Clinical Focus

• Gastroenterology
• Hepatology
• Primary liver cancer
• Chronic hepatitis B and C
• Liver transplantation

Administrative Appointments

• Director of Clinical Research, Pacific Health Foundation (2004 - present)
• Training and Workforce Committee, Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2002 - 2004)

Honors and Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Irvine (1985)
• Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Irvine (1988)
• Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine (1996)
• Advanced Hepatology Research Fellow Award, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2001)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Epidemiology
• Medicine

Community & International Work

• Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of Asian patients with chronic hepatitis B and C, San Jose, Southern California, Texas 
• Colon cancer screening in Asian Americans, San Jose 
• Song Manh 
• Updates in Hepatology, Vietnam 

Current Research Interests

Primary research interests include the clinical aspects, molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma with an emphasis on disease determinants, diagnostic and screening tests, and ethnic differences. The goal is to improve screening methods and treatment outcomes of patients with this cancer. Dr. Nguyen’s research interests also include the epidemiological and clinical behaviors of viral hepatitis, particularly in hepatitis C patients with novel genotypes and in understudied populations. Study designs used in past and current studies include cross-sectional studies, case control studies, multicenter clinical studies employing standardized questionnaires, and multicenter randomized controlled trials including treatment studies.

Clinical Trials

• Risk Factors and Molecular Genomics of U.S. Patients with Chronic Liver Disease &Hepatocellular CA Completed
• Evaluation of Stereotactic Radiosurgery For Liver Malignancies Completed

Publications

• Similar Treatment Response to Peginterferon and Ribavirin in Asian and Caucasian Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C. Vutien P, Nguyen NH, Trinh HN, Li J, Garcia RT, Garcia G, Nguyen KK, Nguyen HA, Levitt BS, Keeffe EB, Nguyen MH. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009
• Combination of pharmacologic and endoscopic therapy for the secondary prevention of esophageal variceal bleeding. Ayoub WS, Nguyen MH. Gastrointest Endosc. 2009; 70 (4): 665-7
• Clinical course of hepatitis B virus infection during pregnancy. Nguyen G, Garcia RT, Nguyen N, Trinh H, Keeffe EB, Nguyen MH. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2009; 29 (7): 755-64
• Alpha-fetoprotein, des-gamma carboxyprothrombin, and lectin-bound alpha-fetoprotein in early hepatocellular carcinoma. Marrero JA, Feng Z, Wang Y, Nguyen MH, Befeler AS, Roberts LR, Reddy KR, Harnois D, Llovet JM, Normolle D, Dalhgren J, Chia D, Lok AS, Wagner PD, Srivastava S, Schwartz M. Gastroenterology. 2009; 137 (1): 110-8
• Renal dysfunction in chronic hepatitis B patients treated with adefovir dipivoxil. Ha NB, Ha NB, Garcia RT, Trinh HN, Vu AA, Nguyen HA, Nguyen KK, Levitt BS, Nguyen MH. Hepatology. 2009; 50 (3): 727-34