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Nguyen S Pham, MD

Dr. Pham has staff privileges at CHOC in Orange

Location:
Orange, CA

Specialty:
Otolaryngology

Published Works:

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Office and Contact Information

CHOC Children's Specialists
Otolaryngology
(Ear, Nose and Throat)
1010 W La Veta Ave.
#640
Orange, CA 92868
phone: (714) 633-4020
fax: (714) 953-5488
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Physician Bio

Nguyen Pham, M.D. is a board-certified physician specializing in Pediatric Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. He completed his pediatric fellowship training at Stanford University, where he practiced advanced surgical techniques in airway reconstruction, otological surgery, and the treatment of congenital defects at Stanford’s Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital.

Before completing his fellowship, Dr. Pham graduated summa cum laude from UCLA where he received his bachelor’s degree in Psychobiology. After college, Dr. Pham earned his medical degree from UC Irvine and continued onto his residency at UC Davis Medical Center.

Dr. Pham has a passion for research, teaching, and community service. He has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and has presented his research nationally. During his year as Chief Resident at UC Davis, Dr. Pham was awarded Best Resident Teacher by the medical students with whom he worked.

Dr. Pham is committed to working with underserved populations and has participated in multiple humanitarian endeavors including Operation Restore Hope, a medical mission that performs cleft lip and palate surgeries in the Philippines. Also, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Pham served as one of the initial humanitarian workers at the Common Ground Clinic in New Orleans.

Dr. Pham’s clinical interests include pediatric ear surgery, airway surgery and pediatric tumors. He specializes in laryngotracheal reconstruction and ossicular chain reconstruction. Dr. Pham is affiliated with the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and the Faculty of 1000.

In his free time, he loves spending time with his wife and his young son, as well as surfing and playing basketball. Dr. Pham speaks fluent Vietnamese.

“My philosophy is to truly listen to my patients, and to provide compassionate care based on the best possible scientific evidence.” – Dr. Pham

Education

Fellowship - Pediatric Otolaryngology
Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, Palo Alto, California
Residency - Otolaryngology
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California
Internship
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California
Medical School
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California

Board Certifications

Otolaryngology

Honors and Awards

UC Davis Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
UC Davis Temporal Bone Surgery Award
Phi Beta Kappa Honors
Summa Cum Laude Honors
UCLA Wasserman Scholarship Award Winner
UCLA Alumni Scholar Award

Professional Organizations

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association
American Sociate of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Faculty of 1000 - Associate Faculty Member

Research Projects

Cleft Palate, Microstomia, Micrognathia – A new syndrome
A basic science project characterizing and sequencing suspected genetic loci in a novel craniofacial syndrome. Department of Otolaryngology and Department of Genetics with Dr. Simeon Boyd, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA. NIH-NIDCR Grant R01 DE16886 to Principle Investigator: Simeon Boyd MD
Esthesioneuroblastoma – 20 year experience
Review of the 20 year experience of esthesioneuroblastoma treated by the Skull Base Team at UC Davis Medical Center. Department of Otolaryngology with Dr. Quang Luu, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA. Self funded.
Simplified Voice Scale
Research into developing and validating a simplified voice scale to be used by the general Otolaryngologist to stage and manage voice disorders. Department of Otolaryngology with Dr. Peter Belafsky, UC Davis Medical Center, Center for Voice and Swallowing, Sacramento, CA. Departmental funding.
Fire Risk with Tonsillectomy
Project that characterizes the surgical risk of airway fire with the use of cutting edge tonsillectomy instrumentation. Department of Otolaryngology with Dr. Craig Senders, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA. Departmental funding.
Cochlear implantation and neurocognitive development.
Clinical study using IQ test as a marker for cognitive development after the placement of cochlear implant. Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.

Presentations

2012 Dangers of Button Batteries
American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology Annual Meeting
2011 Risk of Airway Fire with Tonsillectomy – update
BARRS – Bay Area Resident Research Forum
2011 Coccidoidomycosis of the Temporal Bone
Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting
2011 Frontorhiny – 3 novel cases of a new syndromic frontonasal malformation
American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association Meeting
2010 Cleft Palate Microstomia – A New Syndrome and Genetic Analysis
American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association Meeting
2010 Risk of Airway Fire with Tonsillectomy
Podium Presentation SENTAC Meeting

Hearing Problems In Children: Dr. Pham, CHOC Children's
In this American Health Jounrnal, Nguyen Pham, MD, talks about hearing loss in children, the most common birth defect. ...

Dr. Nguyen Pham to Appear on American Health Journal on Thursday, December 6th at 12:30 p.m.
November 13, 2012

Published Works

Pham N, Dublin A, Strong EB. Dermoid Cyst of the Orbit and Frontal Sinus – A case report. Skull Base Surgery, Volume 20(2), 2010.

Pham N, Poirier B, Fuller SC, Dublin AB, Tollefson TT. Pediatric lipoblastoma in the head and neck: A systematic review of 48 reported cases. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. Vol 74, Issue 7 p 723-728, July 2010.

Pham N, Diaz R: "Facial nerve injuries inflict a dramatic physical and psychological toll upon patients and are among..." Evaluation of: [Sharma N et al. Combinatorial treatments enhance recovery following facial nerve crush.Laryngoscope. 2010 Aug; 120(8):1523-30; doi: 10.1002/lary.20997]. Faculty of 1000, 26 Oct 2010. F1000.com/5657970

Pham N, Diaz R: "Cochlear implantation is a fairly new treatment for severe hearing loss and has been highly..." Evaluation of: [Loundon N et al. Medical and surgical complications in pediatric cochlear implantation. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Jan; 136(1):12-5; doi: 10.1001/archoto.2009.187]. Faculty of 1000, 15 Mar 2010. F1000.com/2543958

Pham N, Rafii A, Liu J, Boyadev S, Tollefson TT. Clinical and Genetic Characterization of Frontorhiny: report of 3 novel cases and discussion of surgical management. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. 2011; 13(6):415-420.