Thanh N. Nguyen, MD FRCPc FSVIN FAHA
Professor, Neurology
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 17-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 co-led a global study to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke, mechanical thrombectomy, subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebral venous thrombosis care. She is co-PI of the SUMMIT MAX and PICASSO randomized trials.
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 has authored more than 500 peer-reviewed publications and 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 2017-23, 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.
Other Positions
- Associate Professor, Neuroradiology, Radiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Websites
- BU Profile
- Radiology Faculty
- Neurology Faculty
- Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
- Google Scholar
- ResearchGate
- Boston Imaging Core Lab
- LINNC Global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Stroke Hospitalizations and Mechanical Thrombectomy
- Balloon-guided catheters provide better blood flow following stroke interventions
- Littleton woman who suffered stroke gifted a little Fenway dirt
- Guidance for treating stroke patients during COVID-19 crisis developed
- Society of Vascular & Interventional Neurology Announces New Officers and Board Members
- EV Today: The Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Stroke and Mechanical Thrombectomy Volumes
- 2021 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Highlights
- Advanced Imaging Not Needed for Late-Stroke Thrombectomy?
- Interview by Dr. Gustavo Saposnik - World Stroke Academy Paper of the month, January 2022
- European Stroke Organization Paper of the Month
- Increased ruptured aneurysm coiling rate during COVID-19 pandemic suggests shift to endovascular techniques
- Neuro News Profile
Education
- McGill University, MD
- Marianopolis College, DEC
Publications
- Published on 3/5/2025
Salim HA, Yedavalli V, Lakhani DA, Milhem F, Musmar B, Adeeb N, Faizy TD, Daraghma M, El Naamani K, Henninger N, Sundararajan SH, Kuhn AL, Khalife J, Ghozy S, Scarcia L, Grewal I, Yeo LL, Tan BY, Regenhardt RW, Heit JJ, 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, Marotta TR, Spears J, Ota T, Mowla A, Jabbour P, Biswas A, Clarençon F, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Varela R, Baker A, Essibayi MA, Altschul D, Gonzalez N, Möhlenbruch MA, Costalat V, Gory B, Stracke CP, Hecker C, Marnat G, Shaikh H, Griessenauer CJ, Liebeskind DS, Pedicelli A, Alexandre AM, Tancredi I, Kalsoum E, Lubicz B, Patel AB, Mendes Pereira V, Wintermark M, Guenego A, Dmytriw AA. Minimal clinical impact of embolization to new territory on outcomes in medium vessel occlusion strokes treated with mechanical thrombectomy: a retrospective multicenter study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Mar 05. PMID: 40044412.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/28/2025
Marto JP, Riegler C, Gebert P, Reiff T, Sykora M, Wiacek M, Pakizer D, Araújo A, Ter Schiphorst A, Sousa JA, Reich A, Pina BF, Mayer-Suess L, Hobeanu C, Zedde M, Ramos JN, Tsivgoulis G, Castro P, Poli S, Alves JN, Dusart A, Fuentes B, Tejada Meza H, Demeestere J, Wegener S, Kellert L, Calleja P, Panea C, Vollmuth C, Pereira L, Leker RR, Uphaus T, Zini A, Gensicke H, Duloquin G, Ebrahimi T, Salerno A, Tiu C, Nguyen TN, García-Madrona S, Bilik M, Yaghi S, Sienkiewicz-Jarosz H, Karlinski M, Krebs S, Hurtíková E, Ferreira N, Sargento-Freitas J, Pinho J, Caamaño IR, Gizewski ER, Seners P, Pascarella R, Psychogios K, Gomez Exposito A, Gomes S, Bellante F, Rodríguez-Pardo J, Bautista Lacambra M, Lemmens R, Inauen C, Wischmann J, Ostos F, Tiu V, Haeusler KG, Rodrigues M, Metanis I, Hahn M, Viola MM, Truessel S, Bejot Y, Nitsch L, Strambo D, Terecoasa EO, Abdalkader M, de Felipe A, Khan F, Arquizan C, Ribeiro M, Roubec M, Tomaszewska-Lampart I, Ferrari J, Ringleb P, Nolte CH. Endovascular treatment for isolated cervical internal carotid artery occlusion: ETIICA study. Eur Stroke J. 2025 Feb 28; 23969873251323488. PMID: 40017435.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/27/2025
