Thanh N. Nguyen, MD FRCPc FSVIN FAHA

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Thanh Nguyen, MD, FRCP, FSVIN, FAHA is the Director of Interventional Neurology/ Neuroradiology at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine (BUSM). She is President of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN), the first woman in its 18-year history.

After receiving her medical degree from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in Canada, Dr. Nguyen performed her neurology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Following her fellowship in vascular neurology and neurocritical care at Massachusetts General Hospital, she completed a fellowship in interventional neuroradiology (INR) involving more than 1,000 INR procedures at Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal with the internationally renowned experts Jean Raymond and others. She has now been involved in a total of more than 3,000 INR procedures, including more than 500 brain aneurysm interventions (coilings / flow diversion) and 400 acute stroke interventions.

Dr. Nguyen's clinical and research interests include acute endovascular therapies for stroke, brain aneurysm coiling and flow diversion. She is Principal Investigator of the CLEAR (CT for Late EndovasculAr Reperfusion) study, the primary results published in JAMA Neurology (2022) and Neurology (2024). She is co-PI of the SUMMIT MAX, PICASSO, and INTERCEPT randomized trials. She serves on the steering committee / or as co-author on multiple acute ischemic stroke clinical trials, hemorrhagic stroke, including trials related to endovascular therapy, neuroprotection, adjuvant pharmacotherapy, and novel devices.

Other clinical interests include neurocritical care, diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of pulsatile tinnitus, pre-operative embolization for head and neck tumors, carotid and intracranial stenting, subarachnoid hemorrhage, spinal vascular interventions, traumatic carotid and vertebral dissection, subdural hematoma embolization, vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for acute spinal fractures.

Dr. Nguyen authored more than 700 peer-reviewed publications including acute stroke clinical trials published in NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, Neurology, and Stroke. She contributed to national guideline statements. She serves as Associate Editor of Stroke.

She was elected board member of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) in 2008, re-elected 2014-2017, Research Chair of the SVIN in 2013, and Secretary of the SVIN in 2019-2021. She was awarded Fellow of the SVIN (FSVIN) in 2012 based on her contributions to the field of Interventional Neurology. She was awarded Fellow of the AHA (FAHA) in 2018.

She was awarded Boston Magazine Top Doctor in Neurology for 2017-25, Be Exceptional Award for Boston Medical Center in 2018, and SVIN Distinguished Service Award in 2018. She received the Neurology Golden Brain Attending Award for BU medical student teaching in 2019.

Publications

  • Published 10/9/2026

    Ribeiro Gonçalves O, Vieira Nunes Porto LF, Ahmed A, Calisaya-Madariaga I, Marques Nogueira Coêlho AC, Coutinho Alves LB, Menegucci G, da Silva AMP, Manuel AAJ, de Oliveira Silva EP, Pereira PS, Lajczak P, de Sousa ÍA, Abdalkader M, Dmytriw AA, Nguyen TN, Clarençon F, Scarcia L. Rescue stenting for acute vertebrobasilar artery occlusion after failed mechanical thrombectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurointerv Surg. 2026 Oct 09. PMID: 42855283.

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  • Published 10/7/2026

    Al-Mufti F, Elfil M, Feldstein E, Ghaith HS, Haughton S, Balguid A, Uppuluri N, Bajema N, Murray J, Khandelwal P, Urrutia V, Herial N, Toth G, El-Ghanem M, Amuluru K, Szeder V, Crowe J, Budohoski K, Nadareishvili Z, Limaye K, Siddiqui F, Pabon B, Mansour O, Özdemir AÖ, Khosravani H, Shaikh H, Singh N, Masoud H, Aroor SR, Desai S, Ramakrishnan P, Echols F, Hassan A, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Zaidi S, Jumaa M, Nguyen TN, Yavagal D, Alaraj A, Asif K. The silent pandemic: the overlooked toll of stroke compared to COVID-19. Neurol Res. 2026 Oct 07; 1-10. PMID: 42841863.

