Vu Chi Dung, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Affiliation: Center for Endocrinology – Metabolism – Genetics and Molecular Therapy
INTRODUCTION
1. Full name: Vu Chi Dung
2. Position: Director, Center for Endocrinology – Metabolism – Genetics and Molecular Therapy
3. Academic Title: Associate Professor
4. Degree: Doctor of Medicine (PhD)
- MD and Medical Residency, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
- Medical Residency, Saint Antoine Children’s Hospital, Lille, France
- Doctoral Research Fellow, Pediatric Research Institute, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Missouri, United States
- Director, Center for Endocrinology – Metabolism – Genetics and Molecular Therapy, Vietnam National Children’s Hospital
AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE
– Screening, diagnosis, and treatment of rare genetic diseases and inherited metabolic disorders
– Newborn screening for selected congenital, genetic, and inborn metabolic disorders
– Preconception and prenatal genetic counseling, as well as postnatal genetic counseling
– Application of advanced therapies in rare inherited metabolic diseases, including enzyme replacement therapy and gene therapy
– Pediatric endocrinology, including:
- Growth disorders (short stature)
- Pubertal disorders (precocious and delayed puberty)
- Diabetes in children and adolescents
- Severe hypoglycemia due to congenital hyperinsulinism
- Disorders of sex development (DSD)
- Diseases of the adrenal, thyroid, parathyroid, and pituitary glands
