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Meritorious Physician, Master, Specialist Level II – Dr. Tran Hoai An received formal and intensive training at Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, graduating as a General Practitioner in 1986, Specialist Level I in Surgery in 1992, Master’s Degree in General Surgery in 2000, and Specialist Level II in Surgery in 2018.
Currently, Meritorious Physician, Master, Specialist Level II – Dr. Tran Hoai An serves as Vice President of the Vietnam Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Vice President of the Vietnam Society for Vascular Diseases. He also spent nearly two years in a Cardiovascular Surgery Residency Program at the University of Rennes, France, and practiced open-heart surgery at Civil Hospital and Pontchaillou Hospital, France.
Dr. Tran Hoai An is one of Vietnam’s leading experts in cardiovascular surgery, thoracic surgery, and organ transplantation. He is among the pioneers who established and implemented open-heart surgery, heart transplantation, and kidney transplantation at Hue Central Hospital. With nearly 30 years of clinical and healthcare leadership experience, he has held key positions such as Director of the Cardiovascular Center, Head of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, and Senior Specialist at Hue Central Hospital – one of the country’s top cardiovascular centers.
He has not only performed and led thousands of complex open-heart surgeries, kidney transplants, and heart transplants, but has also directly participated in thousands of cardiovascular, vascular, and thoracic surgeries at Hue Central Hospital, including personally performing 16 cross-country heart transplants. Dr. Tran Hoai An has been honored with numerous prestigious commendations from the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Health, Hue Central Hospital, and provincial governments across Central and Central Highlands Vietnam for his contributions to organ transplantation and cardiac surgery.
Throughout his medical career, he has been known as “the doctor of difficult cases” – the quiet force behind the success of surgeries where every incision was a matter of life and death. With steady hands, invaluable experience, and a compassionate heart, he has given thousands of patients a second chance at life.
His joining Vinmec marks an important milestone, reaffirming the hospital’s strategy of advanced specialization, commitment to international-standard treatment quality, and the highest level of patient safety. Every patient coming to Vinmec Nha Trang will not only have access to cutting-edge medical techniques but will also be cared for by some of the best surgeons in the country – and Dr. Tran Hoai An is a shining example of that promise.
Specialties
Head of Cardiovascular, Thoracic Surgery, and Organ Transplantation Department
Workplace
Services
- 1. Cardiovascular Diseases: Consultation on cardiology, cardiomyopathy and pericardial diseases, heart failure related to surgical causes, cardiac tumors, post–heart valve replacement examination and anticoagulation adjustment, valvular heart diseases, coronary artery diseases, congenital heart diseases, and types of angina suspected to be related to cardiovascular conditions.
- 2. Pulmonary Diseases: Lung cancer; pathological masses in the lung parenchyma and chest wall; mediastinal tumors.
- 3. Vascular Diseases: Peripheral arterial occlusive disease; superficial varicose veins of the lower limbs; deep vein thrombosis; congenital vascular malformations; arteriovenous fistula diseases in hemodialysis; central vascular abnormalities examination; thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms.
1980 – 1986: General Medicine, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy
1990 – 1992: Specialist Level I – General Surgery, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy
1997 – 1998: Graduated from Cardiovascular Surgery Residency Program, University of Rennes, France
1997 – 2000: Master’s Degree – General Surgery, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2016 – 2018: Specialist Level II – Surgery, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy
1986 – 1989: Attending Physician, Division Infantry Regiment 2 Infirmary, Military Zone V
1989 – 1996: Attending Physician, Department of Surgery, Hue Central Hospital
1996 – 1997: Resident Doctor, Pontchaillou Hospital, France
1997 – 2000: Attending Physician, Department of Surgery, Hue Central Hospital
2001: Fellow, Civil Hospital, France
2001 – 2006: Deputy Head, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hue Central Hospital
2007 – 2016: Deputy Director, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery – Cardiovascular Center, Hue Central Hospital
2016 – 2022: Director, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery – Cardiovascular Center, Hue Central Hospital
From 2022 – Present: Senior Specialist, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery – Cardiovascular Center, Hue Central Hospital
Vice President, Vietnam Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Vice President, Vietnam Society for Vascular Diseases
- Numerous Certificates of Merit from the Chairmen of the People’s Committees of the provinces of Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Thua Thien Hue, Nghe An, and others
- October 2007: Ministry-level Emulation Soldier Award
- February 2012: Certificate of Merit from the Minister of Health for outstanding achievement in organizing and successfully performing a kidney transplant for patient Hua Cam Tu
- August 2018: Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister for the successful first cross-country heart transplant at Hue Central Hospital, contributing to the advancement of organ transplantation in Vietnam
- 2019: Awarded the title “Outstanding Citizen of Thua Thien Hue Province”
- 2019: First Prize – VIFOTEC (Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations) Award: “Cross-country heart transplantation – An effective solution for end-stage heart failure patients in Central Vietnam”
- July 2020: Ministry-level Emulation Soldier Award
- 2020: Awarded the title “Distinguished Physician”
- 2021: Second Prize – VIFOTEC Award: “Axillary approach surgery for congenital heart disease in children – The solution of the future”
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS:
- 2022: Principal Investigator – “Vascular management techniques in kidney transplantation”
- 2020: Principal Investigator – “Cross-country heart transplantation: An effective solution for end-stage heart failure patients in Central Vietnam”
- 2019: Principal Investigator – “Treatment of arteriosclerosis obliterans combined with coronary artery stenosis”
- 2017: Principal Investigator – “Use of low molecular weight heparin in pregnant women with mechanical heart valves”
- 2017: Principal Investigator – “Outcomes of Bentall surgery at Hue Central Hospital”
- 2015: Principal Investigator – National-level Subproject “Research on the implementation of heart–lung transplantation in patients implanted with left ventricular assist devices while awaiting transplantation”
- 2013: Principal Investigator – National-level Subproject “Research on the implementation of heart transplantation from brain-dead donors”
- 2006: Principal Investigator – “Outcomes of surgical treatment for ventricular septal defect with severe pulmonary hypertension at Hue Central Hospital”
- 2005: Principal Investigator – “Outcomes of surgical treatment for subarterial ventricular septal defect at Hue Central Hospital”
