Quyen Nguyen, MD, PhD

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Quyen T. Nguyen, MD, PhD, is a board-certified head and neck surgeon. Dr. Nguyen has clinical expertise in the fields of otology and neurotology/ skull-base surgery. Her main focus is in cochlear implants and facial nerve surgery.She is also expert in the evaluation and medical and surgical treatment of problems related to the ear, including exostosis (surfers ear"), tympanic membrane perforations, ossicular chain problems, otosclerosis, cholesteatoma, single-sided deafness, Mnires disease, and acoustic neuromas. As an associate professor in the Department of Surgery, she trains surgeons during their fellowship at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Dr. Nguyens basic science research focuses on the development of fluorescently labeled biological probes to help surgeons during surgery. In collaboration with Dr. Roger Tsien (Nobel Prize, Chemistry 2008), she is working on the development of Fluorescent Guided Surgery (FGS) with Live Molecular Navigation (LMN), also known as color-coded surgery". Their collaborative work has been highlighted in by several high profile media sources including Nature Research Highlights, Nature Science BusinessXchange, Nature Cancer Reviews, The Economist, and Technology Review (MIT).Dr. Nguyen is fellowship trained in neurotology/skull-base surgery and board-certified in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery. UC San Diego Health LinksFor more information, see http://health.ucsd.edu/specialties/surgery/otolaryngology/Pages/default.aspx and http://health.ucsd.edu/specialties/surgery/Pages/default.aspx.