She completed a fellowship in EMS and Disaster Medicine at Stanford and is a Medical Team Manager with FEMA Urban Search and Rescue, California Task Force 3. She is one of the founders and co-director of SEMPER. She has practiced emergency and disaster medicine internationally. She has a passion for disaster response as well as education. She started a disaster medicine curriculum for the Stanford emergency medicine residents. Dr. Ngo has lectured internationally on disaster response with a goal of collaborating and educating providers around the world.