He is committed to working towards health equity for all and has lectured locally and nationally on a variety of topics from deaf health equity to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Huang is Vice President of the board of American Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss (AMPHL), and a member of the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the AAFP. He is also a member of the DC Food Policy Council and co-chair of the Health and Nutrition working group.

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