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Nguyen Thu Huong
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PhD, MD Nguyen Thu Huong, former Head of the Breast Imaging Team, Department of Diagnostic Imaging at Bach Mai Hospital, is currently the Head of the Breast Unit at Vinmec Times City International Hospital and also serves as a professional advisor for the Vietnam Breast Cancer Network. The doctor has nearly 20 years of experience in the field of diagnostic imaging and breast intervention.

Dr. Huong received formal domestic training, graduating with an excellent degree from the Diagnostic Imaging residency program at Hanoi Medical University. Subsequently, she completed an intensive international fellowship program focusing on the breast at the Breast Center, Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea. 

The doctor continued to pursue her doctoral research (PhD) in Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine at Gunma University, Japan. Additionally, Dr. Huong has participated in numerous international training programs, workshops, and conferences in countries such as France, South Korea, Japan, and the United States. She is experienced in organizing and presenting at scientific workshops and community programs and is dedicated to continuously enhancing professional knowledge exchange and effective teamwork.

Currently, PhD, MD Nguyen Thu Huong holds the position of Head of the Breast Specialty at Vinmec Times City International Hospital.

Positions
Head of the Breast Department
Specialties
Department of diagnostic imaging
Breast pathology
Years of experience
20 years
Services
Diagnostic Breast Imaging: Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, MRI.
Interventional procedure: breast biopsy, localization.

09/1999 - 07/2005: Doctor of Medicine at Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam


09/2006 - 12/2009: Diploma of Residency at Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam


01/2012 - 03/2012: International Fellowship Program at Breast Center, Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea


10/2014 - 08/2018: PhD Radiology Imaging and Nuclear Medicine at Gunma University, Japan.


04/2006 - 09/2006: Resident trainee, Department of Radiology, Viet Duc Hospital, Hanoi


09/2006 - 12/2009: Resident trainee, Department of Radiology, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi


11/2010 - 09/2014: Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi


09/2018 - 10/2019: Head of Breast Imaging team, Department of Radiology, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi


Publications:

  • Nguyen-Thu, H., Hanaoka, H., Nakajima, T., Yamaguchi, A., Nguyen-Cong, T., Kartamihardja, A. A. P., & Tsushima, Y. (2018). Early prediction of triple negative breast cancer response to cisplatin treatment using diffusion-weighted MRI and 18F-FDG-PET. Breast Cancer, 25(3), 334–342. doi: 10.1007/s12282-018-0834-z

  • Nguyen-Thu, H., Ohyama, Y., Taketomi-Takahashi, A., Nguyen-Cong, T., Sugimoto, A., Sato, M., … Tsushima, Y. (2018). Association of Aortic Arch Width Assessed by Noncontrast Cardiac Computed Tomography With Cardiac Remodeling, Cardiac Function, and Atherosclerosis in a Japanese Cohort”. Journal of Thoracic Imaging, 33(4), 240–245. doi: 10.1097/rti.0000000000000332.

Presentations:

  • The research and results of publication 1 has been presented at many symposiums, namely:

    1. The 3rd Annual ANMEG symposium in November 2015 in Gunma, Japan.

    2. The 4th Annual ANMEG symposium on 18th November 2016 in Gunma, Japan.

    3. The 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese society for Molecular Imaging from 29-30th May 2016 in Kobe, Japan.

    4. The 11th Symposium of Japan Scandinavian Radiological Society in September 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.

    5. The 14th Nordic Japan PACS Symposium in September 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.

    6.  

  • Presentation of “Early evaluation of DWI imaging and FDG PET for Cisplatin treatment for breast cancer” at the Annual meeting Kitakanto Medical Society in September 2016 in Gunma, Japan.

  • Presentation of “Early evaluation of DWI imaging and FDG PET for Cisplatin and Paclitaxel treatment for breast cancer” at the 5th World Congress on Breast Cancer in June 2017 in London, UK.

  • Presentation “Association of aortic arch width assessed by non-contrast cardiac computed tomography with cardiac remodeling, cardiac function and atherosclerosis” at the 19th VSRN Vietnamese Society of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine congress 

  • Presentation “Early evaluation of DWI imaging and FDG PET for Cisplatin treatment for breast cancer”, at ACNM annual meeting and SNMMI mid-winter meeting in Orlando, Florida, US.