Biography
Dr. Huynh received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and cell biology at the University of California, San Diego and her medical doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She then completed a general surgery residency at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. During this time she completed a NRSA T32 postdoctoral research fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a two year research fellowship at Harvard University with Dr. Frank LoGerfo studying the mechanisms of prosthetic graft failure. She is currently a vascular surgery clinical fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.
Education
2007 B.S. Biochemistry/Cell Biology (summa cum laude) University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
2012 M.D. Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
7/2012-6/2019 General Surgery Residency, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
7/2015-6/2017 Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.
7/2015-6/2017 NRSA T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Clinical Interests
Vascular Surgery
Huynh, C., Smeds, M.R., Amankwah, K.A. Development of Operative Autonomy in Vascular Surgery Training: When Do Trainees and Program Directors Agree and Disagree? Presented at the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society Spring Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland, June 12, 2019 (oral).
Huynh, C., Shih, T.Y., Contreras, M., Mooney, D.J., Pradhan-Nabzdyk, L., and LoGerfo, F.W. Application of a Cryogel-Coated Prosthetic Vascular Graft Material for Delivery of Targeted Gene Therapies in a Rabbit Model. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society, Washington, D.C., September 6-8, 2018 (oral).
Huynh, C., Shih, T.Y., Contreras, M., Mooney, D.J., Pradhan-Nabzdyk, L., and LoGerfo, F.W. Application of a Cryogel-Coated Prosthetic Vascular Graft Material for Delivery of Targeted Gene Therapies in a Rabbit Model. Society for Vascular Surgery 2017 Annual Meeting (Poster Competition), Boston, Massachusetts, June 21-23, 2018 (poster).
Huynh, C., Shih, T.Y., Contreras, M., Mooney, D.J., Pradhan-Nabzdyk, L., and LoGerfo, F.W. Application of a Cryogel-Coated Prosthetic Vascular Graft Material for Delivery of Targeted Gene Therapies in a Rabbit Model. Vascular Discovery: From Genes to Medicine 2018 Scientific Sessions (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology/Peripheral Vascular Disease 2018), San Francisco, California, May 10-12, 2018 (poster).
Huynh, C., Shih, T.Y., Contreras, M., Mooney, D.J., Pradhan-Nabzdyk, L., and LoGerfo, F.W. Application of a Cryogel-Coated Prosthetic Vascular Graft Material for Delivery of Targeted Gene Therapies in a Rabbit Model. Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, San Francisco, California, May 9, 2018 (oral).
Huynh, C., Jain S.V., Amankwah K.S., Gahtan, V., and Costanza, M.J. Antiplatelet Therapy in the Nonoperative Management of Minimal Aortic Injury after Blunt Trauma. 34th Annual Vascular Fellows Abstract Competition, New York City, New York, May 3, 2018 (oral).
Huynh, C., Kollisch-Singule, M., Upadhyaya, P., and Costanza, M.J. Rectus Abdominis Flap Coverage of Exposed Endograft for Treatment of Symptomatic Pseudoaneurysm After Transplant Nephrectomy. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society, Savannah, Georgia, October 5-8, 2017 (oral).
Nabzdyk C.S., Johnson, J., Farber, M.K., Shih, T.S., Huynh, C., Kodali, B.S., Mooney, D., LoGerfo, F.W., Pradhan-Nabzdyk, L. Heparin Cryogels As Multifunctional Surface Coatings for Cardiovascular Graft Materials. Harvard Medical School Anesthesiology Update 2017, Boston, Massachusetts, May 8-12, 2017 (poster).
Huynh, C., Shih, T.Y., Samant, A., Pathan, S.G., Nelson, D.W., Mooney, D.J., Pradhan-Nabzdyk, L., and LoGerfo, F.W. Development of a Hybrid Cryogel-coated Prosthetic Vascular Graft for Delivery of Targeted Gene Therapies. Annual Meeting for the Eastern Vascular Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 15-17, 2016 (oral).
Huynh, C., Jain S.V., Amankwah K.S., Gahtan, V., Costanza, M.J. Antiplatelet Therapy in the Nonoperative Management of Minimal Aortic Injury after Blunt Trauma. Annual Meeting for the Eastern Vascular Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 15-17, 2016 (poster).
Huynh, C., Shih, T.Y., Samant, A., Pathan, S.G., Nelson, D.W., Mooney, D.J., Pradhan-Nabzdyk, L., and LoGerfo, F.W. Development of a Hybrid Cryogel-coated Prosthetic Vascular Graft for Delivery of Targeted Gene Therapies. Society for Vascular Surgery 2016 Vascular Annual Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland, June 9-11, 2016 (poster).