Lu Q, Zheng L, Nie X, Wang M, Duan W, Liu X, Zhang Z, Wen M, Yang Z, Leng X, Pan Y, Nguyen TN, Liu L. Clinical Severity and Outcomes in Large Infarcts With Endovascular Therapy: A Post Hoc Analysis of the ANGEL-ASPECT Trial. Stroke. 2025 Feb 27. PMID: 40013350.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/25/2025
Ma G, Sun D, Jia B, Ling L, Nguyen TN, Sun X, Yu B, Wen C, Cheng T, Chen W, Han J, Han H, Guo G, Yu J, Wei L, Huang R, Mao G, Shen Q, Yang X, Wang B, Luo G, Huo X, Gao F, Mo D, Ma N, Miao Z. Comparison of drug-coated balloon with bare-metal stent in patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis: the AcoArt sICAS randomized clinical trial. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Feb 25. PMID: 40010849.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/25/2025
Yuan G, Liu L, Liang Y, Wu J, Nguyen TN, Wei S, Cui T, Li X, Yuan Z, Liu S, Zeng G, Ruan Z, Zheng C, Tan X, Tang S, Hao H, Xia H, Nogueira RG, Thomalla G, Campbell B, Saver JL, Yang Q, Long C, Qiu Z, Sang H. A nationwide prospective registry of endovascular thrombectomy for extra-large ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion (XL STROKE): rationale and design. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Feb 25; 1-14. PMID: 39999799.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/20/2025
Zedde M, Nguyen TN, Abdalkader M, Pascarella R. Neuroimaging of middle cerebral artery anomalies: a report of three cases. Childs Nerv Syst. 2025 Feb 20; 41(1):117. PMID: 39976765.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/19/2025
Cobler-Lichter MJ, Suchdev K, Tatro H, Cascone A, Yang J, Weinberg J, Abdalkader MK, Dasenbrock HH, Ong CJ, Cervantes-Arslanian A, Greer D, Nguyen TN, Daneshmand A, Chung DY. Safety and Outcomes of Valproic Acid in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients: A Retrospective Study. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2025 Mar-Apr 01; 48(2):43-50. PMID: 40035592.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/19/2025
Li M, Zheng L, Nie X, Wang M, Liu X, Duan W, Zhang Z, Wen M, Yang Z, Huo X, Leng X, Pan Y, Nguyen TN, Miao Z, Liu L. Endovascular Therapy for Large Ischemic Stroke in Directly Admitted vs Transferred Patients - A Secondary Analysis. Int J Stroke. 2025 Feb 19; 17474930251325085. PMID: 39972662.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/19/2025
Shu L, Lee E, Field TS, Guo X, Henninger N, Keser Z, Khan M, Mistry EA, Nguyen TN, Siegler JE, Strelecky L, Mandel DM, Stretz C, Furie KL, Yaghi S. Intravenous Thrombolysis in Cervical Artery Dissection-Related Stroke: A Nationwide Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Mar 04; 14(5):e039662. PMID: 39968775.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/18/2025
Liu C, Guo C, Li F, Yu N, Huang J, Peng Z, Kong W, Song J, Liu X, Fan S, Yue C, Chen B, Zheng C, Yuan X, Sheng J, Wu Y, Sun B, Zhao Z, Zhu M, Han L, Shi Q, Xia Z, Shang X, Li F, Li R, Yue F, Jiang S, Song D, Song M, Shan Y, Ding C, Yao L, Yang Y, Chen J, He W, Pan F, Zhang W, Cai T, Han S, Li W, Li G, Gong C, Huang L, Huang C, Wang D, Kaesmacher J, Nguyen TN, Nogueira RG, Saver JL, Zi W, Chen Y, Yang Q. Intra-Arterial Urokinase After Endovascular Reperfusion for Acute Ischemic Stroke: The POST-UK Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 Feb 18; 333(7):589-598. PMID: 39804674.
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