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Doan Dao, MD
Gastroenterology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
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
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-933-7495
- fax: 443-287-9359
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, A Building, Level 03 North, Baltimore, MD 21224
- phone: 410-933-7495
- fax: 410-550-3058
Expertise
Education
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Fellowship, 2019UT Southwestern Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2014University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas
Medical Education, MD, 2012Board Certifications
Gastroenterology
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2021Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)