Bio
Dr. Nguyen is Professor of Medicine and Director for the Hepatology Fellowship in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Liver Transplant Program and by courtesy Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University Medical Center and Director for the Hepatology Clerkship for Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also a member of the Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford Bio-X and Stanford Population Science. She has served as a member of the Appointment and Promotion Committee for the Department of Medicine as well as a Diversity LENS Advocate for the Department, assisting in the promotion of equity and diversity in the professoriate faculty search process.
She is clinically active seeing patients 3 full days a week, with a large and comprehensive practice of general liver as well as liver transplant patients at Stanford University Medical Center and weekly outreach clinics in the San Jose and monthly clinics in the San Francisco area. Her research areas include epidemiology, clinical outcomes, translational studies of liver cancer/tumors and other chronic liver diseases as cause of liver cancer such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and liver transplant-related issues. She conducts therapeutic clinical trials for these diseases. She has mentored over 130 trainees of diverse racial/ethnic and economic backgrounds and levels of training. Her research lab includes trainees who are high school students, undergraduate students, medical students, graduate students in the Masters' in Epidemiology or Public Health, PhD students in Epidemiology, clinical interns/residents, clinical gastroenterology/hepatology fellows, postdoctoral research fellows, junior faculty, and international visiting scholars. She also serves as Pre-Major Academic Advisor for the undergraduate school. Her mentees come from Stanford as well as other institutions in the U.S. and overseas.
Her research base includes single-center Stanford-based cohorts, multi-center Bay Area consortium, multi-center US consortia as well as collaborative international cohorts.
She is active in community outreach efforts locally and nationally including service as executive board of director for nonprofit organizations. She has served as Chair of the Hepatitis B Special Interest Group and in the Education and Hepatology Associate Committees for the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), and as member of the Steering Committee for the Hepatobiliary Neoplasia and Hepatitis B Special Interest Group at AASLD, , member of the Practice Guideline Committee for the AASLD, member of the Research Award Panel for the AGA, and member of the Practice Management Committee for the ACG.
As Faculty Fellow at the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford University, Dr. Nguyen is active in Global Health with extensive international research collaboration, especially the Asia Pacific region. She has collaborated with local NGOs and Ministries of Health and Sports (Mongolia, Myanmar) to hold major medical education conferences for local physicians. Currently, she also serves in the Governing Council of the International Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (IASL).
She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Gastroenterological Association, and a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, the European Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the Asia Pacific Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
She has served in the Editorial and Advisory Board for several journals including Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Alimentary Pharmacotherapy and Therapeutics, Scientific Reports, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and Digestive Diseases and Science and as ad hoc reviewer for over 30 scientific journals.
Clinical Focus
- Hepatology and Liver Transplantation
- Liver cancer and tumors
- Chronic hepatitis B and C
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Cirrhosis
- End-stage liver disease
- Evaluation of abnormal liver tests
- Community Outreach
- Liver tumors
- Transplant Hepatology
Academic Appointments
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Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Epidemiology and Population Health
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Administrative Appointments
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Faculty Search Diversity Advisor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University (2019 - Present)
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Clinical Practice Guideline Committee, AASLD (2019 - 2022)
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Governing Council and Treasurer, International Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (IASL) (2019 - 2021)
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Research Award Panel, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) (2019 - 2021)
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Chair, Hepatitis B SIG, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) (2019 - 2020)
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Practice Management Committee, American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) (2019 - 2012)
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Chair, Global Outreach Subcommittee, Hepatitis B Special Interest Group, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) (2018 - Present)
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International Advisory Board, Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2018 - Present)
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Professoriate Appointments and Promotions Committee (DoM A&P Committee), Department of Medicine, Stanford University (2018 - Present)
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International Editorial Board, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2018 - 2020)
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Vice-Chair, Hepatitis B SIG, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) (2018 - 2019)
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Editorial Board, Hepatology (2017 - 2019)
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CIGH Faculty Fellow, Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH), Stanford University (2015 - Present)
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Steering Committee, HBV Special Interest Group, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) (2015 - Present)
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Director of Hepatology Fellowship, http://med.stanford.edu/gastrohepfellows/, Stanford University Medical Center (2014 - Present)
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Steering Committee, Hepatobiliary Neoplasia Special Interest Group, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) (2014 - 2016)
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Director of Hepatology Clerkship, Stanford University School of Medicine (2013 - Present)
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Executive Board of Director, Asian Health Foundation (2013 - Present)
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Liver Section Editor, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology (2013 - Present)
