Willa Ann Hsueh MD

With more than 35 years of diabetes and endocrinology research to her credit, Dr. Willa Hsueh has achieved success throughout her career, receiving various awards for her accomplishments as she mentored a large number of award-winning pupils as well. In addition to her success as a teacher, Dr. Willa Hsueh has also received recognition for the incredible amount of research she has contributed to her field.

In 1986 alone, Dr. Willa Hsueh won the Harry Goldblatt Award for Cardiovascular Research from the American Heart Association, was honored by The American Society for Clinical Investigation, and earned the Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases after also winning its Clinical Investigator Award from 1979 to 1984. From 1991 to 1998, the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases also honored Dr. Hsueh with its MERIT Award.