Dr. Amber Luong

Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist providing patients with medical and surgical management of refractory chronic rhinosinusitis, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak repairs, sinonasal tumor surgery, endoscopic orbital and dacryocystorhinostomy surgery, and more.


Luong is a professor of otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery and vice chair of academic affairs in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. She also has a joint appointment in the Center of Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine at UTHealth Houston.


Luong obtained her medical and doctoral degrees at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She obtained her doctorate under Nobel laureates Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein for the identification and biochemical characterization of a novel human enzyme, acetyl-CoA synthetase. She completed a general surgery internship and otorhinolaryngology residency training at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She then completed fellowship training in otorhinolaryngology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.


Her primary research focuses on understanding the role of the innate immune response in the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis, with a particular interest in the role of environmental fungi in initiating these innate immune responses. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, and the Triological Society. She is actively involved in several industry-sponsored multicenter clinical trials. Luong has co-authored over 110 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She is president-elect of the American Rhinologic Society and an associate editor for the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology.