VINH MAI D.O., FACP, FACE

Education

Endocrinology Fellowship, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 2006-2008
Internal Medicine Residency, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA 2002-2005
D.O. (magna cum laude), Kansas City University, Kansas City, MO 1998-2002
B.S. in Biology (summa cum laude), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 1993-1997

Biography

Captain (CAPT) Vinh Q. Mai, D.O. was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1975. He and his family moved to the great state of Virginia in 1990. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Virginia Commonwealth University with honors (top 1% of the graduating class) and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. CAPT Mai attended medical school at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Missouri and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree. He joined the United States Navy in 1998, completed Internal Medicine Residency at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in 2005, and then completed fellowship training in Endocrinology in 2008 at the National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland. He served as a general internist following residency training at the Naval Health Clinic Quantico. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Endocrinology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. CAPT Mai is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
Following his endocrine fellowship training, he volunteered to serve a 9-month deployment to Djibouti under the U.S. AFRICOM as an internist in support of the Operation Enduring Freedom and Global War on Terrorism. Upon his return, he was featured in the national newsletter “Member Spotlight” by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists for his service and awards. In 2014, he volunteered to support the JPAC POW/MIA for a 3-month operation in Vietnam. His military awards include Navy and Marine Corp Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corp Commendation Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Meritorious Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, and Navy Expert Pistol Medal. CAPT Mai served as the Associate Program Director of the only Army-Navy Endocrinology Fellowship in the Department of Defense for 6 years as part of the National Capital Consortium. He was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University in 2016 with numerous publications and presentations. Since 2016, he served as Chief of Endocrinology at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for 5 years. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Chief of Endocrinology and Chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for 4 years. Since 2016, he was also Chairman of the Endocrinology Product Line and regional Secure Messaging Champion responsible for business operations to promote seamless patient-centered care and innovative healthcare delivery in the National Capital Region enhanced Multi-service Market. CAPT Mai has meritoriously served on the USS FRANK CABLE (AS 40) for the past 2 years amidst the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic, through 3 INDO-PACOM expeditionary deployments, and 1 Regular Overhaul availability shipyard period. He has received orders to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for the next 3 years as Senior Faculty cultivating the future generations of military doctors and serving as Course Director of the Medical Interview and Physical Examination.

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

Senior Medical Officer/Department Head of the Health Services (SAMFE) 2021-2023 USS Frank Cable AS-40 Guam, USA

Service Chief of Endocrinology 2016-2021 Internal Medicine Department Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland

Interim Program Director 2016 NCC Endocrinology Fellowship, Internal Medicine Department Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland

Associate Program Director 2010-2016 NCC Endocrinology Fellowship, Internal Medicine Department Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists: President, Mid-Atlantic Chapter 2019-2021

USUHS SOM Admission Committee Physician Interviewer 2024-present; EMDP2 Admission Committee Physician Interviewer 2024-present; Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Selection Board Member of the HPSP/HSCP 2023-present

Navy Meritorious Service Medal 2023, Joint Defense Meritorious Service Medal 2021, Navy and Marine Corp Commendation Medal 2009, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal 2009

Deployment Nov 2008 - Jul 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Global War on Terrorism, Djibouti, AFRICOM; Forward Deployed to Japan (Sep-Dec 2021), Australia (Mar-May 2022), Southeast Asia (Jun-Aug 2022) on the USS Frank Cable AS-40 part of the WESTPAC/INDOPACIFIC mission

Deployment in support of the JPAC POW/MIA operation in Vietnam (July-September 2014)

Deployment in support of the Pacific Partnership Operation (March 2017)

Representative Bibliography

Shakir MKM, Shin T, Hoang TD, Mai VQ. Successful treatment of a patient with statin-induced myopathy and myotonic dystrophy type II with proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor, alirocumab (Praluent). J Clin Lipidol.  2017 Nov-Dec; 11(6): 1485-1487.

Shakir MKM, Hoang TD, Johnson JT, Mai VQ. Supraphysiological Doses of Glucocorticoids induce remission in a patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis but no effect on the course of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: A discordant mode of action.  Modern Rheumatology Case Reports. 2019; 3(2):172-178.

Mai VQ, Jones RC, Dickert JM, Clyde PW, Shakir KM. Plasma glucagon levels suppressed by a glucose load in a man with incidental pancreatic glucagonoma. Endocr Pract.2007 Nov-Dec; 13(7):780-4.

Mai VQ, Glister BC, Clyde PW, Shakir KM. Palpation thyroiditis causing new onset atrial fibrillation. Thyroid. 2008 May; 18(5):571-3.

Mai VQ, Firdous S, Nguyen HD, Krook LS, Mohamed Shakir KM. Prevalence of breast cancer and atypia in patients with high bone mineral density. The Endocrinologist. 2009 Dec; 19(6): 260-262.

Visual Vignette: An Unexpected Endocrine Disorder Found During Nasal Endoscopy. Patel, A and Mai, V. AACE Clinical Case Rep. 11 (2025): 160-162.

Mai VQ and Burch HB. A stepwise approach to the evaluation and treatment of subclinical hyperthyroidism. Endocr Pract. 2012 Sep-Oct; 18(5): 772-80.

Muldoon BT, Mai VQ, Burch HB. Management of Graves’ disease: An overview and comparison of clinical practice guidelines with actual practice trends. Endocrinol Metab Clin N Am. 2014 June; 43(2):495-516.

Hoang TD, Olsen CH, Mai VQ, Clyde PW, Shakir MK. Desiccated thyroid extract compared with levothyroxine in the treatment of hypothyroidism: a randomized, double-blind, crossover study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 May; 98(5): 1982- 90.

Shakir MKM, Brooks DI, McAninch EA, Fonseca TL, Mai VQ, Bianco AC, Hoang TD. Comparative Effectiveness of Levothyroxine, Desiccated Thyroid Extract, and Levothyroxine + Liothyronine in Hypothyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Oct 21; 106(11): e4400- e4413.