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Doan Dao

Doan Dao, MD

Gastroenterology

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Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • Vietnamese
  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Male

About Doan Dao

Professional Titles

  • Director, Center of Excellence for Liver Disease in Viet Nam, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Background

Doan Y Dao, MD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the 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 initiatives to help address the rising, urgent, and significant disease burden of liver cancer caused by hepatitis B 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 encouraging, supporting, and facilitating meaningful medical care service delivery, scientific research, and educational activities in hepatitis B and liver cancer between Johns Hopkins Medicine and Viet Nam. On behalf of the COE, Dr. Dao lives and works in Viet Nam for approximately six 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, a formal mechanism to facilitate and support physician-scientists development in academic medicine. Since 2019, Dr. Dao is a member of the Medical Advisory Board, Hepatitis B Foundation, PA, USA.

Clinical Trials Summary

I am PI/PD for an ongoing international 5-year prospective trial, comprising five hospitals in Vietnam and 5 hospitals in Saudi Arabia, to study liver cancer early detection using liquid biopsies (National Clinical Trials No.: NCT05342350)

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

  • Johns Hopkins Physicians Take on Hepatitis B Epidemic in Vietnam, Inside Tract (2020)

    Hepatitis B in Viet Nam (by Hepatitis B Foundation, USA) B Heppy (2022)

    Toward Ending Viral Hepatitis Elimination in Viet Nam, Clinical Connections (2023)

Contact for Research Inquiries

799 Rutland Ave.
Room 908
Baltimore, MD 21205

Lab Website

Doan Dao Lab

  • The Doan Dao Lab performs clinical research on Hepatitis B.

Selected Publications

  • Philip Johnson, Qing Zhou, Doan Y Dao, and Y. M. Dennis Lo. "Circulating Biomarkers in The Diagnosis and Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma." Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2022 Oct;19(10):670-681. doi: 10.1038/s41575-022-00620-y. Epub 2022 Jun 8. PMID: 35676420

  • Thanh V. Kim, Duc H. Le, Diem V. B. Dao, Trang Ngoc Doan Pham, Gary W. Mize, Loc T. B. Phan, Dan X. Nguyen, Dung T. Ngo, Robert G. Gish, William M. Lee, Amy Trang, Anh N. Le, Moon Chen Jr., Hai T. Phan, Binh T. Nguyen, Hong K. Tang*, and Doan Y Dao* (* co-corresponding authors). Demonstration of a Population-based HCV serosurvey in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam: Establishing Baseline Prevalence of and Continuum of Care for HCV Micro-elimination by 2030. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2022 Jul 9; 27:100524. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100524. eCollection 2022 Oct. PMID: 35846980

  • Tran Nguyen, Trang Pham, Hong K. Tang, Loc Phan, Gary Mize, William M. Lee, Robert G. Gish, Amy Trang, Anh Le, Hai T. Phan, Binh T. Nguyen, and Doan Y Dao* (*Corresponding author). Unmet Needs in Occupational Health Prevention and Management for Viral Hepatitis in Health Care Workers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: A Mixed-Methods Study. BMJ Open 2021 Oct 12;11(10): e052668. PMID: 34642198

  • Trang N.D. Pham, Duc H. Le, Diem V.B. Dao, Loc T.B. Phan, Thuy T.T. Pham, Toan B. Nguyen, Gary W. Mize, Robert G. Gish, William M. Lee, Amy Trang, Anh N. Le, Moon Chen, Hai T. Phan, Binh T. Nguyen, Hong K. Tang, Doan Y. Dao*. (*Corresponding author). Establishing baseline framework for hepatitis B virus micro-elimination in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – A community-based seroprevalence study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2022. 100620, ISSN 2666-6065

  • Veeral Ajmera, Hailiang Huang, Doan Dao, Jordan J. Feld, Daryl T. Lau, Keyur Patel, Jody A Rule, Mark Daly, William M. Lee, Raymond T. Chung. Host Genetic Variant in CXCL16 May Be Associated with Hepatitis B Virus Related Acute Liver Failure. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2019;7(2):477-479

Honors

  • AASLD and EASL Masterclass, 12/7/22
  • Asian Heritage Award in Public Health, Asian Heritage Society, USA, 4/23/16
  • Hepatitis Fund for the Cure Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award, American Liver Foundation, 6/30/14

Professional Activities

Medical Advisory Board, Hepatitis B Foundation, PA, USA, Member, 9/1/19

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
    • 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
    • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
      • 4940 Eastern Avenue, A Building, Level 03 North, Baltimore, MD 21224

      Expertise

      Education

      UT Southwestern Medical Center

      Fellowship, 2019

      UT Southwestern Medical Center

      Residency, Internal Medicine, 2014

      University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas

      Medical Education, MD, 2012

      Board Certifications

      Gastroenterology

      American Board of Internal Medicine, 2021

      Internal Medicine

      American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019

      Insurance

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