David Huang Inducted into the 2026 Class of AIMBE College of Fellows
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering has announced the induction of David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering in the Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health & Science University to its College of Fellows.
Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top 2% of engineers in these fields. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering and medicine research, practice, or education” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.”
Huang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for the invention and application of optical coherence tomography.”
A formal induction ceremony was held today during the AIMBE Annual Event at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Huang was inducted along with 175 colleagues who make up the AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2026.
While most AIMBE fellows hail from the United States, the College of Fellows has inducted fellows representing more than 35 countries. AIMBE fellows are employed in academia, industry, clinical practice and government.
AIMBE fellows are among the most distinguished medical and biological engineers in their fields, including four Nobel Prize laureates and 27 Presidential Medal of Science and/or Technology and Innovation awardees. Additionally, 248 fellows have been inducted to the National Academy of Engineering, 120 inducted to the National Academy of Medicine, and 56 inducted to the National Academy of Sciences.
Huang has previously been recognized with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, has been elected to both the National Academy of Medicine and National Academy of Engineering.