Most recently, she served as the Department Head of Dermatology at Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB), Chair of the Health Ethics Committee, and initiated the Teledermatology Program to increase access to dermatologic care to military members in the Pacific Northwest. Nguyen’s special interests include leadership development, teaching, humanitarian aid, health care legislation, mentoring of college and medical students, and increasing female physician recruitment and retention in the military through mentoring.