Tom C. Nguyen, M.D. - CTSNet

Skip to main content

ALERT!

This site is not optimized for Internet Explorer 8 (or older).

Please upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or use an alternate browser such as Chrome or Firefox.

Tom C. Nguyen Tom C. Nguyen, M.D. Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of California San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco , CA 94143 United States 415-353-8195 University of Texas - Memorial Hermann, Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute, TAVR - Everything you Need to Know, Understanding Aortic Stenosis (YouTube Video), Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery, Podcast - People of Houston You need to be logged in to see this email (login) Role: Surgeon - Cardiothoracic

Video(s)

Image Gallery

Background

Chief of Cardiac Surgery Associate Professor Cardiovascular Surgery - University of Texas Houston Director of Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery Associate Program Director Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency CTSNet Resident Editor (2008-2012) CTSNet Adult Cardiac Editor (2014-present) TSRA President (2012-2013) RRC/ACGME for Thoracic Surgery (2009-2012) ACC Surgeons Council AATS Abstract Committee 2013 ISMICS Program Committee 2014 ACC Championing Aortic Stenosis 2013 ACC Early Career Leadership Council 2013 AATS Education Committee, Resident Representative (2011-2012) Super Doctors - Texas Monthly 2015 Houston Business Journal Top 40 under 40 Benjy F. Brooks Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award 2017 Course Director for the STS University Minimally Invasive Valve 2018 STS Tech-Con - Program Committee ISMICS Program Commitee

Other Interests

Mitral Valve Repair Minimally Invasive Surgery Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) and Structural Heart Disease Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Adult Cardiac Surgery Surgical Education

Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS

o  Complex mitral valve repairo Minimally invasive valve surgeryo  Surgical Simulation and Educationo  Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)o  Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)o  Mitral valve diseaseo  Left ventricular volume overloado  Ischemic mitral regurgitationo  Left ventricular and cardiac mechanics, bioenergetics, physiology, and pathophysiologyo  Passive ventricular constraint for heart failureo  Transmural left ventricular cardiac and sheet strains, thickening, myolaminar fiber-sheet mechanics  

Additional Educational Information

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (MD) Emory University Structural Heart/TAVR Advanced Fellowship Rice University (B.A) Columbia Presbyterian Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship Stanford Cardiac Surgery Postdoctoral Research Fellow Stanford University General Surgery Residency

Printer-friendly

Content Published on CTSNet

Edwards Webinar: The Myth Behind LVOT Obstruction in Mitral Valve Replacement Sponsored Content: Mitral Valve Repair Using Chords—A Case-Based Discussion Key Considerations for Optimal Valve Selection (Webinar Recording) Opportunities for International Cardiac Surgical Training: Toward the Global Cardiac Surgery Resident CTSNet To Go Podcast Episode: Sutureless Aortic Valves Cardiac Surgery Re-start and Beyond – Optimizing ICU Resource Utilization and Patient Safety Keeping Your Family and Home Safe During COVID-19 Global COVID Grand Rounds Podcast Episode: High-Performance Medicine: Lessons Learned From Navy SEALs and World Class Performers Surgical Training for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement View all articles by this author

Practice Areas

• Cardiac
• Thoracic

• Minimally Invasive
• Transcatheter
• Coronary disease
• Aortic valve disease
• Mitral valve disease
• Endovascular

Organizations

21st Century Cardiothoracic Surgery Society American Association for Thoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery Network Southern Thoracic Surgical Association The Society of Thoracic Surgeons