Huy V. Nguyen, MD
California Retina
160 E Artesia St, #140
Pomona, CA 91767
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8135 Painter Ave, #304
Whittier, CA 90602
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625 S Fair Oaks Ave, #260
Pasadena, CA 91105
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Professional Affiliations
Hospital Appointments- Huntington Hospital (Pasadena)
- Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona)
- PIH Whittier (Whittier)
Education and Training
- Retinal fellowship
- Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Ophthalmology residency
- Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
- Internship
- Mount Sinai St Lukes/West, New York, NY, USA
- Medical School
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
- College
- Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, USA
Biography
Dr. Huy V. Nguyen is a board-certified ophthalmologist and Retina Specialist. He grew up in Orange County, where he graduated as Valedictorian from Troy High. He then graduated cum laude with High Honors from Harvard University with a degree in Chemical and Physical Biology, where he also won Harvard’s highest thesis prize. He then completed his medical degree at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. There, for his research on stem cell modeling of retina diseases, he was awarded a Research to Prevent Blindness Medical Student Fellowship, given to only four students nationwide, as well as the Behrens Memorial Prize, given to Columbia’s top student entering ophthalmology. He completed his medical internship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Lukes-West, where he was recognized by his peers as Intern of the Year. He then completed his ophthalmology residency at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear, where he was awarded the Heed Fellowship, the highest honor for an ophthalmology resident nationwide. He finally returned to California to complete his Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship at Stanford University, one of the top programs in the country, where he honed his skills in adult and pediatric retina. There, he also served on faculty as a Clinical Instructor, where he taught and mentored Stanford medical students and residents.