Doan Y Dao, MD.
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Doan Y Dao, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director, Center of Excellence for Liver Disease in Viet Nam (COE), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
As Director of the COE, Dr. Dao spearheads Johns Hopkins’s initiative to help address the rising, urgent and significant disease burden of liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B, C D in Viet Nam. The COE, in collaboration with stakeholders in Viet Nam, is responsible for stimulating, finding, defining, initiating, and managing programs and projects that contribute directly to the mission of the COE – encouraging, supporting, and facilitating meaningful medical care service delivery, scientific research, and educational activities in chronic liver disease between Johns Hopkins Medicine and Vietnam. On behalf of the COE, Dr. Dao lives and works in Viet Nam approximately 6 months annually.
Dr. Dao obtained his Medical Degree and post-graduate training in Internal Medicine, and Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), Dallas, Texas, USA. At UTSW, Dr. Dao was a member of the Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP), a formal mechanism to facilitate and support the development of physician-scientists in academic medicine.