DR. NGOC PHAM
Board Certified by The American Board of Radiology for Radiation Oncology
Dr. Pham has clinical experience in several areas: gynecology cancer, brachytherapy, brain cancer, colorectal cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, head and neck cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma, prostate cancer, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image guided radiation therapy and stereotactic ablative radiation therapy. She is also fluent in Vietnamese.
Education
Undergraduate: University of Houston – Houston, TX
Medical Degree: University of Texas Health Sciences Center Houston Medical School– Houston, TX
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine– Houston, TX
Awards
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Excellence in Research, First Place Presenter, Annual Baylor College of Medicine Radiation Oncology Research Symposium 2018
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Front page of the Medical Physics Journal (July 2017, Volume 44, Number 7 issue).
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Best Abstract Award, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 56thAnnual Meeting, 2014
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Excellent Thesis Award, University of Houston, 2008
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Dean’s Honor Student Award 2006-2008
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Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Hospital Affiliations
Publications
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Lin T, Lin J, Wagner T, Pham N. Stereotactic body radiation therapy in primary hepatocellular carcinoma: current status and future directions. Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. Accepted May 30, 2018.
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Pham N, Bonnen MD, Ghebre YT. Silent neoplastic cardiac invasion in small cell lung cancer: a case report and review of the literature. Am J Case Rep. 2018 May 3-;19:619-622.
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Ngoc Pham, Joshua Asper, Mark Bonnen, Henry Mok, Timothy Wagner, Michelle Ludwig, Larry Carpenter, Pavan Jhaveri. Pre-treatment peer review: enhancing value through increased efficiency and effectiveness of radiation oncology peer review. Journal of Radiation Oncology. (2018) 7:97-102.
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Anthony GJ, Cunliffe A, Castillo R, Pham N, Guerrero T, Armato S, Al-Hallaq H. Incorporation of pre-therapy 18F-FDG uptake data with CT texture features into a predictive radiomics model for radiation pneumonitis development. Med Phys. 2017 May;44(7):3686-3694
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Cunliffe A, Armato SG 3rd, Castillo R, Pham N, Guerrero T, Al-Hallaq HA. Lung texture in serial thoracic computed tomography scans: correlation of radiomics-based features with radiation therapy dose and radiation pneumonitis development. In J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Apr 1;91(5):1048-56
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Castillo R, Pham N, Castillo E, Aso-Gonzalez S, Ansari S, Hobbs B, Palacio D, Skinner H, Guerrero TM. Pre-Radiation therapy fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET helps identify patients with esophageal cancer at high risk for radiation pneumonitis. Radiology. 2015 Jun;275(3):822-31.
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Castillo R, Pham N, Ansari S, Meshkov D, Castillo S, Li M, Olanrewaju A, Hobbs B, Castillo R, Guerrero T. Pre-radiotherapy FDG PET presidcts radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer. Radiat Oncol. 2014 Mar 13;9:74
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Chu J, Pham NT, Olate N, Kislitsyna K, Day MC, LeTourneau PA, Kots A, Stewart RH, Laine GA, Cox CS Jr, Uray K. Biphasic regulation of myosin light chain phosphorylation by p21-activated kinase modules intestinal smooth muscle contractility. J Biol Chem. 2013. Jan 11;288(2): 1200-13.
