Tom C. Nguyen

Biography

Dr. Nguyen specializes in complex adult cardiac, minimally invasive valve surgery, and mitral repair. He has extensive experience in minimally invasive surgery involving the aortic or mitral valve. He lectures nationally and internationally and hosts a course for other surgeons to visit and learn minimally invasive surgery. He is also an expert in TAVR, having performed more than 1500 implants. He is one of a handful of surgeons credentialed to teach others how to perform TAVR through the groin. He is the Director of Minimally Invasive Valve surgery and Associate Program Director for the cardiothoracic surgery training program. His research interests encompass minimally invasive valve surgery, TAVR, and surgical simulation/education with prior grants from the NIH, TSFRE, and AHA. Dr. Nguyen has received numerous research and teaching awards. He was the past President of the TSRA, resident editor of CTSNet, and member of the ACGME/RRC. Additionally, he is the editor several surgical textbooks. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and volunteered as a surgeon in Africa (Asmara, Eritrea) for 6 weeks. Recently, he was a recipient of the Houston Business Journal’s top 40 under 40 award and the Benjy F. Brooks Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award 2017. Undergoing cardiac surgery can be a daunting, but Dr. Nguyen wants to assure patients his commitment to clinical excellence and patient care. His practice philosophy is compassion, patience, and availability. If you send him an email, you can be assured you’ll get a personal response. Contact him if you have any questions.

Research Interest

Complex minimally invasive valve surgery, aortic valve surgery, mitral valve surgery, minimally invasive repair of ASD, mitral valve repair, TAVR, surgical education, coronary artery bypass grafting