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 and PICASSO 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 600 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 2017-24, 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 9/19/2025

    Chen HS, Cui Y, Li XQ, Wang XH, Jiang CH, Li J, Yuan ZM, Zhao LW, Kong N, Mi HN, Lu J, Zhang H, Liu YJ, Wang EQ, Yang Y, Song CG, Zhang Y, Wang SY, Dai HG, Yang Y, Geng SM, Yin R, Wang DL, Nguyen TN. Early antiplatelet treatment for minor stroke following thrombolysis: the EAST trial. Eur Heart J. 2025 Sep 19. PMID: 40973702.

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  • Published 9/15/2025

    Lakhani DA, Salim HA, Yedavalli V, Musmar B, Milhem F, Adeeb N, Faizy TD, Daraghma M, El Naamani K, Henninger N, Sundararajan SH, Kuhn A, Khalife J, Ghozy S, Scarcia L, Yeo L, Tan BY, Regenhardt R, Heit J, Cancelliere NM, Rouchaud A, Fiehler J, Sheth SA, Puri AS, Dyzmann C, Colasurdo M, Renieri L, Filipe JP, Harker P, Radu RA, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Marrota T, Spears J, Ota T, Mowla A, Jabbour P, Biswas A, Clarencon F, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Varela R, Baker A, Essibayi MA, Altschul D, Gonzalez N, Möhlenbruch M, Costalat V, Gory B, Stracke C, Hecker C, Marnat G, Shaikh H, Griessenaur C, Liebeskind DS, Pedicelli A, Alexandre A, Tancredi I, Kalsoum E, Lubicz B, Patel AB, Pereira VM, Wintermark M, Guenego A, Dmytriw A. Factors associated with Early Neurological Deterioration in Minor Distal Medium Vessel Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multinational Multicenter Study. Int J Stroke. 2025 Sep 15; 17474930251381946. PMID: 40954523.

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  • Published 9/13/2025

    Kong Z, Ye L, Wang H, Yang B, Xu J, Qiao K, Fan T, Ding G, Qiu Z, Zhao Z, Xie X, Jiang S, Xu H, Saver JL, Thomalla G, Yang Q, Sang H, Nguyen TN, Qiu Z, Luo J, Li M, Liang Y. Endovascular thrombectomy versus medical management for basilar artery occlusion stroke with mild neurological deficit - results from the BASILAR registry. Neurol Res. 2025 Sep 13; 1-11. PMID: 40946161.

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  • Published 9/12/2025

    Ali H, Abu Qdais A, Chatterjee A, Abdalkader M, Raz E, Nguyen TN, Al Kasab S. Updates in Cerebrovascular Imaging. Semin Neurol. 2025 Sep 12. PMID: 40803345.

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  • Published 9/8/2025

    Du K, Liu S, Nguyen TN, Pan S, Baron JC, Xu Y, Abdalkader M, Luo L, Wang S, Chen J, Dou Y, Liu S, Ji X, Wei M. Intra-arterial human serum albumin therapy following mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: the AMASS pilot trial. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Sep 08. PMID: 40921621.

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