Kevin Huang MD
Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology
72 East Concord Street | (617) 414-5951huangk@bu.edu
Sections
Gastroenterology
Biography
Kevin Huang is a gastroenterologist at Boston Medical Center, Co-Director of the Center for Digestive Disorders Neurogastroenterology and Motility Program, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University. His clinical and research interests focus on gastrointestinal motility disorders - including achalasia, esophageal dysmotility, gastroparesis, and dyssynergic defecation - as well as disorders of gut-brain interaction, such as functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic abdominal pain. He also has an interest in GI manifestations of scleroderma.
Education
Medicine, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Biology, BS, Emory University
Publications
Huang K, Surjanhata B, Zhu A, Guerrero-Lopez I, Kuo B, Cline M. Wireless Motility Capsule Contractility in Predicting G-POEM Response. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2026 Apr; 38(4):e70312. PMID: 41923542.
Published on 2/1/2026Huang K, Surjanhata B, Zhu A, Guerrero-Lopez I, Kuo B, Cline M. Preserved Antral Contractions Measured by Wireless Motility Capsule Are Associated With Lower Response Rates to Gastric Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy in Patients With Idiopathic Gastroparesis. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2026 Feb; 38(2):e70276. PMID: 41735239.
Published on 10/31/2025Huang K, Mashimo H. Retroflexion in the Stomach During Endoscopy: Importance of the Examination and Its Utility. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025 Dec; 1554(1):343-352. PMID: 41170845.
Published on 3/14/2024Huang KZ, Weber HC. Potassium-competitive acid blockers and acid-related disorders. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2024 Jun 01; 31(3):107-114. PMID: 38483115.
Published on 2/27/2024Huang Q, Lew E, Cheng Y, Huang K, Deshpande V, Shinagare S, Yuan X, Gold JS, Wiener D, Weber HC. Prognostic factors in clinicopathology of oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma: a single-centre longitudinal study of 347 cases over a 20-year period. Pathology. 2024 Jun; 56(4):484-492. PMID: 38480051.
Published on 2/1/2024Chiu LS, Huang KZ, Xu X, Heeren T, Haque R, Schroy PS. Initial Stage of Disease Similar for White and Black Patients With Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer at a Safety-Net Hospital. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2024 Feb 01; 58(2):162-168. PMID: 36806090.
Published on 8/13/2021Huang KZ, Kumar NL. A High-Yield Approach to Effective Endoscopy Teaching and Assessment. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 10; 19(10):1999-2001. PMID: 34391715.
Published on 11/5/2020DeLay K, Tappata M, Huang KZ, Koutlas NT, Robey BS, Fan C, Eluri S, Menard-Katcher P, Dellon ES. Long-term Continued Proton Pump Inhibitor Use is Common in Patients Diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis Despite Failure of Histologic Response: Data from a two-centre study: Long-term PPI Use in Patients with EoE. GastroHep. 2020 Nov; 2(6):281-287. PMID: 35356404.
Published on 11/4/2020Huang C, Hopkins R, Huang K, Demers L, Wasan S. Standardizing Endoscopy Training: A Workshop for Endoscopy Educators. MedEdPORTAL. 2020 11 04; 16:11015. PMID: 33204839.
Published on 3/5/2020Eluri S, Tappata M, Huang KZ, Koutlas NT, Robey BS, Fan C, Reed CC, Shaheen NJ, Dellon ES. Distal esophagus is the most commonly involved site for strictures in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. Dis Esophagus. 2020 Mar 05; 33(2). PMID: 31778150.