Mindie H. Nguyen, MD, MAS, AGAF, FAASLD

Bio

Dr. Nguyen is Professor of Medicine, a Stanford Cancer Institute member and specializes in the treatment and prevention of primary liver cancer such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Dr. Nguyen is also a Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health by courtesy at Stanford. Her clinical and research focus has been liver cancer for the past 20+ years. She is a frequent lecturer for the management and prevention of liver cancer for care providers and researchers at national and international conferences. She has published several key research papers to inform clinicians of the care and treatment of patients with liver cancer. Dr. Nguyen’s clinical and research focus also include patients with cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD/NASH). Her goal is to promote early detection of liver tumors and to prevent and treat complications from chronic liver diseases and liver cancer. She has extensive experience in performing clinical trials on liver cancer, fatty liver, cirrhosis, and viral hepatitis. She has lead several multi-center US and international studies.Dr. Nguyen is clinically active, seeing patients three full days a week, with a large and comprehensive practice of general liver, liver cancer, and transplant patients at Stanford University Medical Center, as well as weekly outreach clinics in the San Jose area. Dr. Nguyen has served as Director of the Hepatology Fellowship Program in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Liver Transplant Program. Dr. Nguyen is a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), and a member of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), the European Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (EASL), and the Asia Pacific Association for the Study of Liver (APASL). She is also currently the President of the International Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (IASL).Dr. Nguyen is active in national and international professional society service and community outreach efforts locally, including service as an executive board of director for nonprofit organizations. She is very active in AASLD, having served as Chair of the Hepatitis B Special Interest Group and in the Education and Hepatology Associate Committees, as member of the Steering Committee for the Hepatobiliary Neoplasia and Hepatitis B Special Interest Group, and as a member of the Practice Guideline Committee. She is a member of the Research Award Panel for the AGA, and a member of the Practice Management Committee for the ACG.Dr. Nguyen has served in the editorial and advisory boards for several journals, including Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Lancet GI Hepatology, and as ad hoc reviewer for over thirty scientific journals including JAMA, AIM and the Lancet Group.

Clinical Focus

  • Liver cancer and tumors
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Cirrhosis
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Chronic hepatitis B and C

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Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Academic Editor, PLOS Medicine (2024 - Present)
  • Member, Advisory Task Force SIG, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) (2023 - 2025)
  • President, International Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (IASL) (2023 - 2025)
  • Steering Committee, HBV Special Interest Group, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) (2023 - 2025)
  • Steering Committee, Hepatobiliary Neoplasia Special Interest Group, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) (2023 - 2025)

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Honors & Awards

  • The Professor Mindie H. Nguyen Award for Excellent Clinical Research by Young Investigators, American Asso for the Study of Liver Diseases, www.aasldfoundation.org/named-travel-awards (2020-current)
  • Senior Fellow at the Center for Innovation in Global Health, Center for Innovation in Global Helath, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2015 Oct)
  • 2015 Divisional Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA (2015 Dec)
  • Pacific Free Clinic Physician Service Award, Cardinal Free Clinics, Stanford University School of Medicine (2013 April)

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Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • See Administrative Appointment Section above, See above (2013 - Present)

Professional Education

  • Fellowship: Stanford University Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2002) CA
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology (2020)
  • Residency: UCSD Internal Medicine Residency (1995) CA
  • Medical Education: University of California San Diego School of Medicine (1992) CA
  • Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology (2018)
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology (2010)
  • B.S., University of California, Irvine, Biological Sciences (1988)
  • M.D., Univ. of California, San Diego, Medicine (1992)
  • M.A.S., Univ. of Calif., San Francisco, Masters of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research (2004)

Community and International Work

  • Governing Council
  • Board of Directors
  • Board of Directors
  • Scientific Chair, Myanmar Liver Symposium 2018, Yangon
  • Scientific Chair, Health Needs Assessment and Liver Symposium, Yangon