Joan Y. Hou, MD
Assistant Professor
Department:
SOM-Neurosurgery
Email:
jhou@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5711
Biography
Dr. Joan Hou, MD, MSc, is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, and also in brain injury medicine.
Dr. Hou earned her medical degree from Peking Union Medical College and Shanxi Medical University, China. She also has a Master of Science in medical microbiology and infectious diseases from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. She also completed a prestigious two-year Research Fellowship in the Department of Anesthesiology with the Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York and then worked as a research assistant professor in the department. She is the co-author of numerous peer-reviewed book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles.
She did her internship in the Department of Surgery at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York and completed her Residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. She also did a polytrauma/TBI fellowship at Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center/Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
Before joining Lakeland Regional Medical Center, she was a staff physician in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and then became medical director and staff physician at St. Vincent-Evansville Rehabilitation Institute in Evansville, Indiana.
Dr. Hou is an experienced physiatrist, currently the director of TBI service, having worked as a staff attending physician in multiple institutions before her joining UMMC. She utilizes a multidisciplinary care approach and emphasizes compassionate individualized care to patients, specializing in the rehabilitation of a variety of disabling conditions including traumatic and nontraumatic brain injuries (stokes, Parkinson’s disease, brain tumors, etc), spinal cord injuries, amputations and musculoskeletal injuries. She has a special interest in the rehabilitation of patients with brain injuries including the most severe form of TBI with disorders of consciousness and treating their associated complications, including headaches and spasticity. She strives to improve patients' level of function to maximize their independence.
Education
| Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, Phy sical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Residency, Phy sical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Residency Program | 3 |
| SUNY Downstate Medical Center, fellow, Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (ECRIP) Fellowship | 2010 |
| Peking Union Medical University,China, MD, Internal Medicine/Pulmonary | 1989 |
| Shanxi Medical University, MBBS, Medicine | 1986 |
| Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC/Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), TBI/Polytrauma Fellow, TBI/PM&R | 1 |
| SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, internship, Surgery | 1 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Phy sical Medicine and Rehabilitation FAAPMR | |
| Certification, Brain Injury Medicine, ABPMR |
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery | 12/2021 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Zhang M , Hou YJ , Cavusoglu E , Lee DC , Steffensen R, Yang L , Bashari D, Villamil J , Moussa M , Fernaine G , Jensenius JC , Marmur JD , Ko W , Shevde K . MASP-2 Activation is Involved in Ischemia-related Necrotic Myocardial Injury in Humans. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Jun 20; 166(2):499-504. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.032. Epub 2011 Dec 15 | 2013 |
| Hou JY, Graham JE, Clark-Curtiss JE. Mycobacterium avium genes expressed during growth in human macrophages detected by selective capture of transcribed sequences (SCOTS). Infect Immun. 2002 Jul;70(7):3714-26. doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.7.3714-3726.2002. | |
| Lee, H, Green, DJ, Lai, L, Hou, J, Liu, D, Cheong, C, Park CG, and Zhang, M. Early complement factors in the immunocomplex generated during intestinal ischemia / reperfusion injury. Journal of Immunology. Journal of Immunology. 2009 Dec; 182(-): 134.65. | |
| Fang Y, Zhang JZ, Hou JY, Lu H, Dovichi NJ. Activation energy of separation of DNA sequencing fragments in denaturing non-crosslinked polyacrylamide by capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis. 1996 Sep; 17(9): 1436-1442. | |
| Hou Y, and Taylor DE. Incidence of tellurite resistance determinants among plasmids of different incompatibility groups. Plasmid. 1994 Nov; 32(3): 306-311. | |
| Taylor DE, Hou Y, Turner RJ, Weiner JH. Location of a potassium tellurite resistance operon (tehA tehB) within the terminus of Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 1994 May; 176(9): 2740-2742. | |
| Turner RJ, Hou Y, Weiner JH, Taylor DE. The arsenical ATPase efflux pump mediates tellurite resistance. J. Bacteriol. 1992 May; 174(9): 3092-3094. | |
