Tuong-Vi Tran

Biography

Tuong-Vi Tran, M.D., is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine and a Pediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist at Children's Hospital Orange County. She received her M.D. from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she completed a clinical research year focused on Spinal Muscular Atrophy clinical trials. She completed her pediatric residency, pediatric neurology residency, and served as Chief Resident at the University of California, Irvine and Children's Hospital Orange County, followed by a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at the same institutions.

Tran's clinical and research interests focus on epilepsy and electroencephalography, with particular attention to epilepsy health equity. She currently serves as Principal Investigator for a retrospective chart review evaluating the safety of fenfluramine for Dravet syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and other epilepsy patients under two years of age. During her clinical research year, she independently coordinated three phase 3 Spinal Muscular Atrophy clinical trials for Spinraza (Nusinersen) at Children's Hospital Colorado, serving as the principal administrative liaison for screening, enrollment, and protocol execution.

Tran is board-certified in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry and is board-eligible in Pediatric Epileptology. She is a member of the American Epilepsy Society and the American Academy of Neurology. She has presented at multiple professional conferences and engages in community education through the Epilepsy Support Network of Orange County. Tran is a Gates Millennium Scholar, a scholarship awarded to outstanding minority high school seniors from low-income households for full undergraduate funding.

Education

• B.S. in Biochemistry, Portland State University, 2012
• M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2017

Distinctions

• Gates Millennium Scholar, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2006
• Department of Medicine Research and Equity in Academic Medicine (DREAM) Scholar, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2013
• Mentored Scholarly Activity Student Choice Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2017