Dr. Huq currently teaches gross anatomy and histology in the pre-clerkship Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) program at PCOM South Georgia. He received his PhD in Physical Anthropology from the State University of New York-Stony Brook. While at graduate school, he started to teach anatomy and has been continuously teaching anatomy to both graduate and undergraduate students since 2008. Prior to joining PCOM South Georgia, Dr. Huq had taught in the pre-clerkship MD programs at the Saint James School of Medicine and most recently at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine. He was the course director for Human Gross Anatomy at the Saint James School of Medicine and the module lead for the longitudinal Language of Medicine module at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine.
Dr. Huq’s research interests include comparative musculoskeletal functional anatomy and evolutionary biology of humans and primates. He has mentored student research projects in osteoarthritis, sickle cell anemia, scoliosis, knee replacement surgery, and the use of bio-synthetic materials in bone replacement surgery. Dr. Huq has published on topics in musculoskeletal anatomy as well as anatomical variations in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Anatomy and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
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