Tuyen (tom) C. Nguyen MD

Dr. Nguyen specializes in complex adult cardiac, minimally invasive valve surgery, and mitral repair. He has extensive experience in minimally invasive surgery involving aortic or mitral valve repairs. He lectures nationally and internationally and hosts a course for other surgeons to visit and learn minimally invasive techniques.

He is also an expert in TAVR, having performed more than 2000 implants and actively involved with transcatheter mitral trials. He is one of a handful of surgeons credentialed to teach others how to perform TAVR through the groin and interested in the least invasive approach to address complex problems.

He is the Director of Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery and Associate Program Director for the cardiothoracic surgery training program. His research interests encompass minimally invasive valve surgery, TAVR, and surgical simulation/education with prior grants from the NIH, TSFRE, and AHA. Dr. Nguyen has received numerous research and teaching awards.