Lyen C. Huang, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS

Languages spoken: English, Spanish
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  • Dr. Lyen C. Huang, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Family & Preventative Medicine and Population Health Sciences at the University of Utah. He specializes in complex and minimally-invasive intestinal surgery. His clinical practice includes the treatment of cancers of the small bowel, colon, rectum, and anus; inflammatory bowel disease; diverticulitis; and other diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract.

    Dr. Huang received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Stanford University and his Master of Public Health degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He completed his General Surgery residency at Stanford University followed by a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

    He is a co-leader of the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) Colorectal Cancer Research Group and an associate member of the HCI Cancer Control and Population Sciences (CCPS) program. He serves as the Physician-Scientist Advisor to the University of Utah Health Regional Network, LLC. He is a member of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology committee on Colorectal Cancer Screening and a former committee member for Colorectal Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment. He has routinely presented and served on committees for the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), American College of Surgeons (ACS), Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS), and Association for Academic Surgery (AAS).

    His research focuses on (1) peri-operative opioid stewardship, appropriate disposal of unused opioids, and patient recovery after surgery, (2) dissemination and implementation of quality and safety initiatives across health systems, particularly those in rural and under-served communities, (3) improving access and quality of rural/frontier cancer care, and (4) misalignment between the law, state and federal policy, drug courts, and health systems. He is funded as a University of Utah CTSI KL2 Mentored Career Development Scholar and a clinical advisor to the NIH HEAL Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (ERN).

    Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, sailing, running, cycling, camping, and spending time with his family.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery - Primary
    Family & Preventive Medicine - Adjunct
    Population Health Sciences - Adjunct
    Academic Divisions General Surgery
    Public Health

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    October 16, 2022

    Dr. Huang spent an hour discussing my situation with me and my husband. We appreciated his patience with us as he told us about the pros and cons of my problem as he sees them, and answering our questions.

    October 08, 2022

    Everyone was helpful and caring

    August 18, 2022

    Best doctor I've ever seen.

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  • Dr. Lyen C. Huang, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Family & Preventative Medicine and Population Health Sciences at the University of Utah. He specializes in complex and minimally-invasive intestinal surgery. His clinical practice includes the treatment of cancers of the small bowel, colon, rectum, and anus; inflammatory bowel disease; diverticulitis; and other diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract.

    Dr. Huang received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Stanford University and his Master of Public Health degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He completed his General Surgery residency at Stanford University followed by a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

    He is a co-leader of the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) Colorectal Cancer Research Group and an associate member of the HCI Cancer Control and Population Sciences (CCPS) program. He serves as the Physician-Scientist Advisor to the University of Utah Health Regional Network, LLC. He is a member of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology committee on Colorectal Cancer Screening and a former committee member for Colorectal Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment. He has routinely presented and served on committees for the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), American College of Surgeons (ACS), Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS), and Association for Academic Surgery (AAS).

    His research focuses on (1) peri-operative opioid stewardship, appropriate disposal of unused opioids, and patient recovery after surgery, (2) dissemination and implementation of quality and safety initiatives across health systems, particularly those in rural and under-served communities, (3) improving access and quality of rural/frontier cancer care, and (4) misalignment between the law, state and federal policy, drug courts, and health systems. He is funded as a University of Utah CTSI KL2 Mentored Career Development Scholar and a clinical advisor to the NIH HEAL Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (ERN).

    Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, sailing, running, cycling, camping, and spending time with his family.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Primary
    Family & Preventive Medicine -Adjunct
    Population Health Sciences -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions General Surgery
    Public Health

    Education history

    Fellowship Colon and Rectal Surgery - Mayo Clinic Fellow
    General Surgery - Stanford University School of Medicine Administrative Chief Resident
    Residency General Surgery - Stanford University School of Medicine Resident
    Implementation Science, Health Services Research - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Research Fellow
    Research Fellow Health Disparities and Outcomes - Stanford University School of Medicine Research Fellow
    General Surgery - Stanford University School of Medicine Resident
    Internship General Surgery - Stanford University School of Medicine Intern
    University of Cape Town M.P.H.
    Professional Medical Medicine - Stanford University School of Medicine M.D.
    Major: Symbolic Systems; Minor: Political Science - Stanford University B.S.