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Elbert S. Huang, MD

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Elbert S. Huang, MD, MPH, FACP

Dr. Elbert Huang is Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences and Director of the Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy at the University of Chicago. 

Dr. Huang is a general internist who studies clinical and health policy issues at the intersection of diabetes, aging, and health economics. Using methods from health economics, the decision sciences, and clinical epidemiology, his research has provided the theoretical and evidence-base foundation for the concept of personalizing diabetes care goals as well as the contemporary natural history of the disease in older people.  Dr. Huang’s research has directly influenced modern diabetes care clinical practice guidelines for older people that now emphasize 1) individualization of glycemic goals, 2) the role of patient treatment preferences, 3) the clinical importance of hypoglycemia, and 4) management of geriatric conditions.

Dr. Huang received his A.B., M.D., and M.P.H. from Harvard and came to the University of Chicago in 2001.

“I am very excited to be part of an international network of clinicians and researchers who share a vision of addressing unanswered questions for a patient population that has long been neglected despite being the majority of those living with diabetes.”

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Highlighted Publications

Huang ES, Gandra N, Zhang Q, Chin MH, Meltzer DO. The effect of functional status and comorbid illness on the expected benefits of intensive glucose control in older people with type 2 diabetes: a decision analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2008; 149(1): 11-19.

Huang ES, Laiteerapong N, Liu J, John PM, Moffet HH, Karter AJ. Rates of Complications and Mortality in Older Diabetes Patients: The Diabetes and Aging Study. JAMA Intern Med. 2014; 174(2):251-8.

Huang ES, Liu J, Lipska KJ, Grant RW, Laiteerapong N, Moffet HH, Schumm LP, Karter AJ. Data-Driven Classification of Health Status of Older Adults with Diabetes: The Diabetes and Aging Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023;71(7):2120-213.

Karter AJ, Parker MM, Moffet HH, Lipska KJ, Laiteerapong N, Grant RW, Lee C, Huang ES.

Development and Validation of the Life Expectancy Estimator for Older Adults with Diabetes (LEAD): the Diabetes and Aging Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2023; 38(13):2860-2869