| Yan JY, Best N, Zhang JZ, Ren HJ, Jiang R, Hou J, Dovichi NJ. The limiting mobility of DNA sequencing fragments for both cross-linked and noncross-linked polymers in capillary electrophoresis: DNA sequencing at 1200 Vcm-1. Electrophoresis. 1996 Jun; 17(6): 1037-1045. | |
| Zhang J, Fang Y, Hou JY, Ren HJ, Jiang R, Roos P, Dovichi NJ. Use of non-cross-linked polyacrylamide for four-color DNA sequencing by capillary electrophoresis separation of fragments up to 640 bases in length in two hours. Analytical Chemistry. 1995 Dec; 67(24): 4589-4593. | |
| Zhang J, Voss KO, Shaw DF, Roos KP, Lewis DF, Yan J, Jiang R, Ren H, Hou JY, Fang Y, Puyang X, Ahmadzadeh H, Dovichi NJ. A multiple-capillary electrophoresis system for small-scale DNA sequencing and analysis. Nuc. Acids Res. 1999 Jul; 27(24): E36. | |
Review Article | |
| Hou,Y Rhinovirus Infections Chinese Oversea J. of Rhinopharyngolaryngology. 1989 Aug; 13(2): 71-73. | |
Book Chapter | |
| Cottrell JE, Kass IS, Abramowicz AE, Hou JY, Lei B. Chapter 1 pp 1-21. Brain Metabolism, the Pathophysiology of Brain Injury, and Potential Beneficial Agents and Techniques. Cottrell and Patel's Neuroanesthesia 8th Edition (2025). Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2025 | |
| Kass, I.S., Cottrell, J. E., Abramowicz, A. E., Hou, J.Y., Lei, B. Chapter 1. Brain Metabolism, the Pathophysiology of Brain Injury, and Potential Beneficial Agents and Techniques. Cottrell and Young's Neuroanesthesia, 7th Edition. Philadelphia, PA. MOSBY WLSEVIER. 2022 | |
| Kass IS, Cottrell JE, Abramowicz AE, Hou JY, Lei B. Brain Metabolism, the Pathophysiology of Brain Injury, and Potential Beneficial Agents and Techniques. Cottrell and Patel's Neuroanesthesia. Elsevier, Philadelphia. 2017 | |
| Blessen C Eapen, Joan Hou, and Ajit Pai. Chapter: Deep Venous Thrombosis ( DVT). In W.R.Frontera, J. K. Silver and T. D. Rizzo, Jr. (Ed), Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Pain, and Rehabilitation. 5th edition. ELSEVIER. | |
| Joan Hou, Benjamin Fotson, William T Lovegrees, John Fox. Chapter: Lower limb orthoses for persons who have had a stroke. In Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices, 5th edition. ELSEVIER. | |
| Adrian Cristian, Armando Iannicello, Joan Y Hou, Laurentiu Dinescu, Kirill Alekseyev, Nnabugo Ozurumba and Andrew Brash Chapter 16. Geriatric Rehabilitation. In Alex Moroz, Steven R. Flanagan and Herb Zaretsky, Medical Aspects of Disability for the Rehabilitation Professional. Springer Publishing Company. 2016 | |
| Hou, Y.J. & Kass, I.S. Chapter 1. Physiology and Metabolism of the Brain and Spinal Cord. In P. Newfield, & J.E. Cottrell (Ed.), In P. Newfield, & J.E. Cottrell (Ed.), Handbook of Neuroanesthesia, 5th Edition (pp. 1-19). Philadelphia, PA. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW). 2012 | |
| Hou, Y.J., Cottrell, J.E., & Kass, I.S. Chapter 4. Improving neurological recovery from cerebral ischemia. In P. Newfield, & J.E. Cottrell (Ed.), Handbook of Neuroanesthesia, 5th ed. (pp.50-69). Philadelphia, PA. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW).2012 | |
| Cottrell JE, Kass IS, Abramowicz AE, Hou JY, Lei B Brain Metabolism, the Pathophysiology of Brain Injury, and Potential Beneficial Agents and Techniques. In Cottrell JE and Patel P. eds. Cottrell and Patel's Neuroanesthesia. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2025 Chapter 1 pp 1-21 | |
Presentations
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Medical management of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), UMMC Neurology, Jackson, MS | 05/2023 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mangement of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Brain Injury Course/Workshop, St. Vincent Medical Center | 11/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, BLADDER DETRUSOR-SPHINCTER DYSSYNERGIA AND C7 RADICULOPATHY IN AN ASIA 'C' C4 SCI PATIENT 14 YEARS AFTER CERVIACL LAMINECTOMY: A CASE REPOT., Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) 2015 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas | 10/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, Sevoflurane improves protein kinase M but not PKCε, bcl-2 or PARP1 mRNA expression after hypoxia., American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting, Chicago, IL | 10/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, Sevoflurane and Hypoxia Induce Changes in Protein Kinases Mzeta and Epsilon, bcl-xl and BAD mRNA Levels in Rat Hippocampus., American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting, Chicago, IL | 10/2015 |
