Nhu Thao Nguyen Galvan, M.D., MPH, FACS
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Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery
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Division of Abdominal Transplantation
Baylor College of Medicine
- Surgical Director, Abdominal Transplantation
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Texas Children's Hospital
Addresses
- Abdominal Transplant & Liver Disease (Clinic)
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6620 Main St., Suite 1450
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-1400
Education
- BS from Emory University
- Atlanta
- MPH from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- New Orleans
- International Health
- MD from Emory University School of Medicine
- Atlanta
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston
- General Surgery
- Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston
- Transplantation
Certifications
- American Board of Surgery
Honors & Awards
- Women of Excellence
- The Women of Excellence Project seeks to recognize Baylor woman faculty, staff, students and trainees who exemplify excellence as well as Baylor’s other values of respect, integrity, innovation and teamwork.
- Baylor College of Medicine (05/2019)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
- Inductee
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Outstanding Chief Resident in General Surgery
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
- Outstanding Teaching Resident Award
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Best Intern of the Year
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
- Second nomination
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care
- Baylor College of Medicine (05/2020)
- Professional Educator Appreciation Award (PEAR)
- Baylor College of Medicine Medical Students
- 2023 Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Chief Resident Award to an Outstanding Faculty Member
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
- James IV Travelling Fellowship
- James IV Association of Surgeons
- Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
- American College of Surgeons
Professional Interests
- Liver Transplantation
- Kidney Transplantation
- Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Ethics and Healthcare Policy
- Bioengineering and Medicine
- Pediatric Portosystemic Shunts
Professional Statement
N. Thao N. Galván, M.D., MPH specializes in adult and pediatric liver and kidney transplantations.Dr. Galván is an associate professor of surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her medical degree at Emory University School of Medicine. During that time, she obtained her Master of Public Health degree, focused on international health and organizational policy, from Tulane University. She completed her general surgery residency along the research track at Baylor College of Medicine.
During her residency, Dr. Galván was awarded a CPRIT fellowship supporting her two-year research study on the genomics of hepatocellular carcinoma. She helped to develop the Texas Cancer Research Biobank in collaboration with the Human Genome Sequencing Center, a platform which contributed to the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Genome Atlas. Dr. Galván subsequently completed a two-year abdominal transplant fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Galván is the author of numerous articles in the areas of solid organ transplantation outcomes, ethics and surgical technique, especially focused on the pediatric transplant population. Furthermore, she is interested in additive bioengineering and its potential for the field of transplant medicine. In collaboration with Rice University, she has a funded study to create an in vivo porcine model of vascular flow using 3D-printed vascular constructs and will continue to branch out to test the viability of organoids along these engineered vascular networks. She will begin in vivo studies of an implantable bioartificial kidney device in collaboration with UCSF and Dr. Shuvo Roy. In regards to public policy, she is helping to expand definitions of eligible organ donors to include those who would donate via Imminent Death Donation. She currently holds 3-year term within the Ethics Committee of the ASTS.
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IN THE NEWS
Selected Publications
- Washburn, L, Galván, NTN, Moolchandani, P, et al. "Survey of public attitudes towards imminent death donation in the United States." American Journal of Transplantation.;
- Goss, M. B., Moreno, N. F., Garza, J. E., Galván, N., & Rana, A "Is It Time to Liberate Resources for Organ Transplantation Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic?." Progress in transplantation.;
- Galvan, NTN, Moreno, NF, Garza, JE, et al. "Donor and transplant candidate selection for solid organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic." American J Transplantation.;
- Godfrey, E. L., Malik, T. H., Lai, J. C., Mindikoglu, A. L., Galván, N., Cotton, R. T., O'Mahony, C. A., Goss, J. A., & Rana, A "The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease." American Journal of Transplantation.;
- Geha, J.A., Geha, J.D., O’Mahony, C.A., Cotton, R.T., Galvan, T.N., Rana, A. and Goss, J.A. "Reconstruction of the Replaced Right Hepatic Artery Using Donor Iliac Arterial Y‐Graft in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation." Liver Transplantation.;
- Villarreal, J. A., Yoeli, D., Ackah, R. L., Sigireddi, R. R., Yoeli, J. K., Kueht, M. L., Galvan, N., Cotton, R. T., Rana, A., O'Mahony, C. A., & Goss, J. A. "Intraoperative blood loss and transfusion during primary pediatric liver transplantation: A single-center experience." Pediatric Transplantation.;
- Geha, J. A., Geha, J. D., Goss, M., Kueht, M. L., Cotton, R. T., Rana, A., Goss, J. A., Bhakta, K., Swartz, S. J., O'Mahony, C. A., Brewer, E. D., & Galvan, N "Successful kidney transplantation in a small child with end-stage renal disease due to angiotensin receptor blocker fetopathy and atretic inferior vena cava." Pediatric Transplantation.;
- Ismail, M. S., Cusick, M., & Galvan, N "The Benefits of a Local Kidney Exchange." Texas Heart Institute Journal.;
- Galván, N. T., Kumm, K., Kueht, M., Ha, C. P., Yoeli, D., Cotton, R. T., Rana, A., O'Mahony, C. A., Halff, G., and Goss, J. A. "Mending a Broken Heart: Treatment of Stress-Induced Heart Failure after Solid Organ Transplantation." Journal of Transplantation.;
- Geha, J. A., Galvan, N., Rana, A., Geha, J. D., O'Mahony, C. A., & Goss, J. A "Replacement of the portal vein during orthotopic liver transplantation in the patient with biliary atresia." Pediatric Transplantation.;
- Galván NTN, Paulsen SJ, Kinstlinger IS, Marini JC, Didelija IC, Yoeli D, Grigoryan B, Miller JS "Blood Flow Within Bioengineered 3D Printed Vascular Constructs Using the Porcine Model." Front Cardiovasc Med.; Pubmed PMID: 34164438
Memberships
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- Ethics Committee 2020-2023
- Association of Academic Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- American College of Surgeons
- Fellow
- Association of Women Surgeons
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
- Attending Sponsor
- Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
- Health Policy Scholar 2020-2021
- United Network for Organ Sharing
- Member, Ethics Committee
- Texas Surgical Society
Funding
- Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities (SERD) in Transplantation Grant Award American Society of Transplant Surgeons
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