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  • Published 10/1/2026

    Schwarz G, Cascio Rizzo A, Ambler G, Wrona P, Slowik A, Bodzioch A, Doheim MF, Al-Bayati AR, Nogueira RG, Nunes AP, Ferreira P, Paolucci M, Zini A, Simonetti L, Leško N, Fedorko J, Gdovinová Z, Scarcia L, Kalsoum E, Farhat F, Beyeler M, Mujanovic A, Arnold M, Meira T, Morais M, Francisco L, Wiacek M, Pudlo P, Bartosik-Psujek H, Calleja P, Ostos F, Seoane D, Anca N, Radu RA, Tiu C, Al Kasab S, Abu Qdais A, Samman Tahhan I, Ayo-Martin O, Hernández-Fernández F, Paya M, Molina-Nevo JD, Labuz-Roszak BM, Toni D, Moszko K, Roszak ML, De Michele M, Barrile E, Eswaradass P, Houghton ML, Barkley T, Ali A, Demeestere J, Bauknight WM, Sheth SA, Maes L, Wouters A, Marto JP, Costa JB, Loizzo ND, Romi A, Currò CT, Luchowski P, Seweryn M, Rejdak K, Klein P, Abdalkader M, Saia V, Sanna A, Tassinari T, Acampa M, Rosini F, Tassi R, Bilik ME, Bandzarewicz-Samcik AM, Min J, HajAissa N, Mangiardi M, Anticoli S, Pampana E, Hervás-Testal C, Rigual R, Fuentes B, Strambo D, Tetaria CM, Saliou G, Caramma AS, Maimone D, Rizzo PA, Moci M, Scala I, Cruz-Culebras A, Vera Lechuga R, Garcia Madrona S, Merlino G, Valente M, Todesco A, Bolognese M, Lakatos LB, Karwacki GM, Candelaresi P, Andreone V, Maurea C, Tarletti R, Mele A, Ciacciarelli A, Alessiani M, Monteforte G, Pakizer D, Roubec M, Školoudík D, Vandervorst F, De Raedt S, Verdam M, Bartoš J, Šrámek M, Mazzoleni V, Quilici L, Alimonti D, Moller J, Maestrini I, Diomedi M, Lacidogna G, Zaidat OO, Lin E, AlMajali M, Baracchini C, Zaccagnino M, Viaro F, Pezzini A, Avola G, Ferraro C, Switonska M, Sobieszak-Skura P, Meder G, Mayer-Suess L, Knoflach M, Gizewski ER, Common MR, Nicholson P, Power S, Nowakowska-Kotas MM, Pula M, Guzinski M, Pérez Sánchez S, Montaner J, Sevilla Bravo A, Marcheselli S, Vodret F, Rapillo C, Pereira L, Rodrigues M, Jaros A, Kovar M, Vojik J, Valcamonica G, Gallo Cassarino S, Cardillo A, Petruzzellis M, Grimaldi S, Marrone N, Hassan AE, Miller S, Khasawneh MW, Poretto V, Tonello S, Tollot S, Debiec A, Staszewski J, Stepien A, Bernardo F, Ferrao J, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Sanna A, Meloni R, Delibas K, Sacco S, Vittorini MG, Ornello R, Mannino M, Terruso V, Filizzolo M, Hall E, Roffe C, Dorobek M, Zielinska-Turek J, Scopelliti G, Pantoni L, Pero GC, Macera A, Cervo A, Bellavia S, Longoni M, Sezgin M, Dilmen Y, Ekizoglu E, Tsivgoulis G, Theodorou A, Tiu VE, Panea CA, Petrescu S, Piano M, Nguyen TN, Sessa M. Beyond the Threshold: Continuous Creatinine Change and Outcomes After Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 2026 Oct 01. PMID: 42817886.

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  • Published 10/1/2026

    Clausen TM, Amans MR, Snyder EM, Chung C, Chow E, Ali H, Sattur M, Yedavalli V, Abdalkader M, Setty BN, Raz E, Nguyen TN, Fargen KM, Hui FK. Prevalence of Internal Jugular Venous Stenosis and Cervical Collaterals in Patients Undergoing Workup for Ischemic Stroke Large Vessel Occlusion. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2026 Oct 01; 47(10):2538-2543. PMID: 41819799.

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  • Published 9/28/2026

    Diel NJ, Strambo D, Abdalkader M, Qureshi MM, Dunet V, Bartolini B, Pistocchi S, Strbian D, Räty S, Herweh C, Möhlenbruch M, Olivé-Gadea M, Ribo M, Psychogios M, Fischer U, Nguyen A, Kuramatsu JB, Haupenthal D, Köhrmann M, Deuschl C, Escolà JK, Demeestere J, Lemmens R, Vandewalle L, Yaghi S, Shu L, Yedavalli V, Maroufi SF, Puetz V, Kaiser DPO, Kaesmacher J, Mujanovic A, Marterstock DC, Engelhorn T, Requena M, Klein P, Doan B, Jordà-Baleri T, Haussen DC, Mohammaden MH, Abdelhamid H, Souza Viana L, Cunha B, Fragata I, Romoli M, Ruggiero M, Diana F, Hu W, Zhang C, Virtanen P, Lauha R, Matsoukas S, Fifi JT, Sheth SA, Salazar-Marioni SA, Marto JP, Ramos JN, Miszczuk M, Riegler C, Poli S, Poli K, Scarcia L, Jadhav AP, Maus V, Aust A, Yapici F, Siddiqui AH, Monteiro A, Jaikumar V, Masoud HE, Begum M, Mokin M, Thanki S, Alpay K, Ylikotila P, Siegler JE, Linfante I, Dabus G, Asdaghi N, Saini V, Nolte CH, Siebert E, Serrallach BL, Weyland CS, Meyer L, Berberich A, Ringleb PA, Nogueira RG, Michel P, Nagel S, Nguyen TN. Correction to: Role of Perfusion Parameters on Outcomes and Safety of Endovascular Therapy in Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke. Stroke. 2026 Oct; 57(10):e670. PMID: 42804560.

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