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Tuan Nguyen

Tuan A. Nguyen, MD, DDS, FACS

Specialties
  • Plastic Surgery
Languages Spoken:
  • English
  • Vietnamese

Tuan Nguyen, M.D., has decades of experience as a plastic surgeon in the Portland metro area and has been a consultant at Shriners Children's Portland since 1997. Dr. Nguyen is board-certified in plastic surgery and offers each patient their maximum aesthetic potential through expertise and warmth in a personal and private setting. He has a strong commitment to personalized patient care combined with unparalleled professional and ethical standards. Through his unique approach and attention to detail, Dr. Nguyen strives to provide each patient with guidance, security and support in choosing the surgical procedure unique to them. Dr. Nguyen is dedicated to providing only safe and effective procedures in cosmetic, reconstructive and hand surgery.

Pediatric Care

Specialties

  • Plastic Surgery

More About Me

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery - General
Education and Training

Medical Education
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX
United States of America
1/1/1989

Internship
Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, IL
United States of America
6/1/1990

Residency
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
United States of America
6/1/1995

Fellowship
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
United States of America
6/1/1997

Leadership and Memberships
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Member, Baptist Medical-Dental Fellowship
  • Member, Portland Medical Society
Awards and Honors
  • 2016, Michael Miller Teaching Award, Oregon Health and Sciences University
  • 2011, Oliver M. Nesbit Teaching Award, Oregon Health and Sciences University
Academic Works and Presentations
  • Presentation: American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting - Reduction Mammaplasty: A Review of Managed Care Medical Policy Coverage Criteria (2006)
  • Presentation: American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting - Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release (2015)
  • Presentation: Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand - Comparison of Surgical Outcomes: Partial versus Total Wrist Denervation (2016)
  • Presentation: Annual Meeting Plastic Surgery - Outpatient Male-to-Female Vaginoplasty Is a Safe Procedure (2016)
  • Presentation: Annual Meeting of the American Association for Hand Surgery - Comparison of Surgical Outcomes: Partial versus Total Wrist Denervation (2017)

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