Biography
Quoc-Hung (Key) Nguyen, MD is a General Surgery Resident in the UCSF Department of Surgery. During his research years, Dr. Nguyen was a Research Fellow in the Mackenzie lab where he studied in utero enzyme supplementation and hematopoietic stem cell therapy. He earned a BA in biology from Columbia University in 2009 and an MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2014.
Education
Columbia University, B.A. Biology, 2009
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, M.D., 2014
University of California San Francisco Medical Center - General Surgery Intern - 2014-2015
University of California San Francisco Medical Center - General Surgery Resident - 2015-present
Resident Research Fellow - Mackenzie Lab - 2017-2019
Clinical Interests
Pediatric Surgery
Fetal Therapy
Book Chapters
Nguyen, QH, et. al., Fetal Treatment of Genetic Disorders. In: Norton M. et. al. Perinatal Genetics. Elsevier; 2019. Chapter 16.
Nguyen QH et. al., Fetal enzyme replacement and stem cell transplantation rescue brain microglia in mucopolysaccharidosis type 7. Oral presentation at American Pediatric Surgical Association Annual Meeting, 05/2019.
Nguyen QH et. al., Cord Blood microRNAs as a Novel Predictors of Severity in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Oral presentation at American Pediatric Surgical Association Annual Meeting, 05/2019.
Nguyen QH et. al., In Utero Enzyme Replacement and Stem Cell Transplantation in Murine Sly Syndrome. Oral presentation at Bay Area Stem Cell Conference, 05/2019.
Nguyen QH et. al., Fetal Molecular Therapies to Treat Neurological Disease in Mice with Lysosomal Storage Disorders. Oral presentation at UCSF Resident Research Symposium, 04/2019.
Nguyen QH et. al., Fetal enzyme replacement and stem cell transplantation in murine Sly syndrome targeting microglia. Oral presentation at WORLDSymposium, 02/2019.
Nguyen QH et. al., In Utero Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Sly Syndrome Penetrates Blood-Brain Barrier and Induces Long-Term Immunologic Tolerance. Plenary session oral presentation at Academic Surgical Congress, 02/2019.
Nguyen QH et. al., Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using a non-toxic regimen to ablate the fetal bone marrow niche enables engraftment of brain microglial cells. Oral presentation at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, 10/2018.
Nguyen QH et. al., Fetal Therapy for Murine Sly Syndrome Targeting Microglia: In Utero Enzyme Replacement and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Oral presentation at International Fetal Transplantation and Immunology Society Meeting, 06/2018.
Nguyen QH et. al., Fetal Therapy for Correction of Brain Microglia in Sly Syndrome. Oral presentation at UCSF Resident Research Day, 04/2018.
Nguyen HK, Jha A. Left-Sided Gallbladder: Uncommon Presentation and Laparoscopic Approach. Poster presentation at Einstein Medical Student Poster Week, 03/2013.
Cheng Y, Nguyen HK, Nakagawa S, Snowden J, Caughey A. The association between induction of labor and primary cesarean delivery in the Northeastern U.S. between 1996 and 2004. Poster presentation at Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting, 02/2012.
Nguyen HK, Nakagawa S, Snowden J, Caughey A, Cheng Y. The association between maternal age and primary cesarean delivery in the U.S. between 1996 and 2004. Poster presentation at Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting, 02/2012.
Nguyen HK, Cheng Y, Lee H, Moon-Grady A, Rand L, Feldstein V, Hirose S. Recent experience with twin-twin transfusion syndrome: 2005-2011. Poster presentation at Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting, 02/2012.
Research Interests
Fetal molecular therapy
Pediatric Surgery