Vincent Nguyen is a Board Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist with Board Certifications in Geriatrics and Family Medicine. He earned his Medical Degree from Western University of Health Sciences in 1992. He is the Director of the HOAG CARES Palliative Care Program and in this role provides clinical services and administrative oversight of the HOAG’S inpatient and outpatient palliative clinical services.
Prior to his current role, he served as Medical Director of a national hospice agency in the Los Angeles and Orange County area for 12 years before joining MONARCH HealthCare as the Medical Director of Geriatrics and Palliative Care Services for over 5 years.
Over his career, he built a nationally recognized post-acute service in the Skilled Nursing Facility settings, implemented a training program for mid-career Physicians the art of Hospice and Palliative Medicine through UC Irvine, developed an outpatient palliative care services, and has published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine and co-authored several chapters in 2 books on End-of Life care published by the McGraw-Hill Companies.
He is a volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor at UCI School of Medicine and co-chairs the Orange County POLST Coalition since 2009.