TTUHSC School of Medicine
Surgery

Department of Surgery

Faculty:  


Tam Nguyen, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Patient Appointments:
ENT Clinic: 806-743-4115
Clinic Location:
ENT Clinic: Pavillion 4th Floor

Return to Faculty Listing go

Education:

  • Fellowship(s):
    Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery and Advanced Rhinology, Rush University, Chicago, 2004-2005
    Otology and Neurotology, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2003-2004
  • Residency:
    Otolaryngology residency: Wayne State University, Detroit, 1998-2003
  • Medical School:
    Wayne State University, Detroit, 1998

Certifications:

The American Board of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, 2005

Research:

Recent Funding:

T. Nguyen, S. Zupancic, and A. Dentino and D. Lie. Fall dynamics and prevention using both accelerometer and gyroscope sensors. Combined Grant from Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dept. of Surgery

T.Nguyen, S. Zupancic and D. Lie. Electro-Cochleagraphy in portable headset sensors: a pilot study. Grant from Texas Instruments

Return to Research Listing go

Publications and Presentations:

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Hu W., Lu T., T. Nguyen and D. Lie, Ultralow-Power Analog Front-End Circuits and System Design for an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), IEEE CSA;LiSSA 2011

Hu, W. Lie, D.Y.C. Kakade, M.U. Ichapurapu, R. Mane, S. Lopez, J. Li, Y. Li, C. Banister, R.E. Dentino, A. Nguyen, T. Zupancic, S. Griswold, J. An intelligent non-contact wireless monitoring system for vital signs and motion detection. 2010 International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE). 1-3 July 2010. Pp 190 -194.

Scientific Presentations:

Hu W., Lu T., T. Nguyen and D. Lie, Ultralow-Power Analog Front-End Circuits and System Design for an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), IEEE CSA;LiSSA 2011 to be presented at NIH special section , Maryland

Hu W., Lie D., Kakade U., Banister R., Nguyen T. et al.: An intelligent non-contact wireless monitoring system for vital signs and motion detection, Proc. Of the 2010 IEEE ICSSE, Taiwan, 2010

Return to Research Listing go

  Personal Interests  

I was an electrical engineer for 10 years before attending medical school with a B.S.E.E and M.S.E.E from Univ. of Michigan and Univ. of Maryland. I was fascinated by Cochlear implantation technologies from the beginning and had picked otolaryngology as my interested field of practice. I am board certified and a fellow of the American Academy of Otolarylngology-Head and Neck Surgery. My other interests include marathon (Marine Corps, London, Toronto, Chicago completed), piano, jazz and classical music, mountain biking, and flying.

  Clinical Interests  
  Educational Interests  

My career goal is to develop a comprehensive department here at Tech. My research interest is in applying mathematical modeling to solving bio-engineering problems, in colloboration with the Math. Dept. at Texas Tech. Other areas of interest to me are: Auditory physiology, IC neuroprosthesis, cochlear implant, brainstem implant, gene therapy, and knowledge-based genetic analysis for microarrays and clinical trials.