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Diane Nugent

Diane Nugent MD

Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Pediatrics
Irvine, California, United States of America

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Dr. Diane Nugent is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology, she specializes in all aspects of bleeding and clotting disorders, hematology, bone marrow failure, anemia, and immune disorders.

Dr. Nugent founded CIBD with the goal of serving children and adults with genetic blood disorders, and their families, with comprehensive care tailored just for them. In 2005, she was named the National Hemophilia Foundation Physician of the Year, and later one of the Best Doctors in America in 2007-2008. She was also named Physician of the Year in Orange County. In 2011, she received the Physician Circle of Care Award from Cal-Optima.

Dr. Nugent serves as a Clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Among her peers, Dr. Nugent is the chair of review subcommittees for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/National Institutes of Health, and head of program projects for the hematology committees of the American Society of Hematology and International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis.

Dr. Nugent received her fellowship training at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Seattle and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Upon graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, she completed her residency and internship at Denver Affiliated Hospitals in Colorado. Dr. Nugent speaks Spanish.
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