Phuong T. Nguyen, MD

Phuong T. Nguyen, M.D., is the Medical Director of Hoag Advanced Endoscopy Center and a therapeutic endoscopist in Newport Beach. She has clinical interests in interventional endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), endoscopic bariatrics (weight management), gastrointestinal oncology (pancreatic tumors) and pelvic floor health.

Dr. Nguyen is a nationally recognized expert in the field of gastroenterology, and she is one of Orange County’s most experienced physicians in the use of minimally invasive gastrointestinal procedures, including her expertise in the outpatient imaging procedure EUS and endoscopic interventions for the treatment of GERD and obesity.

Additionally, she is the original co-founder of a nonprofit organization, Association of Women Endoscopists (AWE), which promotes education in the field of gastroenterology, both locally and internationally.

Dr. Nguyen graduated from the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed an internal medicine internship and residency at the University of Pennsylvania/Graduate Hospital. She completed a fellowship in gastroenterology and therapeutic endoscopy at the University of California, Irvine.

She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in gastroenterology and speaks Vietnamese.