Alexander Nguyen

MD Candidate at Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

About

I am medical student interested in improving preventative care, resiliency, as well as minority health outcomes through community engagement.

Experience

  • Researcher at Center for Asian Health at Lewis Katz School of Medicine
    Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

    -Research Coordinator & Clinician at Temple Health for the CASTL Smoking Cessation Project through Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center -Project Lead in researching lung cancer screening barriers in underserved communities through the Thoracic Surgery Department at Temple Health -Completed the Health Disparities Research Internship Program under Dr. Grace Ma and Dr. Cherie Erkmen -Volunteer Clinician at Mobile COVID-19 vaccination sites in Vietnamese and Chinese populations in Philadelphia -Director & Founder of the LOTUS Peer Mentoring Program for underserved and disadvantaged Asian Youth

  • Clinical Shadowing Intern at Binh Dinh General Hospital
    Jul 2019 - Aug 2019 · 2 mos

    -Shadowed Dr. Hung, Dr. Nam, Dr. An in Cardiology -Translated for English speaking patients and colleagues

  • Clinical Research Assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital
    Sep 2018 - Jun 2019 · 10 mos

    -Worked at Benson-Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine with Dr. Michelle Dossett researching the effects of mindfulness practices with physician burnout, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, and patient-physician interaction through a GERD model. -Trained in LabChart and RedCap.

  • Learning Assistant at The Learning Assistant Program at Boston University
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr

    -Taught for the Systems Physiology and Human Physiology courses both in lecture and in lab. -Worked closely with the Lab Coordinator as Head LA Coordinator to ensure students attended the correct lab sections and that the staff of LAs performed their jobs appropriately and efficiently. -Awarded “Outstanding LA” by the Department of Biology at BU and the LA Program Spring 2018 for designing and implementing a modification to the lab course to boost participation through engaging students that would not usually participate.

  • Research Assistant at Boston Medical Center (BMC)
    Jul 2018 - Sep 2018 · 3 mos

    -Conducted research under Dr. Katherine Gergen-Barnett in the Culture of Health Accelerator (CoHA) project. The project aimed to reduce health inequities in urban communities through a YPAR approach. -Presented a social determinants of health and healthcare seminar to CoHA youth researchers, and taught another YPAR group under the Boston Foundation and Mass. Housing about youth employment barriers. -Trained in NVivo, Qualtrics, ArcGIS research tools.