Kee Chang Huang (July 22, 1917 in

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– November 25, 1998) was a Distinguished Professor at the

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. He attended

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, receiving his medical degree in 1940. He was a research fellow in

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at the Chinese National Institute of Health for six years before joining the faculty of the National Shanghai Medical School in 1946. In 1949, he left China to enter graduate school at the

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College of Physicians and Surgeons. After receiving a Ph.D. in physiology in 1953, he was recruited by the

as a Research Associate in Pharmacology, rising through the ranks to become Professor of Pharmacology in 1963. During his tenure he was awarded the Fulbright Professorship twice and the Distinguished Professorship by the University of Louisville and the Tianjim Medical College of China. He is the author of three books, ''Absorption, Distribution, Transformation and Excretion of Drugs'', ''Outline of Pharmacology'', and ''The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs'', and many research papers. He retired from the university in 1989, but remained active in research.From his book, ''The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs'', Second Edition

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''Kee Chang Huang - University of Louisville''

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965
{{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Kee Chang 1917 births 1998 deaths Chinese pharmacologists Chinese medical academics National Sun Yat-sen University alumni Chinese emigrants to the United States