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Top Anh-Thuy Nguyen
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1991
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA, MD, Medicine
1987
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, BA, Biochemistry
Postgraduate Training
1995-1995
Clinical Fellowship, Transplant CV Anesthesia, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
1992-1995
Clinical Residency, Anesthesia, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
1991-1992
Clinical Internship, Family Practice, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX
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1996
Diplomat, American Board of Anesthesiology
1992
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners Licensure
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Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2013 - Present
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2013
Honors & Awards
2004
American Society of Anesthesiologists Merit of Excellence Award for Scientific Exhibit, American Society of Anesthesiologists
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Bhavsar S, Hagan K, Arunkumar R, Potylchansky Y, Grasu R, Dang A, Carlson R, Cowles C, Arnold B, Rahlfs TL, Lipski I, Walsh C, Nguyen AT, Feng L, Cata JP. Preoperative Statin Use Is Not Associated with Improvement in Survival after Glioblastoma Surgery. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27396375.
Hagan K, Bhavsar S, Arunkumar R, Grasu R, Dang A, Carlson R, Cowles C, Arnold B, Potylchansky Y, Rahlfs TF, Lipski I, Walsh C, Jimenez F, Nguyen AT, Feng L, Cata JP. Association between Perioperative Hyperglycemia and Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27438798.
Prabhu S, Maldaun M, Khawja S, Levine N, Rao G, Lang Jr. F, Weinberg J, Tumala S, Cowles C, Ferson D, Nguyen AT, Sawaya R. Awake Craniotomy for Gliomas in a High Field (1.5T) Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance (MRI) Operating Room: Analysis of 42 Cases. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2014.
Nates JL, Kee S, Nguyen, AT, et al. Critically ill cancer patients are not consistently hypercoagulable after craniotomy. Neurocrit Care 7(3):211-216, 2007.
Popat K, Nguyen AT, Kowalski A, Daley M, Arens J, Thakar D. Postoperative paraplegia after nonvascular thoracic surgery. The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology, 2004.
Cata J, Prabhu S, Potylchansky Y, Nguyen AT, Rahlfs T. Perioperative Factors Associated with Progression-Free and Overall Survival after Brain Cancer Surgery. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology.
Invited Articles
Nguyen AT, Popat K. Airway Management Devices and Approaches. Advances in Anesthesia 25:205-232, 2007.
Nguyen AT. Monitored Anesthesia Care. Internet Journal of Health 1, 2000.
Nguyen AT. LMA Found Safe, Effective for Use During Craniotomy for Speech Mapping. Anesthesiology News December, 2000.
Abstracts
Ferson DZ, Lipski I, Grasu RM, Dang AQ, Cowles CE, Nguyen LT, Nguyen AT, Arunkumar R, Lang FF, Chi TL. Use of Supraglottic Airways in Patients Undergoing Brain Tumor Surgery in Eloquent Areas and Intraoperative Neurological Mapping and Monitoring with an Asleep-awake-asleep Technique. Proceedings of the ASA Annual Meeting 2014, 2014.
Ferson DZ, Chang E, Dinh A, Nguyen L, Nguyen AT, Arunkumar R, Lang FF, Chi L. Super-Selective Scalp Block During Prolonged Awake Craniotomies: Effective Duration, Patient Comfort and Clinical Value. Proceedings of the ASA Annual Meeting 2013, 2013.
Ferson D, Chang E, Dinh A, Nguyen AT. Super Selective Scalp Block During Prolonged Awake Craniotomies. Regiona Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 37(5 Supplement 1):E202, 2012.
Nguyen AT, Ferson D. Laryngeal Mask Airway for Management of Patients Undergoing Craniotomies Requiring Speech Monitoring. ASA October, 2000.
Book Chapters
Nguyen L, Nguyen AT, Ferson DZ. Awake Craniotomy for Tumors of the Speech Areas and Motor Strip. In: NeuRecipes: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Guide to Anesthesia for Neurosurgical Cases. Author House: USA, 2008.
Horowitz M, Kopitnik T, Nguyen AT, Samson DS. Vertebrobasilar Aneurysms--Midbasilar, Vertebrobasilar Junction, AICA. In: Operative Neurosurgery. Churchill Livingstone, 1031-1042, 2000.
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