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Office
4650 Palm Ave
San Diego, CA 92154Phone+1 800-290-5000
Education & Training
- Climate Reality Leadership CorpClimate Reality Leader, 2020
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupCertificate, Physician Leadership Development Program, 2018 - 2019
- NIH Clinical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2008 - 2009
- Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2007 - 2008
- Massachusetts General HospitalChief Residency, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2007
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 2003 - 2006
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2009 - 2026
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- George Halvorson Community Health Leadership Award - Finalist Kaiser Permanente, 2025
- San Diego Climate Champion Climate Actions Campaign, 2024
- San Diego Top Doc (Pediatrics) San Diego Magazine, 2022-2024
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsClimate Change Imperils Pediatric Health: Child Advocacy Through Fossil Fuel Divestment.Sandra H Jee, Elizabeth Friedman, Ruth A Etzel, Vi T Nguyen, Todd L Sack
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 2023-06-01 - 1 citationsThe Role of Physician Advocacy in Supporting Policy Change That Reduces Leaded Aviation Gasoline Emissions.Riley Gilbertson, Elizabeth Friedman, Vi Thuy Nguyen, Sandra Stahl, Rachel Ireland
Journal of Community Health. 2023-06-01 - 21 citationsDo premenopausal women with major depression have low bone mineral density? A 36-month prospective study.Giovanni Cizza, Sima Mistry, Vi T. Nguyen, Farideh Eskandari, Pedro E. Martinez
Plos One. 2012-07-27
Journal Articles
- Clima Y Salud: San Diego Pediatricians defensores de los humedalesNguyen 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
- Environmental and Medical Advocacy Efforts in Banning Leaded AvGas to Mitigate Detrimental Effects of Airborne Lead PollutionMaya Kalbag BS Katherine C. Balen, Serena S. Alvarez, B.A., J.D., Elizabeth Friedman, MD MPH, Benjamin J. Shleifer, MD, Rachel Ireland, MD, Lauren Trinh, Vi T. Nguyen, MD, Pediatric Academic Societies 2025, Honolulu, Hawaii, 4/25/2025
- Preventing Extreme Heat Illness in High School Students- A San Diego ExampleMelissa Campbell DO, MPH, Maxwell Lazo, Aviva DeVore, Brendan Toledo, Ashley Teo BS, Prabha Singh, MPH, Vi Thuy Nguyen, MD, Pediatric Academic Societies National Meeting 2025, Honolulu, Hawaii, 4/24/2025
- Public Health Advisory Council (Orange County and Los Angeles): A Blueprint for Local Climate and Health Legislative Decarbonizaton AdvocacyVi Nguyen MD, FAAP; Angela Kim; Emily Nguyen; Aneesah Grayson, MPA; Bruce Bekkar, MD, Academic Pediatric Association Region IX Meeting, San Diego, California, 2/21/2025
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Lectures
- Opposing Hydrogen Blending at UC Irvine and in California through the Resolution ProcessNational Climate Advocate Program (AAP) - 3/12/2025
- The Anatomy of a Successful Mentored Premed Climate and Health Advocate: Two Case StudiesNational Climate Advocate Program (AAP) - 3/12/2025
- H3SD San Diego's Heat and Human Health Summit: Reconnecting Systems in Combating Global HeatingSociety of Adolescent Health and Medicine National Conference: Climate Change Special Interest Group - 2/18/2025
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Authored Content
- Prebys Foundation Stop Talk Podcast: Tijuana River Pollution Speaking up for Patient Health with Dr. Dickson and Dr. NguyenJanuary 2025
- Climate Justice Radio: Dr. Vi Thuy Nguyen aka Dr. Plastic PickerJanuary 2025
- Kaiser Southern California: Wildfire and Air QualityJanuary 2025
- 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
- SoCal Heat Hub at H3SD: Research, Education, and Action for Climate ResilienceNovember 16th, 2024
- 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 disagreeSeptember 26th, 2024
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Committees
- Steering Committee, AAP District 8 Heat and Human Health Summit 2025 - Present
- Environmental Justice Subcommittee Member, League of Women Voters San Diego 2023 - Present
- Organizer, Co-Founder, H3SD San Diego's Heat and Human Health Summit 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
- Founder, H3SD San Diego's Heat and Human Health Summit 2023 - 2025
- 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
- Fellow
- San Diego County Medical SocietyMember
- California Medical AssociationMember
Other Languages
- Vietnamese, Spanish
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