Endocrine Surgery

Practice Contact Information

Emory Healthcare
550 Peachtree St
Medical Office Tower #1135
Atlanta
GA
30308
United States

Phone: 404-778-0278
Email:
Web Site: https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/bios/faculty/chen-amy-y.html

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Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon

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Biography/Statement

Amy Y. Chen, MD, MPH, FACS, FACE is the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at The Emory University School of Medicine.   She serves as the Director of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery and was the Program Director for the Head and Neck Surgery Fellowship.   Her expertise is in thyroid and parathyroid surgery.  She has a joint appointment at Winship Cancer Institute and at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health.  She has also served as Director of Health Services Research in the Department of Surveillance and Health Policy Research of the American Cancer Society.  

Dr. Chen has been instrumental in developing a team approach to patient care.  She developed and currently leads the multidisciplinary thyroid and head and neck tumor conferences.  Her primary focus of research is in measuring outcomes of oncology treatment as well as measuring determinants of successful outcomes of care.  Dr. Chen’s research agenda is to create a multi-disciplinary, multi-site center dedicated to health services research, outcomes, and quality of care.  Her secondary focus of research is directed toward translational research of head and neck and thyroid malignancies.

Dr. Chen joined the Emory faculty in 2001 after a fellowship in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.  Prior to that fellowship she was a resident in Otolaryngology and General Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, also in Houston. 

She is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Texas School of Public Health.  Dr. Chen has received numerous awards and honors, among them the Top Atlanta Doctor, Gussack Memorial Award for Teaching, Percy Memorial Research Award, the Rande Lazar Health Services Research Award, the American Head and Neck Society Scholarship Award, and The Women’s Fund for Health, Education and Research Grant.  She is married and is the proud mother of two adult daughters and a rescue yellow Labrador retriever.   

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=chen%2C+amy+y

Practice Contact Information

300 Hillmont Ave Ste 401

Ventura
CA
93003
United States

Phone: (805) 652-6201
Email:
Web Site: https://anacapasurgical.com/project/dr-nguyen/

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Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon

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Biography/Statement

Dr. Chau T Nguyen, FACS is Director of the Ventura County Medical Center Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery program and volunteer Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He received his BS in biomedical sciences from the University of California Riverside, and his MD from UCLA School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Head and Neck Surgery at the University of South Florida and served on the faculty there for one year as a Clinical Instructor. He completed a 2-year fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona under the tutelage of Dr. Andrew Weil. His practice is in general otolaryngology with a focus on endocrine neck surgery. He actively mentors medical students as well as residents in ENT, family practice, and general surgery. He has published peer-reviewed scientific articles as well as book chapters, and presented at national and international conferences, with a research interest in integrative otolaryngology. He is on the Editorial Review Board for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is the past Chair of the Complementary/Integrative Medicine Committee for the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), member of the American Rhinologic Society (ARS), American Head and Neck Society, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and American Thyroid Association. He received an Honor Award from the AAO-HNS in 2014 and was named a Daiichi/AAOHNSF Clinical Scholar in 2005.

Clinical Trials

Bibliography

Nguyen, C. To Diet (Cold/Liquid) or Not for Posttonsillectomy Pain. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2019 160(4): 744–745. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599819828978 

Nguyen CT, Taw MB, Wang MB. Integrative care of the patient with head and neck cancer. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2018 Oct 16;3(5):364-371. doi: 10.1002/lio2.184. eCollection 2018 Oct. Review. PMID: 30410990 Free PMC Article 

Nguyen CT. Integrative Medicine as a Bridge to Physician Wellness. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Jun;158(6):987-988. 

Vorasubin N, Nguyen C, Wang M. Risk factors for cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: A meta-analysis. Ear Nose Throat J. 2016 Feb;95(2):73-7. 

Wang MB, Liu IY, Gornbein JA, Nguyen CT. HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal    Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of Treatment and Prognosis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Nov;153(5):758-69.  

