Hoang Bui-Nguyen, MD, PhD

Hoang Bui-Nguyen, MD, PhD

PGY-2 Resident, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Hoang Bui-Nguyen

Originally from NhaTrang, Vietnam, Dr. Hoang Bui-Nguyen studied biology at Cornell University. There, he graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. He subsequently matriculated at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the inaugural scholar of the Jeffrey Myers Family Fund for Surgical Oncology and earned his MD and PhD.

Dr. Bui-Nguyen has been published in Nature, Cell and Science for his work on a wide variety of high-impact basic and translational research projects. His research has included developing novel techniques for the characterization of tRNA, elucidating the epigenetic regulation of innate immune system activation and implicating nitric oxide dysregulation in the pathogenesis of subglottic stenosis. During his time in medical school, his thesis on epigenetics, immunology and computational biology was the recipient of the Saul Winegrad Award for Outstanding Dissertation and the Richard K. Root Prize for Infectious Disease Research.

An avid biker and occasional stand-up comedian, Dr. Bui-Nguyen’s primary interests include genomics, immunology, computational models, machine learning and global surgery.

Education

Undergraduate School
Cornell University (Biology)

Medical School
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Publications

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