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About Dr. Josephine Nguyen
Josephine is from Burke, Virginia and is a Captain and Physician in the United States Navy. Selected to be a White House Fellow 2020-2021, she served as a special assistant to the Secretary of Health & Human Services. As the former Deputy Chief Medical Executive for the CAPT Lovell Federal Health Care Center, she oversaw a $100 million dollar budget and led an integrated VA/DoD team of 1,140 staff. She previously led teams at several military hospitals working tirelessly to protect service-member health and readiness. A board-certified dermatologist with over 20 publications, Josephine is the U.S. Navy Surgeon General’s senior Dermatology consultant. Passionate about patient advocacy, she held national-level leadership positions in several medical organizations and served as a Dermatology World contributing editor. An inspirational leader/mentor, she earned the DoD’s 2018 Female Senior Physician Leadership Award. A first-generation Vietnamese-American fluent in Vietnamese, Josephine served as a flight surgeon in the Indo-Pacific Theater, forward-deployed on the USS Kitty Hawk directly supporting aviation squadrons. She graduated 2nd in order of merit from the U.S. Naval Academy. She completed a M.D. from Stanford University, a M.S. in Healthcare Delivery from Dartmouth University, a University of Pennsylvania dermatology residency, and a two-year Wharton School Executive Education program. She is a former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow and physician advisor to the Chairman, House Ways & Means Committee, Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX-8). Her personal awards include a Defense Meritorious Service Medal and Meritorious Service Medal with one oak cluster.
Conditions Treated
All medical dermatology diseases, including acne, rosacea, contact dermatitis, skin discoloration, cellulitis, rashes, HSV, herpes, warts, ulcers, skin lesions, malignant neoplasms of the skin, nail issues, hair loss, skin aging, cold sores, sun damage or actinic keratoses, epidermal cysts, eczema, psoriasis, seborrheic keratosis or benign skin tumors, dandruff or seborrheic dermatitis or cradle cap, folliculitis, hives or urticaria, atopic dermatitis, tinea or tinea versicolor, fungal infections, cosmetic procedure follow-up, surgical procedure follow-up, inflammatory skin diseases, parasitic infections such as scabies or head lice.
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