Nguyen CT, Wang MB. Intraoperative nerve monitoring and vocal cord paralysis: have rates really risen after the adoption of intraoperative nerve monitoring? J Am Coll Surg. 2015 May;220(5):972-3. 

Nguyen CT, Wang MB. Practice Patterns in the Surgical Treatment of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma. Thyroid. December 2014, 24(12): 1816-1817. 

Nguyen, CT. Differential diagnosis of facial pain. Rhinology. 2014 June:52(Supp 25): 1022.  http://www.europeanrhinologicsociety.org/Congress/Abstracts/ERS-1220.pdf 

Nguyen CT, Wang MB. Complementary and integrative treatments: atypical facial pain. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2013 Jun;46(3):367-82.  

Nguyen CT, Taw MB, Wang MB. Complementary and integrative treatments: balance disorders. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2013 Jun;46(3):409-22.  

Taw MB, Nguyen CT, Wang MB. Complementary and integrative treatments: rhinosinusitis. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2013 Jun;46(3):345-66. Erratum in: Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2013 Aug;46(4)711.   

Suh , J, Wu , A, Taw, M, et al. Treatment of Recalcitrant Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Integrative East-West Medicine: A Pilot Study. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Mar;138(3):294-300. 

Nguyen, C, Vira, D, Mowry, S.  Emerging Trends in the Management of Laryngeal Rhabdomyosarcoma. Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery 2012 146: 342. 

Wu AW, Nguyen C, Wang MB. What is the best treatment for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma? Laryngoscope. 2011 Sep;121(9):1828-9. 

Wu AW, Wang MB, Nguyen CT. Surgical practice patterns in the treatment of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Dec;136(12):1182-90. Erratum in: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Feb;137(2):123. 

Nguyen CT.  ENT: Neck mass. In Esherick JS, ed.  Tarascon Primary Care Pocketbook 3rd ed. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2010: 132-33. 

Nguyen CT. ENT: Dysphagia and Otalgia. In Esherick JS, ed. Tarascon Primary Care Pocketbook 4th ed. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2016: 90-91. 

Nguyen, C. Surgical Airway Management. In Duncan, T, Romero, J, eds. VCMC Trauma Book, 2012: 46-50. Accessed online http://www.venturafamilymed.org/images/resources/surgery/trauma-book.pdf January 4, 2019. 

Survey of practice patterns in the treatment of PTMC. AAO-HNS Bulletin 2008; 27(12): 34-35. 

Cohen M, Wang MB, Nguyen CT.  Radiology quiz case 2. Rhinoscleroma and cervical emphysema. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Jun;133(6):615, 617-8. 

Can curcumin prevent cancer? AAO-HNS Bulletin July 2007:62-63. 

Powell SA, Nguyen CT, Gaziano J, et al. Mass psychogenic illness presenting as acute stridor in an adolescent female cohort. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology 2007;116(7):525-531. 

Ouch! Recurring ear infections may bring serious consequences. Be Well. Winter 2006.  http://www.vchca.org/BeWellWinter06.pdf 

Cell biology of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, online chapter in http://emedicine.medscape.com, Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery 2006 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/854867-overview (Accessed 1/4/19) 

Nguyen, C. Anatomy 102: A synthesis. Clin Anat. 2006 May;19(4):378-9. 

Clinical anatomy and the physical examination part I: thorax, abdomen, perineum, and pelvis. Clin Anat. 2001 Sep;14(5):332-48. 

The anatomy of the nose, chapter in www.emedicine.com, Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery 2000 (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/835134-overview#showall) Accessed 1/4/19 

Nguyen CT, Tan J, Blackwell KE, et al. Primary melanocytic schwannoma of cervical sympathetic chain. Head Neck 2000; Mar; 22(2):195-199. Presented at Western Student Medical Research Forum 1999 

Educational Affairs Committee, American Association of Clinical Anatomists. The clinical anatomy of several invasive procedures. Clin Anat 1999; 12(1):43-54