| Platform Presentations, Transition of Care from Acute Rehabilitation Medicine. Failure Modes and Effects and Analysis (FMEA)., Third Annual National Summit on Safety & Quality for Rehabilitation Hospitals, Arlington, VA | 04/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, A Pilot Study of the Use of a Patient Safety Board as a Communication Tool Between Physicians and Nursing Staff in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility to Maximize Patient Safety., Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) 2015 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. | 03/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, Sevoflurane Preconditioning Affects Protein Kinase M and Anti-Apoptotic mRNA Expression After Hypoxia., Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care meeting October 2013 American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting Oct 2013., San Francisco, CA | 10/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Sevoflurane induced immediate preconditioning improves CA1 pyramidal neurons recovery and enhances PKMzeta and Bcl-xl mRNA expression., Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care meeting, Washington DC | 10/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Sevoflurane induced immediate preconditioning protection of CA1 pyramidal neurons enhances the hypoxic hyperpolariztion and is dependent on the protein kinase PKMz and KATP channel activity., Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care meeting/American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting, Washington DC | 10/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Components of Lectin Complement Pathway in Critically Ill Patients with Septic Shock., International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) 2011 Annual Meeting;, British Columbia, Canada | 10/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Significant Correlation between Complement Factor B and Myocardial Injury in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery., International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) 2010 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI | 03/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Perioperative pattern of inflammatory marker mannose-binding lectin (MBL) may be related to clinical outcome inpatients with pre-existing MBL deficiency undergoing open heart surgery., International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) 2010 Annual Meeting | 03/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Early complement factors in the local tissue immunocomplex generated during intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury., Immunology 2009- The 96th Annual Meeting of The American Association of Immunologists, Seattle, WA | 05/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Significant Correlation between Complement Factor B and Myocardial Injury in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery., 2009 SUNY Downstate Research Day; Brooklyn, NY, SUNY Downstate Medical Center | 04/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Concurrent change of the Levels of inflammatory factors Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in a patient with pre-existing MBL deficiency undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)., 2009 SUNY Downstate Research Day; Brooklyn, NY, SUNY Downstate Medical Centerrooklyn, NY | 04/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Early complement factors in the local tissue immunocomplex generated during intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury., 2009 SUNY Downstate Annual Research Day, Brooklyn, NY | 04/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Mycobacterium avium genes expressed during growth in human macrophages detected by selective capture of transcribed sequences (SCOTS)., 2001 Keystone Symposia of Tuberculosis, Taos, New Mexico | 01/2001 |
| Platform Presentations, Transition of Care from Acute Rehabilitation Medicine. Failure Modes and Effects and Analysis (FMEA)., NYSPM&R 2015 Annual Resident Research Night, New York | |
| Poster Presentation, The Temporal Change of MASP-2 is Associated with the In-hospital Mortality in Septic Shock Patents., Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE, Hennepin Healthcare | 2018 |
| Excellent Patient Care in year 2015, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center | 2015 |
| No.1 Female SUNY Downstate Employee in the 15K race of 8th Annual Colon Cancer Challenge, the 8th Annual Colon Cancer challenge | 2011 |
| Certificate of Recognition for Notable Achievement, Washington University | 2001 |
| Full graduate student research assistantship, University of Alberta | 1991 |
| Academic excellence, Shanxi Medical University | 1986 |
| Full medical student scholarship, Shanxi Medical University | 1986 |
| College Champion of 4 x 400 meters relay, Shaxi Medical University | 1985 |
Professional Membership and Service
| ABPMR, Fellow | |
| Association of Academic Physiatrists, Member | |
| American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)AAPMR, Member | |
| American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Member | |
| The New York Society Of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (NYSPM&R), Member |
Committee Service
| MRC Admission Committee, Member | 2021 - Present |
| Methodist Rehabilitation Center (MRC) Executive Committee, Member | 2021 - Present |
| MRC Hospital Infection Control Committee, Member | |
| MRC Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee, Co-Chair | |
| MRC hospital Performance Improvement, Chair |
Directed Student Learning
| Attending Physician |
Fellows supervised
| Neurology neuroprogram, Attending Physician, 0 fellows supervised |