Thanh N. Nguyen, MD

Thanh N. Nguyen, MD, FRCP, FSVIN, FAHA, is a board-certified neurologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where she directs the Interventional Neurology/Neuroradiology Program, and at BMC Brighton. She is also a Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Since 2023, she has additionally served as President of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN).

Dr. Nguyen received her medical degree from McGill University in Montréal, Canada, and completed her neurology residency training in Boston at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital. She subsequently completed a fellowship in Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care at MGH as well as a fellowship in interventional neuroradiology (INR) at the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal.

Dr. Nguyen has been involved in more than 3,000 INR procedures, including more than 500 brain aneurysm interventions (coilings/flow diversion) and more than 400 acute stroke interventions. Her clinical and research interests include brain aneurysm coiling/flow diversion and acute intra-arterial therapies for stroke. Her other clinical interests include carotid stenosis, pulsatile tinnitus, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolization for subdural hematoma, preoperative embolization for head and neck tumors, carotid and intracranial artery stenosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, spinal vascular interventions, traumatic carotid and vertebral dissection, and vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for acute spinal fractures. She has authored more than 700 peer-reviewed publications, contributed to national guideline statements and book chapters, and is and Associate Editor of the journal Stroke.

Dr. Nguyen received the Boston Medical Center “Be Exceptional” Award and the SVIN Distinguished Service Award in 2018 and the Neurology Golden Brain Attending Award for Boston University medical student teaching in 2019. She has been named a Boston Magazine Top Doctor every year from 2017 to 2026.