Tuan A. Nguyen, MD, DDS, FACS

Specialties

Plastic Surgery

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English
Vietnamese

Biography

Tuan Nguyen, M.D., has decades of experience as a plastic surgeon in the Portland metro area and has been a consultant at Shriners Children's Portland since 1997. Dr. Nguyen is board-certified in plastic surgery and offers each patient their maximum aesthetic potential through expertise and warmth in a personal and private setting. He has a strong commitment to personalized patient care combined with unparalleled professional and ethical standards. Through his unique approach and attention to detail, Dr. Nguyen strives to provide each patient with guidance, security and support in choosing the surgical procedure unique to them. Dr. Nguyen is dedicated to providing only safe and effective procedures in cosmetic, reconstructive and hand surgery.

Pediatric Care

Specialties

Plastic Surgery

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Board Certifications

American Board of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery - General

Education and Training

Medical Education
The University of Texas Health Science Center - School of Dentistry
Houston, TX
United States of America
5/1/1981

Medical Education
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - School of Medicine
Lubbock, TX
United States of America
5/1/1989

Internship
University of Health Sciences - Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, IL
United States of America
6/1/1990

Residency
University of Arizona - College of Medicine Tucson
Tucson, AZ
United States of America
6/1/1995

Fellowship
Oregon Health & Science University - Department of Medicine
Portland, OR
United States of America
6/1/1997

Leadership and Memberships

Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Member, Baptist Medical-Dental Fellowship
Member, Portland Medical Society

Awards and Honors

2016, Michael Miller Teaching Award, Oregon Health and Sciences University
2011, Oliver M. Nesbit Teaching Award, Oregon Health and Sciences University

Scholarly Activities

Academic Lectures and Presentations

Presentation: American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting - Reduction Mammaplasty: A Review of Managed Care Medical Policy Coverage Criteria (2006)
Presentation: American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting - Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release (2015)
Presentation: Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand - Comparison of Surgical Outcomes: Partial versus Total Wrist Denervation (2016)
Presentation: Annual Meeting Plastic Surgery - Outpatient Male-to-Female Vaginoplasty Is a Safe Procedure (2016)
Presentation: Annual Meeting of the American Association for Hand Surgery - Comparison of Surgical Outcomes: Partial versus Total Wrist Denervation (2017)

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