Anthony Nguyen
Biography
Anthony Nguyen, M.D., is HS Assistant Clinical Professor Step I in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California Irvine. He received his Doctor of Medicine from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2021 and completed his family medicine residency at the University of California Irvine in 2024, where he served as Administrative Chief Resident during his final year. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Nguyen's work focuses on medical education and interprofessional collaboration in primary care. He serves as Faculty Co-Director of the Medical Vietnamese Nonclinical Elective at UCI, where he presented the proposal for the course's creation to the Curriculum and Educational Policy committee. He has developed an interprofessional communication skills simulation in collaboration with Chapman University School of Pharmacy that has been presented at national conferences and published in Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. He also creates didactic videos for the third-year family medicine clerkship and facilitates case-based discussion groups for medical students.
Prior to medical school, Nguyen served as an AmeriCorps member from 2016 to 2017 with the Corps for Rural and Urban Health and Success, providing academic and career support to economically disadvantaged youth across Ohio. He was elected as Community Outreach Director on the National Board of the Asian Pacific American Medical Association from 2019 to 2021, where he reviewed grant applications and developed partnerships with organizations including the National Institutes of Health. Nguyen is fluent in Vietnamese and has intermediate proficiency in Spanish.
Return to topEducation
- MD in Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2021
- BA in Chemistry and Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 2016
Distinctions
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2020
- STFM Teaching Award, University of California Irvine Family Medicine Residency, 2023-2024
- Outstanding Intern of the Year, University of California Irvine Family Medicine Residency, 2021-2022
Areas of Expertise
- Primary Care Medicine
- Interprofessional Communication Skills
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Medication Assisted Treatment
- Advanced Care Planning
- Health Professional Education
- Vietnamese Language Healthcare
Recent Publications
- Brown, A., Bethishou, L., Beuttler, R., Joshi, M., Nguyen, A., Taheri, R., “An interprofessional simulation to develop communication skills in health professional students” (opens in new tab), Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 102421, 2025.
- Vo, B., Jones, S., Nguyen, A., Wang, S., Kolahi, A., Gonavaram, P., Hann, J., Salcedo, B., Leveroni-Calvi, M., “Faculty Development in Residency Curriculum - Growing the Next Generation of Family Medicine Faculty”, 2025. Presented at Society of Teachers in Family Medicine Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Nguyen, A., “It is sickening on the poor conditions prisoners face because of cutting corners to save money” (opens in new tab), Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2018.
- Weisblatt, G., Nguyen, A., McClellan, J., “The power and effectiveness of a self-organized learning environment (SOLE) within a classroom”, 2016. Presented at Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC), Pittsburgh, PA.
- Thompson, L., Nguyen, A., “Testing the reliability and validity of maintenance and manipulation, and updating working memory tasks as distinct measures”, 2016. Presented at Case Western Reserve University Research ShowCASE, Cleveland, OH.
- Li, L., Nguyen, A., Sekaran, S., Abola, M., Chen, Z., “Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and risk of colon adenomas in Caucasian and African American women”, 2015. Presented at Case Western Reserve University Research ShowCASE, Cleveland, OH.
Contact Information
Email: anthn17@uci.edu
Address: 19200 Jamboree Road, Suite 3100, Irvine, CA 92612, Irvine, CA 92697
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Last updated on 2/17/2026.