Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Vitreous-Retina Service
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

600 N. Wolfe Street
Maumenee 721
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-502-5383
Fax: 410-614-8577
E-mail: qnguyen4@jhmi.edu

Education

1985 Bacc. Phillips Exeter Academy
1989 B.S. Yale University Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
1989 M.Sc. Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Molecular Biology
1993 M.D. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Post-Doctoral Training

Internship
1993-1994 Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Residency
1994-1997 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Clinical and Research Fellowships
1997-1998 Immunology and Uveitis
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School

1998-1999 Ocular Immunology
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University and Hospitals

1999-2001 Vitreous and Retina
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School

Medical Licensure

1997 Massachusetts Medical License number 153489
1997 United States DEA License number BN 5327487
1998 District of Columbia Medical License number MD 30860
1998 Maryland Medical License number D 0053275
1998 Virginia Medical License number 0101057360

Academic Appointments

1997-1998 Fellow in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
1998-1999 Assistant in Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1999-2001 Fellow in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute

Honors and Awards

1983-1985 Helen and Paul M. Wilkinson Memorial Academic Scholarship
1984 Tencher Prize for Best Effort in Studying the English Language
1985 Johns Parker Compton Memorial Award for High Scholarship and Leadership
1985 Phillips Exeter Academy Science Department Award for Future Scientist
1985 United States Presidential Academic Award
1985 Secondary School Diploma Summa Cum Laude, Highest Honors
1985-1989 Walter A. Marting Memorial Academic Scholarship
1987 Sigma Xi Scientific Society Summer Research Fellowship
1988 National Science Foundation Summer Research Fellowship
1988 Paul K. Richter Summer Fellowship for Independent Study
1989 Magna Cum Laude, Yale Chapter (Honors Combined Bachelor's/Master's Program)
1989-1993 University of Pennsylvania Medical Scholar
1990 National Institutes of Health Medical Summer Research Fellowship
1989-1991 Walter Lewis Croll Academic Scholarship
1991-1992 John R. Lavine Scholarship for High Academic Achievements
1993 Sandoz Award for Outstanding Community Services and Academic Achievements
1995 American Medical Association - Glaxo Achievement Award Recognizing Tomorrow's Leaders Today
1996 American Medical Association - Glaxo Wellcome Leadership Award
1998 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Fellow of the Year Award
1998 Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellowship
1998 American Ophthalmological Society - Herman Knapp Fellowship
1999 National Institutes of Health - National Research Service Award
2001 Charles L. Schepens, M.D. Award for Excellence in Retina Research
2001-2006 Career Development Award (K23), National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Committee Assignments

Massachusetts Medical Society
1994-1998 Member, Governing Council of the Resident Physicians Section
1995-1997 Editor-in-Chief, Residents' Report
1995-1997 Secretary, Governing Council of the Resident Physicians Section
1995-1998 Editorial Board of Vital Signs, the Publication of the MMS
1996-1997 Member, Tax-Supported Medical Care Committee
1997-1998 Member, Board of Trustees
1997-1998 Member, Finance Committee

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
1994-1998 Continuous Quality Improvement Committee
1997-1998 Fellowship Steering Committee

Harvard University, Mather House
1995-1998 Tutor, Health Sciences Advisory Committee

American Medical Association
1994-1998 Massachusetts Delegate to the Resident Physicians Section
1995-1996 Resident Representative to the Surgical Caucus Executive Committee
1996-1998 Editorial Board of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association

Vietnamese Medical Association of the USA
1998-2001 Vice President of the Executive Committee
Co-Chair, Membership Committee
2001-2003 General Secretary of the Board of Directors