Huynh, C., Shih, T.Y., Samant, A., Pathan, S.G., Nelson, D.W., Mooney, D.J., Pradhan-Nabzdyk, L., and LoGerfo, F.W. Development of a Hybrid Cryogel-coated Prosthetic Vascular Graft for Delivery of Targeted Gene Therapies. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology | Peripheral Vascular Disease 2016 Scientific Sessions, Nashville, Tennessee, May 5-7, 2016 (poster).
Huynh, C., Shih, T.Y., Samant, A., Pathan, S.G., Nelson, D.W., Mooney, D.J., Pradhan-Nabzdyk, L., and LoGerfo, F.W. Development of a Hybrid Cryogel-coated Prosthetic Vascular Graft for Delivery of Targeted Gene Therapies. Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, May 4, 2016 (oral).
Huynh, C., Jain, S.V., Costanza, M.J., and Amankwah, K.S. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Blunt Traumatic Rupture of a Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer. MSSNY Resident/Fellow and Medical Student Poster Symposium at the MSSNY House of Delegates Meeting, Tarrytown, New York, April 15, 2016 (poster).
Smeds, M.R., Huynh, C., Thrush, C.R., Moursi, M.M., and Amankwah, K.S. Mentorship in Surgery – A Perspective From Graduating Vascular Trainees. Annual Association for Program Directors in Vascular Surgery Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 1, 2016 (oral).
Huynh, C., Agarwal, S., Gahtan, V., Costanza, M.J. Endovascular Stenting via Arteriovenous Graft for External Iliac Artery Pseudoaneurysm After Transplant Nephrectomy. Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Annual Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 12-16, 2016 (poster).
Smeds, M.R., Huynh, C., Thrush, C.R., Amankwah, K.S. Mentorship in Graduating Vascular Surgery Trainees. Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Annual Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 12-16, 2016 (poster).
Huynh, C., Kim, T., Gahtan, V., and Amankwah, K.S. Laparoscopic Inferior Mesenteric Artery Clipping for Persistent Type II Endoleak Following Endovascular Aneurysm Repair. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, Illinois, October 4-8, 2015 (video).
Huynh, C., Schwartz, R. Symptomatic Delayed Aortic Dissection After Superior Mesenteric Artery Stenting for Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia. Annual Meeting for the Eastern Vascular Society, Baltimore, Maryland, September 24-26, 2015 (oral).
Huynh, C., Gahtan, V., and Schwartz, R. Endovascular Stent Graft Exclusion of Thoracic Arteriovenous Malformation in a Patient with Cobb Syndrome. Introduction to Academic Vascular Surgery Conference, Tampa, Florida, April 9-11, 2015 (oral).
Huynh, C., Gahtan, V., Schwartz, R. Endovascular Stent Graft Exclusion of Thoracic Arteriovenous Malformation in a Patient with Cobb Syndrome. Beyond the Doctorate Research Day, Syracuse, New York, March 11, 2015 (poster).
Huynh, C., Gahtan, V., and Schwartz, R. Endovascular Stent Graft Exclusion of Thoracic Arteriovenous Malformation in a Patient with Cobb Syndrome. Joint Annual Meeting for the Eastern Vascular Society/New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, September 11-14, 2014 (oral).
Spangler, M.L., Boone, B.A., Huynh, C., Soran, A., Ahrendt, G.M., and Sumkin, J. Morphologic criteria used to identify nodal metastases from invasive breast cancer do not predict axillary nodal tumor burden. ARRS 2012 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 29–May 4, 2012.
Spangler, M.L., Boone, B.A., Huynh, C., Soran, A., Ahrendt, G.M., Sumkin, J. Preoperative axillary ultrasound and guided needle biopsy of suspicious nodes predict axillary tumor burden. 2012 ARRS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 29–May 4, 2012.
Boone, B.A., Huynh, C., Spangler, M.L., Sumkin, J., Soran, A., and Ahrendt, G.M. A Positive Ultrasound Guided Needle Biopsy of Axillary Nodes Predicts a Higher Stage of Axillary Disease in Breast Cancer. SSO 2012 Annual Cancer Symposium, Orlando, Florida, March 21-24, 2012.
Huynh, C., Novelli, E.M., Moore, C.G., Ragni, M.V. Pulmonary Embolism in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case-Control Study. 51st Annual ASH Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 5-8, 2009 (poster).