Kim-Lien Nguyen, MD

Dr. Nguyen earned her MD from UCLA, trained in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins, completed a general cardiology fellowship at UCLA, and obtained post-doctoral research training in advanced cardiovascular imaging at the National Institutes of Health. She is a fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR). Her research focuses on the development and translation of cardiovascular imaging techniques. Novel cardiovascular magnetic resonance, ultrasound, nuclear, and computed tomographic methods are developed and used for multiscale and multidimensional modeling of cardiovascular disease. Her lab's federally-funded research includes pre-clinical and clinical development of iron oxide enhanced MRI methods for ischemic, vascular, and congenital heart disease. Through the FeraSafe consortium, she and colleagues have developed and standardize methods to enable safe and effective use of iron-based, contrast-enhanced MRI for patients with kidney impairment and cardiorenal complications. Her lab also explores methods to integrate wireless technology with traditional models of healthcare delivery and collaborates with bioengineers to develop image-guided theranostics. She collaborates with data scientists on the application of human-aided artificial intelligence for advancement of precision medicine. Her scientific work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and her lab is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and the Veterans Health Administration.