Giang Nguyen: Executive Director Student Health Service |
|
February 24, 2015, Volume 61, No. 24 |
After a national search, Dr. Giang Nguyen has been named executive director of the Student Health Service (SHS). Dr. Nguyen, currently medical director of Penn Family Care, University of Pennsylvania department of family medicine and community health, will start at SHS on April 1. Student Health Service, part of the University Life division, has 70 staff members who provide 70,000 clinical encounters per year as well as campus-wide health and wellness programming outside the SHS clinical offices.
“I am delighted that we have found such an exceptional candidate in Dr. Nguyen,” said Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, the vice provost for university life. “The health and wellness of Penn students is our highest priority and I know Dr. Nguyen will provide outstanding leadership at the Student Health Service.”
“I am excited to join the Student Health Service and to carry on the tradition of excellence,” Dr. Nguyen added. “I look forward to working closely with the University administration and stakeholders from throughout our campus to ensure that we promote the health and well-being of our students.”
Dr. Nguyen has worked as a family physician since 2003, treating children, adolescents and adults. Since 2009, he has served as medical director at Penn Family Care, a thriving practice with 45,000 outpatient visits annually and more than 75 clinical staff members. He led the practice through a transformation to become a nationally certified Patient-Centered Medical Home and has supervised an award-winning team focusing on clinical quality improvement, especially with childhood immunizations.
Dr. Nguyen is also an experienced and dedicated public health professional, teaching master’s students at Penn since 2008, and working on public health research and programs for over 20 years. Through his efforts, students and physicians have administered more than 3,000 immunizations to non-English speaking, uninsured communities in Philadelphia. As a member of the LGBT community who arrived in America in the 1970s as a refugee from Vietnam, he brings a personal understanding of the value of diverse experiences to clinical care.
“Dr. Nguyen brings an impressive range of clinical, research and leadership skills,” added Max King, associate vice provost for health and academic services. “We are very much looking forward to him joining the Student Health staff.”
Dr. Nguyen earned his undergraduate degree in natural science and public health from Johns Hopkins University. He holds a master’s of public health from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and his medical degree from UMDNJ’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. |