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 10/31/2025

    Veldeman M, Nguyen TN, Ospel J, Weyland CS. Endovascular treatment of delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - an international survey. BMC Neurol. 2025 Oct 31; 25(1):448. PMID: 41174579.

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  • Published 10/25/2025

    Ma G, Mo R, Zuo Y, Meng S, Wu Y, Jiang Z, Wu J, Lei S, Nguyen TN, Saver JL, Wang D, Zhong L, Ma Q, Hao J. A multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded endpoint trial of intravenous thrombolysis with tenecteplase for acute non-large vessel occlusion in extended time window (OPTION): Rationale and design. J Transl Int Med. 2025 Oct; 13(5):472-479. PMID: 41169527.

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  • Published 10/23/2025

    Rai AT, Orru E, Fargen KM, Sandor FA, Hanel RA, Milburn JM, Nguyen TN, Farkas N, Dmytriw AA, Siddiqui AH. Unseen wounds: a multinational investigation of neurointerventionalists on the psychological toll of complications. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Oct 23. PMID: 41130713.

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  • Published 10/23/2025

    Li S, Tong X, Zhang H, Luo G, Song L, Sun D, Chen W, Yao X, Zhou Q, Zhang X, Xu Y, Nguyen TN, Miao Z, Huo X. Occlusion site and outcomes in intra-arterial tenecteplase after successful endovascular therapy: a secondary analysis of the ANGEL-TNK trial. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Oct 23. PMID: 41136212.

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  • Published 10/23/2025

    Yaghi S, Khan F, Lewis S, Stipanovich A, Choi R, Baker R, Al Kasab S, Abu Qdais A, Yaddanapudi SS, Sultana S, Khan M, Malik M, Klaas J, Bakradze E, Aemaz Ur Rehman M, Leon Guerrero C, Ressler HW, Saleh Velez FG, Owens C, Pinto CB, McCullough-Hicks M, Cooper D, Parameswaran Pillai A, Hariharan P, Alam S, Mayer M, Heldner MR, Kugler I, Antoneko K, Almiri W, Martins S, Secchi TL, Mantovani G, Rothstein A, Sloane K, Krishnaiah B, Alfred L, Elangovan C, Vishnu VY, Chandu M, Agarwal A, Romoli M, Marrone N, Vozzi S, Ghannam M, Elshikh M, Dibas M, Hou Y, Peshwe K, Tunguturi A, Marto JP, Duarte Armindo R, Frontera J, Kuohn L, AlMajali M, Zaidat OO, Barakat B, Khan N, Simpkins AN, Sen S, Coelho M, Sargento Fritas J, Sousa JA, Aguiar de Sousa D, Soares M, Lima A, Jhaveri A, Morsi RZ, Siegler J, Aziz YN, Harker P, Bhati S, Vassilopoulou S, Tountopoulou A, de Havenon A, Muddasani V, Henninger N, Tran H, Helenius J, Khasawneh M, Vellimana A, Apfel R, Molaie A, Mannino M, Terruso V, El Halabi T, Reda M, Tamer C, Klein P, Shu L, Khatri P, Furie K, Nguyen TN, Liebeskind DS, Prabhakaran S. Impaired Perfusion and Early Ischemic Stroke Recurrence in Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerosis: BIORISK ICAS Study. Stroke. 2025 Oct 23. PMID: 41128719.

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Other Positions

  • Associate Professor, Radiology
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • McGill University, MD
  • Marianapolis Coll s/b Marianopolis College, DEC

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