About Dr. Huang
Dr. Ivy Huang is the Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania for the 2025-2026 academic year. Dr. Huang graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology and obtained her medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her General Surgery residency at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2025. During her residency training, she additionally earned a Master of Education in the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins University. As a resident, Dr. Huang was awarded multiple teaching awards, including the Ronald K. Thompson Golden Apple Teaching Award as a chief resident. She also co-led an outreach initiative to host a week-long immersive exploration of the health professions for motivated high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds and collaborated on national initiatives for affordable simulation training and patient safety education for trainees. Her research interests include colorectal surgical education, simulation training, equity in medical education, and advances in education technology. She has published on assessment bias and mock oral examinations as a tool for self-improvement and program improvement. During fellowship, she will serve on the leadership committee for the Colorectal Surgery Virtual Education Series (CRSVE). After fellowship, Dr. Huang is interested in pursuing a career in academic surgery with a focus on surgical education and simulation.
Education
2025 - present
Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2020 - 2022
MEHP - Johns Hopkins University
(Master of Education in the Health Professions)
2019 - 2025
Residency, General Surgery
University of California Los Angeles
2018 - 2019
Internship, General Surgery
University of California Los Angeles
2014 - 2018
MD - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2010 - 2014
BA - University of California Berkeley, Neurobiology
Societies
- The American College of Surgeons
- American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons
- Association for Surgical Education
- Association of Program Directors in Surgery
Awards
2025
Ronald K. Thompson Golden Apple Teaching Award
UCLA Surgery
2024
Administrative Chief Resident
UCLA Surgery
2021, 2022
Medical Student Teaching Award
UCLA Surgery
2021, 2023 - 2025
ABSITE Award
UCLA Surgery
2019
Outstanding Intern of the Year
UCLA Surgery
2018
Cum laude, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2017
Alpha Omega Alpha
2017
Gold Humanism Honor Society
2014
Summa cum laude
University of California, Berkeley
Research
Dr. Huang’s research interests include colorectal surgical education, simulation training, equity in medical education, and advances in education technology. Dr. Huang was the UCLA Center for Advanced Surgical Innovation and Technology (CASIT) fellow from 2020-2022 and worked with the UCLA Surgery Education Research Group to study mock oral examinations as a tool for quality improvement, formative assessment, and learning. During the COVID pandemic, she investigated the transition to virtual and asynchronous formats for surgical education, mentorship, and feedback. She has additional research interests in entrustable professional activities (EPAs), competency-based assessment, and learning through multidisciplinary simulation activities.
Publications
- Andres J, Huang IA, Tillou A, et al. Item Analysis of General Surgery Multi-Institutional Mock Oral Exam: Opportunities for Quality Improvement. Global Surgical Education – Journal of the Association for Surgical Education. 2023;2:101.
- Huang IA, Ghosh D, MacQueen IT, et al. Telementorship, Feedback, and Completion of Assignments in the Post-Pandemic Surgery Clerkship. Global Surgical Education – Journal of the Association for Surgical Education. 2023;2:90.
- Schumm MA, Huang IA, Blair KJ, et al. Association of Research Timing with Surgery Resident Perceptions of Operative Autonomy and Satisfaction: A Multi-Institutional Study. Surgery. 2022 Jul;172(1): 102-9.
- Huang IA, Dhindsa Y, Chen AJ, Wu J, Wagner JP, Tillou A, Chen F. Effect of Teleconferencing Variables on Faculty Impression of Mock Residency Applicants. Global Surgical Education – Journal of the Association for Surgical Education. 2022 Oct;1:50.
- Huang IA, Dhindsa Y, Chen AJ, Wu J, Wagner JP, Tillou A, Chen F. Medical Student Teleconferencing Experiences and Financial Status: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Int J Med Stud. 2022 Jan-Mar;10(1):49-54.
- Huang IA, Tillou A, Hines OJ. Sex Differences in Milestones Achievement—An Issue of Learning or Assessment Bias? JAMA Surgery. Published online July 7, 2021.
- Ouyang K, Huang IA, Wagner JP, et al. Persistence of Gender Bias Over Four Decades of Surgical Training. Journal of Surgical Education. 2021 Nov-Dec;78(6):1868-77. doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.06.008
- Huang IA, Simon W, Lu Y, et al. Simulation Use in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Training for Residents. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2021 Sep-Oct;36(5):371. doi:10.1097/01.JMQ.0000751624.46076.c9
- Huang IA, Lu Y, Wagner JP, Quach C, Donahue TR, Tillou A, Chen F, Wu J. Multi-institutional Virtual Mock Oral Examination in General Surgery in the Era of COVID-19. Am J Surg. 2021 Feb;221(2):429-30. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg. 2020.11.002.
- Huang IA, Neuhaus JM, Chiong W. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Advance Directive Possession: Role of Demographic Factors, Religious Affiliation, and Personal Health Values in a National Survey of Older Adults. J Palliat Med. 2016 Feb;19(2):149-56.
- Chiong W, Kim AS, Huang IA, Farahany NA, Josephson SA. Inability to Consent Does Not Diminish the Desirability of Stroke Thrombolysis. Ann Neurol. 2014 Aug;76(2):296-304.
- Chiong W, Kim AS, Huang IA, Farahany NA, Josephson SA. Testing the Presumption of Consent to Emergency Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke. JAMA. 2014 Apr 23-30;311(16):1689-91.