SAN JOSE GASTROENTEROLOGY

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KHANH KIM NGUYEN, M.D.

Education and Training

  • Medical Doctor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 1995
  • BS Biochemistry, University of California, Davis, California 1991

Post-Graduate Training

  • Fellowship in Gastroenterology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 1998 - 2001
  • Residency in Internal Medicine, West Los Angeles VA/UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 1995 - 1998
  • Certification and Licensure Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine since 1998
  • Diplomate, Gastroenterology since 2004
  • California Licensed Physician - License # A61955 since 1997

Professional Activities

  • Medical staff, San Jose Gastroenterology Medical Corporation, January 2005-present.
  • Solo practice, Cypress Gastroenterology Medical Center, 2001-2004.
  • Associate staff, Santa Teresa Community Hospital, Kaiser Foundation, 2001-2002.
  • Scholarship Committee, Vietnamese Physicians Association of Northern California, 2003-2005.
  • Participation in Colon Cancer Screening Project, Northern California Cancer Center, 2004-2005.
  • Membership Committee, Vietnamese Physicians Association of Northern California, 2005-2006.
  • Member, American College of Gastroenterology.
  • Member, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
  • Member, Vietnamese Physicians Association of Northern California.

Invited Speaker

  • Colon Cancer Screening: Presentation to Community at Regional Medical Center of San Jose, San Jose, CA, 2003.
  • GERD Update: Premier Care Medical Group of Northern California Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA 2004.
  • Gastric Ulcer and Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Catholics Charities, San Jose, CA, 2004.
  • Colorectal Cancer Presentation to Vietnamese Community at O’ Connor Hospital, San Jose, CA, 2005.
  • GERD Management and Updates: Presentation and Round Table Discussion, Gilroy, CA, June 2005.
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening: Catholics Charities, San Jose, CA, 2005.
  • Colorectal Cancer: Updates and Management of Abnormal Findings: Premier Care Medical Group of Northern California, November 2005.

Current Research

  • Significant histologic disease in HBV-infected patients with normal to minimally elevated ALT levels at initial evaluation. Location: San Jose Gastroenterology, San Jose
  • Pegasys® and Copegus® for Asian patients with treatment-naive hepatitis C genotypes 6, 7, 8, and 9: a Phase IV, randomized, open-labeled, multicenter trial comparing 24-week vs. 48-week therapy. Location: San Jose Gastroenterology, San Jose, CA and 9 other centers in Western U.S. Planned study duration: Summer 2004-2007
  • A randomized, double-blind, controlled evaluation of Tenofovir DF versus Adefovir Dipivoxil for the treatment of presumed Pre-core mutant chronic hepatitis B. International multicenter study
  • A randomized, double-blind, controlled evaluation of Tenofovir DF versus Adefovir Dipivoxil for the treatment of wild type chronic hepatitis B. International multicenter study

Past Research

  • Office Based Helicobactor Pylori Testing under Ronald Hsu, M.D. UC Davis Medical Center, 1997.
  • Photodynamic Therapy and Esophageal Carcinoma under Ronald Hsu, M.D. UC Davis Medical Center, 1998.
  • Crohn’s disease associated with Sweet’s syndrome and Sjogren’s syndrome treated with Infliximab: Foster EN, Nguyen KK, Sheikh RA, Prindiville TP. UC Davis Medical Center; Clinical and Developmental Immunology. 2005 Jun; 12(2) 145-9.

Abstracts

  • Khoa D. Lam, Mindie H Nguyen, Huy N Trinh, Long Nguyen, Khanh K Nguyen, Huy A Nguyen, Aijaz Ahmed, Ruel T Garcia. Dimunitive colon polyps in Asians are more likely to be adenomatous compared to non-Asians [Abstract]. American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting, Honolulu, November 2005.
  • Ruel T Garcia, Khoa D Lam, Huy N. Trinh, Khanh K. Nguyen, Long Nguyen, Huy A. Nguyen, Mindie H. Nguyen. Outcomes of screening colonoscopy in Asian Americans compared to other ethnic groups [Poster]. American College of Gastrotenterology Annual Meeting, Honolulu, November 2005.
  • Long Nguyen, Khoa D. Lam, Mindie H. Nguyen, Huy N Trinh, Khanh K Nguyen, Huy A Nguyen and Ruel T Garcia. Outcomes of colonoscopic evaluation for rectal bleed in Asian Americans [Poster]. American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting, Honolulu, November 2005.
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