Anh Nguyen, M.D., M.B.A.

Director of Strategy & Operations
Xeris Pharmaceuticals

Fellowship Profile

Fellowship Year: 2014-2015
Fellowship Placement: Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions (Majority)
Sponsoring Institution: National Academy of Medicine
Discipline / Profession: Critical Care/Anesthesia

Biography

Anh Nguyen is an anesthesiologist at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. His work involves ongoing clinical trials and the early-stage design and development of medical devices.

Previously, Nguyen was a medical officer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a subject matter expert in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health Office of Device Evaluation, specializing in the premarket medical device arena. His work focused on scientific due diligence with various medical device premarket applications, the structuring and evaluation of clinical trials, and the development of FDA Guidance. He served on the FDA Entrepreneur-in-Residence Strategy Team, and was a primary investigator for the FDA Critical Path Initiative, researching next generation medical technologies. Additionally, Nguyen worked as a medical officer in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, performing coverage analysis on health care products and services.

Prior to his career in public service, Nguyen was the director of pediatric anesthesiology at a tertiary care medical center within Adventist Health Systems Midwest, and a cofounder of a mobile health software technology company in Chicago.

Nguyen received a joint BS/MD degree from the New Jersey Medical School, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He completed both his residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in cardiovascular anesthesiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.