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 8/5/2026

    Ismail M, Abu Qdais A, Almallouhi E, De Havenon A, Zaino B, Inoa V, Capasso F, Nahhas M, Starke RM, Fragata I, Bender MT, Moldovan K, Maier I, Grossberg JA, Jabbour P, Samaniego EA, Burkhardt JK, Abdalkader M, Blalock E, Hassan AE, Altschul D, Mascitelli J, Regenhardt RW, Wolfe S, Ezzeldin M, Limaye K, Jehani HA, Niazi MH, Goyal N, Jumaa M, Grandhi R, Nguyen TN, Yaghi S, Kasab SA. Collateral status and outcomes in ICAS-LVO: insights from the RESCUE-ICAS registry. Neuroradiology. 2026 Aug 05. PMID: 42554836.

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  • Published 8/3/2026

    Zaidat OO, Al Kasab S, Sheth SA, Rai AT, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Given CA, Zaidi SF, Grandhi R, Cuellar-Saenz H, Mokin M, Katz JM, Alshekhlee A, Taqi MA, Ansari SA, Siddiqui AH, Barazangi N, Maud A, Kirmani J, Gupta R, Yavagal DR, Tarpley J, Pandya DJ, Cress MC, Dharmadhikari S, Asif KS, Kass-Hout T, Puri AS, Janjua N, Majjhoo AQ, Badruddin A, Spiotta AM, Bhuva P, Salazar-Marioni S, Lin E, Samaniego EA, Kolikonda MK, Jumaa MA, Majoie CBLM, Elijovich L, Jadhav A, Olvany JM, Tariq Z, Brown S, Nguyen TN, Gress D, Dippel DWJ, Smith WS, Yoo AJ. One-Year Outcomes After Endovascular Treatment for Large Acute Ischemic Stroke: The TESLA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2026 Aug 03. PMID: 42545711.

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  • Published 7/20/2026

    Doheim MF, Al-Qudah AM, Singh R, Bhatt NR, Rocha M, Wechsler LR, Ma G, Silva GS, Martins SC, Tao C, Hao J, Tang Y, Hu W, Schwamm LH, Nguyen TN, Nogueira RG. Exploring Between-Study Heterogeneity in Extended-Window IV Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of 18 Randomized Controlled Trials. Neurology. 2026 Aug 11; 107(3):e218331. PMID: 42475651.

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  • Published 7/16/2026

    Salim HA, Lakhani DA, Mei J, Koneru M, Balar A, Hoseinyazdi M, Majmundar S, Wolman D, Xu R, Urrutia V, Marsh EB, Nguyen TN, Huang J, Liebeskind DS, Vagal A, Dmytriw AA, Guenego A, Albers GW, Lu H, Nael K, Hillis AE, Llinas R, Wintermark M, Faizy TD, Heit JJ, Yedavalli V. Composite arterial and venous collateral score on single-phase CTA predicts 90-day outcomes in anterior circulation large-vessel occlusion stroke. J Neurointerv Surg. 2026 Jul 16; 18(8):1749-1756. PMID: 40912920.

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  • 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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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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