Annie Huang
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Name: Annie Huang, MD
Known for: Pediatrician, pianist, and author of books to introduce children to basic musical concepts.
Positions: Partner/shareholder at Duly Health and Care (formerly DuPage Medical Group). On staff at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital and co-chair of its Credentialing Committee.
Background: Dr. Huang’s father left Taiwan with her mother, a nurse, to get his master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in the United States. She and her brother, a radiologist, are first-generation Americans. She graduated from Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine’s Honors Program, with degrees in Medical Education and Piano Performance.
Music: At five years of age, Dr. Huang started playing her parents’ piano. Showing promise, they enrolled her in lessons and soon after, she began gaining recognition. “Once you win a contest, you want to keep going,” she said, eventually studying under Emilio de Rosario at the Music Center for the North Shore (now known as the Music Institute of Chicago). A contemporary of Rachel Barton Pine, Dr. Huang didn’t think she was good enough to make a living at the piano, however, and chose medicine.
Books: While on maternity leave with her first child, she noticed books for toddlers on “first colors” and “first shapes,” but nothing on music. She wrote My First Music Book, Notes and the Keyboard, followed by a second, My First Music Book, Instruments. A third book is “percolating.”
Her Focus: “I’m still trying to figure out my calling in life’s journey. What is God’s will? God has blessed me greatly and continues to bless me, but is there something else? I could see myself as an administrator. I liked organizing my kids’ Chess Club and the PTA Reflections Program. I Iike to put things together and see a plan come together. I might even want to do wedding planning. I dabble a lot!”
Colleague: “I have been a colleague of Dr. Annie Huang for many years and have come to know her as a knowledgeable physician and a talented individual. I have immense respect for her dedication to her patients and the field of medicine. She is also a super mom and a great friend.”
Roar: “As a mother of three children, I have learned the need to balance the realities of life with the ideals of medicine. I seek to forge a partnership with every parent to jointly care for their child’s needs from birth to young adulthood. I am constantly amazed by the wondrous changes in these early years of life.”