Community and Alumni Services

1985-1989 Volunteer in the Emergency Ward, Yale-New Haven Hospital
1985-1989 Tutor in Chemistry for Students from New Haven public schools
1986-1989 Publisher and Chairman, Yale Scientific Publication, Inc.
1988-1989 Freshman Counselor, appointed by Yale College's Dean Office
1989-1993 Member, Schools Committee, which Interviews Applicants to Yale College, Yale Club of Philadelphia
1989-1990 Editor-in-Chief, 1990 Penn Med Guide to the First Year
1989- Class Agent, Yale Alumni Fund
1990 Event Director and Chairman of the Finance Committee, Penn Med Special Olympics Adult Tournament
1990-1992 Volunteer, Recording for the Blind, Inc., Philadelphia Chapter
1990-1993 Member, Dean's Evaluations Committee, which evaluates members of the faculty in the School of Medicine for promotion
1990-1993 Member, Penn Medical School Admission Interview Panel
1991-1993 Vice President, Exeter Association of Philadelphia
1992-1993 Editor-in-Chief, 1993 Scope, the Yearbook of Penn Medical School
1992-1993 President and Founding Member, Penn Med Asian American Society
1993- President, Penn Medical School, Class of 1993 (elected at graduation)
1994-1997 Member, Lions Club, Boston-Brighton Chapter
1994-2001 Exeter Association of Boston
1994-2001 Member, Schools Committee, which interviews applicants to Yale College, Yale Club of Boston

Professional Memberships

1987- Sigma Xi Honors Scientific Research Society
1990- Vietnamese Medical Association of the USA
1990- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
1993- Massachusetts Medical Society
1993- American Medical Association
1994- American Academy of Ophthalmology
1998- American Uveitis Society

Grants and Research Support

2001-2006
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, EY 13552-01
Career Development Award
Principal Investigator, "Supplemental Inspired Oxygen for Hypoxia-Related Retinal Diseases: A Pilot Study"

Ophthalmic Clinical Trials

1. Principal Investigator Supplemental Inspired Oxygen for 2001-present
   Hypoxia-Mediated Retinal Diseases
   Sponsored by the National Eye Institute
   
2. Co-Investigator Sandostatin LAR in the Treatment of 2001-present
   Diabetic Retinopathy
   Sponsored by Novartis, Inc.
   
3. Co-Investigator An Open-Label, Phase I, Single 2002-present
   Administration, Dose-Escalation Study of Ad PEDF.11D in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
   Sponsored by GenVec, Inc.

Invited Lectures

1. The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University and Hospitals, Current Concepts in Ophthalmology, Baltimore, Maryland, December 1998. "Scleral Patch Graft in the Management of Scleritis"
   
2. University of the Philippines, Philippines General Hospital, Manila, July 1999. "Ocular Manifestations of AIDS"
   
3. The Third International Congress of the Vietnamese Medical Association of the Free World, Paris, France, August 2000. "Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Immunologic Diseases"
   
4. Annual Convention of the Vietnamese Medical Association of the USA, East Meadowlands, New Jersey, August 2001. "Preserving Vision through Advances in Technology: Where Have We Been … Where Are We Going?"
   
5. Annual Updates on What's New in Diabetic Retinopathy and Venous Occlusive Disease, The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2001. "Advances in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema: Role of Oxygenation."
   
6. The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University and Hospitals, Current Concepts in Ophthalmology, Baltimore, Maryland, December 2001. "Supplemental Inspired Oxygen for Hypoxia-Mediated Retinal Diseases: A Pilot Study."

Bibliography

Scientific Articles

1. Raha D, Nguyen QD, Garen A. "Molecular and Developmental Analyses of the Protein Encoded by the Drosophila Gene ectodermal." Developmental Genetics; 11: 310-317, 1990.

2. Nguyen QD, Foster CS. "Cicatricial Pemphigoid: Diagnosis and Treatment." International Ophthalmology Clinics; 36, 1: 41-60, Winter 1996.

3. Pan RJD and Nguyen QD. "Preparing for Practice in the New Health Care System." JAMA, 276, 9: 666, September 4, 1996.

4. Nguyen QD, Foster CS. "Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Eye." International Ophthalmology Clinics; 38, 1: 33-60, Winter 1998.

5. Nguyen QD, Foster CS. "Saving the Vision of Children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Uveitis." JAMA; 280: 1133-1136, October 7, 1998.

6. Nguyen QD, Foster CS. "Ciliary Body Melanoma Masquerading as Chronic Uveitis." Ocular Immunology and Inflammation; 6: 253-256, 1998.

