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Vi Nguyen, MD, Pediatrics, San Diego, CA

ViThuyNguyenMDFAAP

Pediatrics San Diego, CA

Chair, Public Health Advisory Council (PHAC), Climate Actions Campaign Chair, AAP California State Government Affairs Environmental Health, SCPMG Partner Physician

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  • Office

    4650 Palm Ave
    San Diego, CA 92154
    Phone+1 800-290-5000

Education & Training

  • Climate Reality Leadership Corp
    Climate Reality Leadership CorpClimate Reality Leader, 2020
  • Southern California Permanente Medical Group
    Southern California Permanente Medical GroupCertificate, Physician Leadership Development Program, 2018 - 2019
  • NIH Clinical Center
    NIH Clinical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2008 - 2009
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2007 - 2008
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalChief Residency, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2007
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 2003 - 2006
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2009 - 2026
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • San Diego Climate Champion Climate Actions Campaign, 2024
  • San Diego Top Doc (Pediatrics) San Diego Magazine, 2022-2024
  • San Diego's Asian Pacific Islander Leaders of Influence. San Diego Business Journal and Asian American Business Association, 2023
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Clima Y Salud: San Diego Pediatricians defensores de los humedales  
    Nguyen VT, Felix L, Revista Ciencia Cakotanu, 8/25/2022
  • INFORMING POLICY FOR CHANGING OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS AND ALSO TO SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN IN EJ COMMUNITIES, COMMON SENSE ADVICE FROM...  
    Vi Thuy Nguyen, AAP-CA3 California Katie Durrwachter-Erno, AAP Colorado Gredia Huerta-Montanez, AAP Puerto Rico Aaron A. Levy, AAP North Carolina Jennifer Lawson, AAP ..., Journal of Applied Research in Children, 7/26/2021

Abstracts/Posters

  • Extreme Heat and Youth Sports
    Jia Ying Ashley Teo, BS; Vi Nguyen, MD; Alan Shahtaji, DO; Aviva Devore, High School; Maxwell Lazo, High School; Brendan Toledo, High School; Melissa Campbell, DO, MPH..., 2024 Academic Pediatric Asscoiation Annual District 9-10 Meeting, San Diego, California, 2/9/2024
  • Rewild the Child to Counter ACES
    Vi Thuy Nguyen MD, Sara Valladolid MD, AAP Catch Grant 2022 Submission, San Diego, California, 1/25/2022
  • Prescription for Leaded AvGas is Advocacy and Collaboration: Case Study of the Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport and San Diego Pediatricians for Clean Air
    Riley Gilbertson BA, Vi Thuy Nguyen MD, INCHES (International Network on Childrens Health, Environment, and Safety, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1/6/2022
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Lectures

  • UC San Diego Internal Medicine Residency Program Social Justice Curriculum: Environmental Justice Panel 
    La Jolla, California - 12/10/2024
  • 15th Annual Early Childhood Mental Health Conference: Air Pollution and Early Childhood Mental Health 
    San Diego, California - 9/26/2024
  • Preparing the Air for Newborns and Children 
    California - 9/17/2024
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Authored Content

  • Fireworks near Mission Bay are harming animalsAugust 2024
  • Opinion: Health risks from oil wells in California must be reined in. Voters can do so this fall.April 2024
  • How busy clinicians can advocate for fossil fuel divestmentOctober 2023
  • AAP-CA3’s Climate Change & Health Committee Announces 2023 Youth Arts Exhibition WinnersSeptember 2023
  • The House of Medicine Raises It's Voice for the PlanetJune 2023
  • Gas stoves are a burden to our lungs and wallets. Here’s why it’s time to go electric.April 2023
  • Testimony AB 249 Holden School-site Lead Testing and MitigationMarch 2023
  • Pediatricians Continue to Advocate at San Diego Audubon’s Love Your Wetlands DayFebruary 2023
  • Rewild: What's Good for Birds, Is Good for KidsJuly 2022
  • #WeBorrowTheEarthFromOurChildrenApril 2022
  • AAP-CA3’s Climate Change & Health Committee Announces Youth Arts Exhibition WinnersMarch 2022
  • Opinion: San Diego should ban sale of flavored tobacco products, flavored e-cigarettesFebruary 2022
  • Rewild The Child to Counter ACES: We Submitted Our AAP Catch Grant to Declare the Wetlands belong to the ChildrenJanuary 2022
  • Dr. Birkbeck-Garcia, SDPCA Pediatrician Appointed to the APCD BoardApril 2021
  • How I decided to go All In on Climate SolutionsOctober 2020
  • It’s time to go all in on climate actionSeptember 2020
  • COVID-19 social distancing is like bedrestMarch 2020
  • How ocean plastic picking made me a better pediatricianDecember 2019
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Press Mentions

  • Bamboozled’: IB residents wary of beach reopening with no fix to sewage crisis
    Bamboozled’: IB residents wary of beach reopening with no fix to sewage crisisSeptember 27th, 2024
  • Some in this California beach town insist the Tijuana River is poisoning them. Officials disagree
    Some in this California beach town insist the Tijuana River is poisoning them. Officials disagreeSeptember 26th, 2024
  • Chairwoman Vargas in D.C. meeting with lawmakers, federal agencies on South Bay sewage crisis
    Chairwoman Vargas in D.C. meeting with lawmakers, federal agencies on South Bay sewage crisisSeptember 20th, 2024
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Committees

  • San Diego Representative (Fiduciary), SCPMG Retirement Committee 2023 - Present
  • Environmental Justice Subcommittee Member, League of Women Voters San Diego 2023 - Present
  • MD Co-Lead, Kaiser San Diego Sustainability/Green Team 2021 - Present
  • Co-Chair of Section on Environmental Health & Climate Change, AAP California State Government Affairs Program 2021 - Present
  • Co-Chair, AAP-CA3 Climate Change and Health Committee 2020 - Present
  • Climate Actions Campaign, Chair, Public Health Advisory Committee 2020 - Present
  • Co-Founder, San Diego Pediatricians for Clean Air 2020 - Present
  • Southern California Regional Asthma Task Force Member, Chair of the San Diego Pediatric Asthma Committee, Kaiser San Diego Pediatric Asthma Committee 2010 - Present
  • Organizer, Co-Founder, H3SD San Diego's Heat and Human Health Summit 2023 - 2024
  • Co-Chair, VFC Certified Provider, Kaiser San Diego Immunization Task Force 2021 - 2022
  • Assistant Chief of Peds Quality Measures, Kaiser San Diego Pediatric Quality Measures Committee 2018 - 2022

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean