Nguyen Is New Chief at UCSF
Tom C. Nguyen, MD, has been named chief of the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Helen and Charles Schwab Distinguished Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He also is co-director of the UCSF Heart and Vascular Center. Prior to this, Dr. Nguyen was chief of cardiac surgery, director of minimally invasive valve surgery, co-director of structural heart disease, and professor of cardiothoracic surgery at The University of Texas in Houston. An STS member since 2015, he serves on the Workforce on Annual Meeting and its Program Task Force.