7. Uy HS, Nguyen QD, Durand ML, Paton B, Foster CS. "Infectious Crystalline Keratopathy and Endophthalmitis Secondary to Mycobacterium abscessus in a Monocular Patient with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome." American Journal of Ophthalmology; 127: 209-210, 1999.

8. Nguyen QD, Foster CS. "Scleral Homograft in the Management of Necrotizing Scleritis." International Ophthalmology Clinics; 39: 109-131, Winter 1999.

9. Nguyen QD, Kempen JH, Bolton SG, Dunn JP, and Jabs DA. "Immune Recovery Uveitis in Patients with AIDS and Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Following Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy." American Journal of Ophthalmology; 129: 634-639, 2000.

10. Nguyen QD, Uy HS, Akpek EK, Harper SL, Zacks DN, Foster CS. "Choroidopathy of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus." Lupus; 9: 288-298, 2000.

11. Nguyen QD, Humphrey RL, Dunn JP, Humayun MS. "Elevated Vitreous Concentration of Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Presenting as Schlieren in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Uveitis." Archives of Ophthalmology; 119: 293-296, 2001.

12. Uy HS, Nguyen QD, Arbour J, Gravel M, D'Amico DJ, Jakobiec FA, Foster CS. "Sclerosing Pseudotumor of the Eye." Archives of Ophthalmology; 119: 603-607, 2001.

13. Letko E, Stechschulte SU, Kenyon KR, Sadeq N, Romero TR, Samson CM, Nguyen QD, Harper SL, Primack JD, Azar DT, Gruterich M, Dohlman CH, Baltatzis S, Foster CS. "Amniotic Membrane Inlay and Overlay Grafting for Corneal Epithelial Defects and Stromal Ulcers." Archives of Ophthalmology; 119: 659-663, 2001.

14. Nguyen QD, Lashkari K, Hirose T, Pruett RC, McMeel JW, Schepens CL. "Erosion and Intrusion of Silicone Scleral Buckle: Presentation and Management." Retina; 21: 214-220, 2001.

15. Nguyen QD, Uy HS, Merchant A, Medina CA, Baltatzis, Zhao T, Zhao ZS, Cantor H, Foster CS. "Effect of Fas and Fas-Ligand Deficiency in Resistance of C57BL/6 Mice to HSV-1 Keratitis and Chorioretinitis." Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science; 42: 2505-2509, 2001.

16. Nguyen QD, Tawansy K, Hirose T. "Recent Advances in Retinopathy of Prematurity." International Ophthalmology Clinics; 41: 129-151, Fall 2001.

17. Harper SL, Letko E, Samson CM, Zafirakis P, Sangwan V, Nguyen QD, Uy H, Baltatzis S, Foster CS. "Wegener's Granulomatosis: the Relationship between Ocular and Systemic Disease." Journal of Rheumatology; 28: 1025-1032, 2001.

18. Nguyen QD, Kruger EF, Lashkari K. "Combat Eye Trauma: Intraocular Foreign Body during the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988." (in press, International Ophthalmology Clinics).

19. Kruger EF, Nguyen QD, Lashkari K. "Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy in Trauma." (in press, International Ophthalmology Clinics).

Book Chapters

1. Nguyen QD. "Youth from Every Quarter" in Transitions, Exeter Remembered, 1961-1987. B Eggers, P Greer, C Robinson, and D Weber, Editors. Phillips Exeter Academy Press, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1990.

2. Foster CS and Nguyen QD. "Adamantiades-Behcet's Disease" in Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, Second Edition. DM Albert and FA Jakobiec, Editors. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1999.

3. Nguyen QD and Foster. "Tectonic Procedures" in Ophthalmic Surgery: Principles and Techniques. DM Albert, Editor. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, 1999.

4. Nguyen QD and Foster. "The Red Eye" in Pediatric Ophthalmology. PF Gallin, Editor. Thieme, New York, New York, 2000.

5. Jabs DA and Nguyen QD. "Sarcoidosis" in Retina, Third Edition. SJ Ryan, Editor. C.V. Mosby, St. Louis, Missouri, 2000.

