CURRICULUM VITAE

VINH THUY LAM, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P.

 

 

  ADDRESS:
Business:

1120 W. La Veta, Suite 100

Orange, CA 92868

714-289-4704, Fax:  714-289-4759

Home:

11815 Borum Avenue

Tustin, CA 92782

14-505-4342

                                               

CITIZENSHIP: USA
 
EMPLOYMENT:
2007-Present
2002-2007
1998-2002

Pediatric Surgical Associates, Inc., Orange, CA
Pediatric Surgical Specialists of Orange County, Orange, CA
Children’s Surgical Associates, Orange, CA

          

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING:  
1996-1998 Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Fellow in Pediatric Surgery
1992-1996 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Resident in General Surgery
1991-1992 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Internship in General Surgery

 

EDUCATION:  
1987-1991 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts,MD
1985-1987 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA,
B.S. Biological Science, Magna Cum Laude
1983-1985 Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee
1979-1983

Memphis Catholic High School, Memphis, Tennessee
High School, Salutatorian

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:  
2006 - 2007

Physician of Excellence Award from the Orange County     Medical Association

1987-1991 Harvard Medical School Scholarship, Harvard Medical School
1985-1987                  
 

University of Southern California Outstanding Academic

Scholarship, University of Southern California

1985-1987 Dean’s Scholar, University of Southern California
1983-1985 Christian Brothers Academic Scholarship, Christian Brothers
University

1983-1985

Dean’s Scholar, Biological Science Honor Society, Christian 

Brothers University

1981-1983 National Honor Society, Memphis Catholic High School

1981-1983

Gold Key in National Artistic Competition, Painting &   

Drawing, New York, NY

 

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE

 

Licensure:

State of California – G80725

Advanced Trauma Life Support – Certified

American Academy of PALS Provider – Certified

DEA – BL5940920

State of California Department of Health Services, Radiography, RHC 145302

 

Board Certification:

American Board of Surgery, General Surgery, Cert. No. 42196, April 1997

American Board of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Cert. No. 826, March 2002
 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

1996-Present               Massachusetts General Hospital Surgical Society

1998-Present               American Medical Association

1998-Present               American Pediatric Surgical Association

2004-Present               International Pediatric Endosurgery Group

2005-Present               Fellow of American College of Surgeons

2005-Present               Fellow of American Academy of Pediatrics

 

 

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES:

Chief of Medical Staff, Children’s Hospital at Mission, 2007-2009

University of California, Irvine – Graduate School of Management, Children’s

Hospital of Orange County Physician Leadership Program, Certification 2003-2004

Chairman, Ethics Committee, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, 2002- present

Member, Credential Committee, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, 2002-Present

Member, Credential Committee, Children’s Hospital at Mission, 2002-Present

Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee, Children’s Hospital at Mission, 2002-Present

Pediatric Surgeon, Pediatric Surgical Specialists of Orange County, Orange, Calif., 2002-present

Member, Care Guideline Committee, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, 2001-Present

Member, Pain Management Committee, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, 2001-Present

Member, Medication & Nutrition Committee, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, 2001-Present

Member, Medical Executive Committee, Children’s Hospital at Mission, 2001-Present

Member, Cancer Committee, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, 2001-Present

Member, Surgical Executive Committee, Children’s Hospital at Mission, 2001-Present

Member, Medical Executive Committee, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, 2001-2002

Chairman, Pediatric Surgery Division, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, 2001- 2002

Pediatric Surgeon, Children’s Surgical Associates, Orange, California, 1998-2002

Interpreter for Chinese and Vietnamese patients at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 1988-1989.

Biochemistry Laboratory Assistant at University of Southern California, 1985-1987

Biology Instructor at Garfield High School, Los Angeles, CA 1986

Tutor in Biology, Chemistry and Calculus at Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, 1984-1985.

Company Dancer with the Tennessee Ballet Company, 1980-1985

 

 

REGIONAL PRESENTATION:

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in the era of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and delayed repair.  Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL.  Residents’ Day, June 1998 (oral).

 

Kabeer, Mustafa H., Lam, Vinh T., Robot Assisted Pulmonary Resection in a child with C-Cam.14th Annual Congress for Endosurgery in Children. June 1-4, 2005, Venice, Italy.
 

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Lam VT, Intussusception, in:  Arensman R, Bambini DA, M.D., Almond S, ed. Vademecum Pediatric Surgery.  Georgetown, TX:  Landes Bioscience, 2000:89-93.

 

Lam VT, Bambini DA, M.D., Breast Lesions, in: Arensman R, Bambini DA, M.D., Almond S, ed. Vademecum Pediatric Surgery.  Georgetown, TX:  Landes Bioscience, 2000:206-209.

 

Lam VT, Malrotation and Volvulus, in: Arensman R, Bambini DA, M.D., Almond S, ed. Vademecum Pediatric Surgery.  Georgetown, TX:  Landes Bioscience, 2000:260-264.

 

Lam VT, Meconium Ileus, in: Arensman R, Bambini DA, M.D., Almond S, ed. Vademecum Pediatric Surgery.  Georgetown, TX:  Landes Bioscience, 2000:268-271.

 

Lam VT, Bambini DA, Neonatal Ascities, in: Arensman R, Almond S, ed. Vademecum Pediatric Surgery.  Georgetown, TX:  Landes Bioscience, 2000:295-298.

 

Kabeer MH, Lam VT, Gibbs DL (2007).  Robotics Technology in Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery.  In R.A. Faust (Ed.), Robotics in Surgery: History, Current and Future Applications (pp.185-204).  New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

 

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

Medical Preceptorship Program, Los Angeles County, USC Hospital Emergency Room, 1986-87
 

Volunteer at Los Angeles County, USC Hospital Emergency Room, 1986-87

Fluent in Mandarin and Chou-Jou Chinese and Vietnamese

 

1120 W. La Veta Ave. Suite 100
Orange, CA 92868
Office: 714-361-4480
Fax: 714-361-4490
Email: office@psaoc.org

27800 Medical Center Road, Suite 138
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Office: 714-361-4480
Fax: 714-361-4490
Email: office@psaoc.org