Dr. Nguyenvu Nguyen MD

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Get to know Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist, Dr. Nguyenvu T. Nguyen, who serves patients in Phoenix, Arizona

Dr. Nguyen is a board-certified pediatric cardiac intensivist practicing at Phoenix Children’s Medical Group – Cardiovascular ICU in Phoenix, Arizona. His main practice location is at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. He is licensed to practice in the states of California and Arizona. 

Dr. Nguyen received his medical degree in 1999 at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. After completing a three-year residency in pediatrics at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital – Oakland in Oakland, California (1999 – 2002), Dr. Nguyen further advanced his training with a pediatric critical care medicine fellowship conducted at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2005 – 2006). Dr. Nguyen is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Pediatric critical care specialists treat children from birth through the teen years. They choose to make caring for children who are very sick the core of their medical practice. Their advanced training and experience prepare them to give children in PICUs the unique medical care that they need.

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