6. Jabs DA and Nguyen QD. "Toxoplasmosis" in Retina, Third Edition. SJ Ryan, Editor. C.V. Mosby, St. Louis, Missouri, 2000.

7. Nguyen QD. "Traumatic Uveitis" in Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis. CS Foster and A Vitale, Editors. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002.

Abstract Presentations

1. 1993 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
   Nguyen QD, Foster J, and Katowitz JA.
   "Is All Preseptal Cellulitis Really Preseptal?"
   
2. 1995 ARVO Annual Meeting
   Nguyen QD, Kaiser PP, and Dreyer EB.
   "The Buphthalmic/Glaucomatous Rabbit Eye: Amino Acid Analysis."
   
3. 1996 ARVO Annual Meeting
   Nguyen QD, Vorwerk CK, and Dreyer EB.
   "Retinal Ganglion Cells from Mice Deficient in Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Exhibit Normal Calcium Fluxes in Response to Glutamate."
   
4. 1996 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
   Nguyen QD, Samiy N, Kontoyiannis D, D'Amico DJ, and Baker AS.
   "Fungal Endophthalmitis - The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Experience: 1985-1995."
   
5. 1997 American Uveitis Society Annual Meeting
   Nguyen QD and Foster CS.
   "Ciliary Body Melanoma Masquerading as Chronic Uveitis."
   
6. 1998 ARVO Annual Meeting
   Nguyen QD, Uy HS, and Foster CS.
   "Effect of Fas and Fas-Ligand Deficiency on HSV-1 Induced Chorioretinitis in C57BL/6 Mice."
   
7. 1999 Wilmer Resident Association 58th Clinical Meeting
   Nguyen QD, Kempen J, Dunn JP, Jabs DA.
   "Immune Recovery Uveitis in Patients with AIDS and Cytomegalovirus Retinitis."
   
8. 1999 ARVO Annual Meeting
   Nguyen QD, Harper SL, Medina C, Uy HS, and Foster CS.
   "Cost-Identification Analysis of the Management of Patients with HLA-B27-Associated Uveitis."
   
9. 2000 Wilmer Resident Association 59th Clinical Meeting
   Nguyen QD, Uy HS, D'Amico DJ, Jakobiec FA, and Foster CS.
   "Sclerosing Pseudotumor of the Eye."
   
10. 2000 ARVO Annual Meeting
    Nguyen QD, Lashkari K, Hirose T, and Schepens CL.
    "Determination of Fixation Patterns in Eyes with Congenital Maculopathies Using Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope."
    
11. 2000 American Uveitis Society Annual Meeting
    Nguyen QD, Kruger E, Letko E, Hirose T, Foster CS
    "Unilateral Chorioretinitis and Subretinal Neovascularization in a Young Boy."
    
12. 2001 Wilmer Resident Association 60th Clinical Meeting
    Nguyen QD, Do DV, Feke GT, Demirjian ZN, McMeel JW, and Lashkari K.
    "Heparin-Induced Antiheparin-Platelet Antibody Associated with Retinal Venous Thrombosis."
    
13. 2001 ARVO Annual Meeting
    Nguyen QD, Kruger EF, and Hirose T.
    "Determination of Anterior Segment Configuration in Eyes with Stage 5 Retinopathy of Prematurity Using Hi-Resolution Ultrabiomicroscopy."
    
14. 2001 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
    Nguyen QD, Kruger EF, and Hirose T.
    "Anterior Segment Configuration in Eyes with Stage 5 Retinopathy of Prematurity."
    
15. 2001 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
    Do DV, Nguyen QD
    "Reversible Cortical Blindness in Preeclampsia."
    
16. 2001 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
    Do DV, Allen SK, Harlan JB, Nguyen QD
    "Etiologies of Red Eye at a Tertiary Ocular Emergency Department."
    
17. 2001 American Uveitis Society Annual Meeting
    Nguyen QD, Do DV
    "Headache, Nausea, and Bilateral Disc Swelling in a Six-Year-Old Boy."