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Medical Advisory Board, American Liver Foundation (2013 - Present)
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Committee Chair, Abstract Review for Chronic Hepatitis B, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) (2013 - 2019)
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Education Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) (2013 - 2016)
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Hepatology Associates Committee , MD Liaison, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) (2013 - 2016)
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Editorial Board, Gastroenterology (2011 - Present)
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Abstract review member for the Hepatitis B : Epidemiology/Prevention/Control review group, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) (2011 - 2016)
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Editorial Board, Digestive Diseases and Sciences (2008 - Present)
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Director of Continuing Medical Education, Pacific Health Foundation (2005 - 2012)
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Director of Clinical Research, Pacific Health Foundation (2004 - Present)
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Training and Workforce Committee, Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) (2002 - 2004)
Honors & Awards
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Senior Fellow at the Center for Innovation in Global Health, Center for Innovation in Global Helath, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2015 Oct)
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Stanford Asian American Faculty Awards, The Asian American Activities Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2015 May)
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2015 Divisional Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA (2015 Dec)
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Pacific Free Clinic Physician Service Award, Cardinal Free Clinics, Stanford University School of Medicine (2013 April)
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The Franklin Edbaugh Advising Award for Faculty, Stanford University School of Medicine (2013 May)
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Chief Fellow in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center (2002)
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Advanced Hepatology Research Fellow Award, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2001)
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Chief Resident, University of California, San Diego Medical Center (1996)
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Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine (1996)
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Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Irvine (1988)
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Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Irvine (1985)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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See Administrative Appointment Section above, See above (2013 - Present)
Professional Education
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Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology (2002)
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Fellowship: Stanford University School of Medicine (2002) CA
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Residency: UCSD Medical Center - San Diego (1995) CA
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Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology (2018)
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Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology (2010)
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Medical Education: University of California San Diego School of Medicine Registrar (1992) CA
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B.S., University of California, Irvine, Biological Sciences (1988)
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M.D., Univ. of California, San Diego, Medicine (1992)
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M.A.S., Univ. of Calif., San Francisco, Masters of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research (2004)
Community and International Work
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Governning Council
Partnering Organization(s)
International Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Board of Directors
Partnering Organization(s)
Pacific Health Foundation
Location
Bay Area
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Board of Directors
Partnering Organization(s)
Asian Health Foundation
Location
US
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Scientific Chair, Myanmar Liver Symposium 2018, Yangon
Topic
Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer
Partnering Organization(s)
Myanmar Ministry of Health&Sports and BK Kee Foundation
Populations Served
Physicians and Public Health Workers
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Scientific Chair, Health Needs Assessment and Liver Symposium, Yangon
Topic
Updates in Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer
Partnering Organization(s)
Myanmar Ministry of Health Sports, BK Kee Fdn, Stanford Global Health
Populations Served
Burmese
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Scientific Chair, Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer 2015: Mongolia National Training Workshop
Partnering Organization(s)
Mongolian Ministry of Health
Populations Served
Physicians
Location
International
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Linkage to care, epidmiology of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and/or liver cancer in Asia Pacific region, Mainland China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Myanmar
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Pacific Free Clinic
Topic
Hepatology Clinic
Location
Bay Area
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Outreach Liver Clinics, San Jose and San Francisco, San Jose, 231 O'Connor Drive and 200 Jose Figueres Avenue; San Francisco and Daly city
Populations Served
Patients with liver disease
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of Asian patients with chronic hepatitis B and C, San Jose, CA and Dallas, Texas
Topic
Ethnic differences of disease activities, treatment, and outcomes in Asian Americans
Partnering Organization(s)
Pacific Health Foundation
Populations Served
Asian Americans
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Colon cancer screening in Asian Americans, San Jose
Partnering Organization(s)
Pacific Health Foundation
Populations Served
Asian Americans
Location
Bay Area
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
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Updates in Hepatology, Vietnam
Partnering Organization(s)
University of Michigan and Vietnamese Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Populations Served
Vietnamese Hepatologists
Location
International
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No