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 7/9/2026

    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, Kühne Escolà J, 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, 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. Role of Perfusion Parameters on Outcomes and Safety of Endovascular Therapy in Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke. Stroke. 2026 Jul 09. PMID: 42422957.

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  • Published 7/8/2026

    Chen H, Lakhani DA, Salim HA, Colasurdo M, Yedavalli V, Musmar B, Adeeb N, Simonato D, Li YL, Essibayi MA, Hajjeh O, Henninger N, Sundararajan SH, Kühn AL, Khalife J, Ghozy S, Zaccagna F, Grist JT, Scarcia L, Yeo LLL, Tan BYQ, Regenhardt RW, Heit JJ, Rouchaud A, Fiehler J, Sheth S, Puri AS, Dyzmann C, Renieri L, Filipe JP, Harker P, Radu RA, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Ota T, Mowla A, El Naamani K, Jabbour P, Biswas A, Clarençon F, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Varela R, Baker A, Altschul D, Gonzalez NR, Möhlenbruch MA, Costalat V, Gory B, Stracke CP, Hecker C, Marnat G, Shaikh H, Griessenauer CJ, Liebeskind DS, Pedicelli A, Alexandre AM, Faizy TD, Tancredi I, Kalsoum E, Lubicz B, Wintermark M, Patel AB, Mendes Pereira V, Fuschi M, Gandhi D, Guenego A, Dmytriw AA. MAD-MT Score: A Tool to Optimize Patient Selection for Mechanical Thrombectomy in Distal Vessel Occlusions. Stroke. 2026 Jul 08. PMID: 42417042.

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  • Published 7/7/2026

    Doan B, Abdalkader M, Khan F, Guerero WR, Goyal N, Limaye K, Herial N, Nguyen TN. Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Current Evidence and Evolving Practices. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2026 Jul 07; 28(1). PMID: 42410133.

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  • Published 6/24/2026

    Huang H, Xu S, Qin T, Wang M, Li G, Liu C, Deng G, Wang Y, Ao D, Xie Y, Zhang Y, Kong Q, Lan L, Yu Y, Huang S, Yu Z, Yi T, Chen W, Zhao W, Su J, Zhou P, Li F, Mei B, Jing P, Zhang J, Du J, Goyal M, Nguyen TN, Wang D, Saver JL, Tang Z, Wang W, Luo X. Efficacy and safety of tirofiban after successful endovascular reperfusion in acute ischaemic stroke (ATTRACTION) in China: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2026 Jul 18; 408(10551):263-274. PMID: 42341797.

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  • Published 6/17/2026

    Abu Qdais A, Ismail M, Abdelwahab A, Almallouhi E, Yaghi S, Inoa-Acosta V, Capasso F, Nahhas M, Starke RM, Fragata I, Bender MT, Moldovan K, Maier I, Grossberg JA, Jabbour P, Psychogios M, Samaniego EA, Burkhardt JK, Jankowitz B, Abdalkader M, Choi A, Hassan AE, Altschul D, Mascitelli J, Regenhardt RW, Wolfe S, Ezzeldin M, Limaye K, Al Jehani H, Niazi MH, Goyal N, Tjoumakaris S, Alawieh A, Almekhlafi M, Raz E, Mierzwa A, Zaidi S, Spiotta AM, Kicielinski K, Lena J, Hubbard Z, Zaidat OO, Derdeyn CP, Grandhi R, Nguyen TN, de Havenon A, Al Kasab S, Jumaa M. Final Infarct Volume as a Surrogate End Point in Anterior Circulation ICAS-LVO Stroke: Post Hoc Secondary Analysis of RESCUE-ICAS. Stroke Vasc Interv Neurol. 2026 Jul; 6(4):e002105. PMID: 42404842.

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