UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Photo of Tung T. Nguyen, MD  Tung T. Nguyen, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF; Co-Leader, Cancer Disparities Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Contact

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(415) 502-1539 (voice)
(415) 476-7964 (fax)

Box 0320, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0320

Education

Harvard University, B.A., 1986, Philosophy
Stanford University, M.D., 1991, Medicine
Stanford University, 1990, Health Services Research
University California, San Francisco, 1994, Residency, Medicine

Professional Experience

  • 1994-1997
    Instructor, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
  • 1997-2003
    Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • 2003-2009
    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • 2009-present
    Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Honors & Awards

  • 2009
    University Community Partnership Research Award, UCSF

Selected Publications

  • (Selected from 46 peer-reviewed publications)
  • Nguyen TT, McPhee SJ, Nguyen T, Lam T, Mock J. Predictors of cervical Pap smear screening awareness, intention, and receipt among Vietnamese-American women. Am J Prev Med 2002;23(3):207–214.
  • Lai KQ, Nguyen TT, Mock J, McPhee SJ, Doan HT, Pham TH. Increasing Vietnamese American physicians’ knowledge of cervical cancer and Pap testing: Impact of Continuing Medical Education programs. Ethnicity and Disease 2004; 14 (supl. 1): S1-124-S1-128.
  • Nguyen TT, Somkin CP, Ma Y. Participation of Asian American women in cancer chemoprevention research. Cancer 2005; 104(12S):3006-3014.
  • Nguyen TT, McPhee SJ, Bui-Tong N, Luong TN, Ha-Iaconis T, Nguyen T, Wong C, Lai KQ, Lam H. Community-based participatory research increases cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese-Americans. J Health Care Poor Underserved. May 2006;17(2 Suppl):31-54.
  • Nguyen TT, McPhee SJ, Gildengorin G, Nguyen T, Wong C, Lai KQ, Lam H, Mock J, Luong TN, Bui-Tong N, Ha-Iaconis T. Papanicolaou testing among Vietnamese Americans: results of a multifaceted intervention. Am J Prev Med. Jul 2006;31(1):1-9.
  • Nguyen TT, Gildengorin G, Truong A, McPhee SJ. Factors influencing physicians’ screening behavior for liver cancer among high-risk patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Apr;22(4):523-6.
  • Nguyen TT, Daniels NA, Gildengorin G, Perez-Stable EJ. Ethnicity, language, specialty care, and quality of diabetes care. Ethn Dis. 2007 Winter;17(1):65-71.
  • Mock J, McPhee SJ, Nguyen T, Wong C, Doan H, Lai KQ, Nguyen KH, Nguyen TT, Bui-Tong N. Effective lay health worker outreach and media-based education for promoting cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese American women. Am J Public Health 2007; 97(9):1693-1700.
  • Lai CJ, Nguyen TT, Hwang J, Stewart SL, Kwan A, McPhee SJ. Provider knowledge and practice regarding hepatitis B screening in Chinese-speaking patients. J Cancer Educ; 2007 Spring;22(1):37-41.
  • Nguyen TT, Gildengorin G, Gregorich SE, McPhee SJ, Kaplan CP. Smoking susceptibility and attitudes toward smoking among Chinese and Vietnamese American Adolescents. J Ethn Subs Abuse. 2007; 6(3-4), 167-81.
  • Nguyen TT, Liao Y, Gildengorin G, Tsoh J, Bui-Tong N and McPhee SJ. Cardiovascular risk factors and knowledge of symptoms among Vietnamese Americans. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24(2): 238-43. PMCID: PMC2628984
  • Nguyen TT, Le G, Nguyen T, Le K, Lai K, Gildengorin G, Tsoh J, Bui-Tong N, McPhee SJ. Breast cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans: a randomized controlled trial of lay health worker outreach. Am J Prev Med. 2009;37(4):306-13.
  • Walsh JME, Salazar R, Nguyen TT, Nguyen L, Kaplan C, McPhee SJ, Pasick R. Healthy Colon, Healthy Life: A novel colorectal cancer screening intervention. Am J Prev Med 2010;39:1-14.
  • Nguyen TT, McPhee SJ, Stewart S, Gildengorin G. Zhang L, Wong C, Maxwell AE, Bastani R, Taylor VM, Chen MS. Factors associated with hepatitis B testing among Vietnamese Americans. J Gen Intern Med 2010;25:694-700. PMC ID 2881980.

Updated: July 29, 2011