Dana Nguyen

MD

Colonel, Army

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Family Medicine
Title
Chair of the USUHS Family Medicine Department
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
Teaching/Education
Operational Medicine/Military Readiness
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Biography

COL Dana Nguyen is a U.S. Army Family Physician. She is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and Uniformed Services University, and she completed her residency training at Womack Army Medical Center at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. She has held numerous leadership positions in the military healthcare system, to include academic, executive, and operational medicine roles. She currently serves as the Chair of Family Medicine at Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland. A national leader in military and clinical medicine, she has held many clinical, academic, and research service positions. She is currently the senior Army leader on the Military Healthcare System Council for Female Physician Recruitment and Retention, providing mentorship, training, and recognition for military female physicians. She has numerous publications in the areas of medical education, leadership, and military women.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Ee JS, Berry-Caban CS, Nguyen DR, Boyd M, Bennett N, Beltran T, and Williams M. Soldiers’ perspectives of insomnia behavioral treatment in a primary care setting. J Sleep Disord Manag. 2016;2:012.

Nguyen DR, Busey BR, Stackle ME, et al. Implementation of a transition of care coordinator at a military treatment facility. The United States Army Medical Department Journal. 2016 Jan-Mar:47-52.

Newsome JK, Nguyen DR. Cryptococcal meningitis caused by cryptococcus neoformans in an immunocompetent soldier. Military Medicine. 2014 Sep; 179(9):e1059-61.

Nguyen DR, Ee JS, Berry-Caban C, Hoedebecke K. The effects of military deployment on early child development. The United States Army Medical Department Journal. 2014 Oct-Dec:81-6.

Nguyen DR. Illness in a redeployed soldier. Military Medicine. 2007 May; 172(5):541-3.