Thuan Vu, M.D.
Dr. Thuan Vu was born in Vietnam. After six unsuccessful attempts to flee the communist regime (one of which led to a long period of imprisonment where he was tortured), he finally escaped Vietnam by boat to Malaysia in March 1978 and several months later, arrived to Boulder, Colorado as a political refugee.
He attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and graduated with a BA in Physics with Distinction. He received his medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine where he won the Robert I. Slater Award, honoring the graduating medical student exemplifying the highest dedication to medical studies. After medical school, Dr. Vu completed internal medicine residency at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver, Colorado and rheumatology fellowship at Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation in La Jolla, California. After two years practicing in Monroe, Louisiana, he moved to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas where he founded Mid-Cities Arthritis Clinic in 1995.
Outside of work, Dr. Vu is happily married with three grown children. He enjoys watching nature documentaries, playing tennis and classical guitar, yard work, reading and writing, road trips across America especially at sunrise/sunset, and dreaming of going fishing with a German Shepherd puppy someday.
RHEUMATOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation
La Jolla, California
1992
INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center
Denver, Colorado
1990
MEDICAL SCHOOL
The University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, Colorado
1986
Khiem Vu, M.D.
Dr. Khiem Vu joined Mid-Cities Arthritis Clinic in July 2023. He is board-certified in rheumatology and internal medicine.
Dr. Vu was born in San Diego, California but has childhood roots in the Mid-Cities area, having attended Bedford Heights Elementary and Bedford Junior High before graduating from Grapevine High School in 2008. He went on to UT Dallas where he earned a BS in Biochemistry in 2012, magna cum laude. During college, he also served as first violinist for the Musica Nova chamber ensemble and took part in inorganic chemistry research that resulted in two highly cited publications.
He received his medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical School in 2018 and completed internal medicine residency at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where he scored top of the class on the in-training exam every single year. During March-July 2020, he also served as senior resident managing critically ill patients in the ICU and inpatient wards units during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He then completed rheumatology fellowship at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and had the honor to serve our military veterans at the Kernersville VA Clinic. During medical school and post-graduate training, he was also involved in publishing several articles (see Selected Publications below).
Besides work, Dr. Vu enjoys tennis, jogging, reading, cooking, and hanging out with family and friends. During free time, he also enjoys astrophotography and spending time with his fiancée, Nancy.
RHEUMATOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2023
INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY
Grand Strand Medical Center
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2021
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas
2018
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Ratanatawanate C, Bui A, Vu K, Balkus KJ. Low-Temperature Synthesis of Copper (II) Sulfide Quantum Dot Decorated TiO2 Nanotubes and Their Photocatalytic Properties. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2011;115(14),6175-6180
2. Perera S, Mariano R, Vu K, Nour N, Seitz O, Chabal Y, Balkus KJ. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Graphene-TiO2 Nanotube Composites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity. ACS Catalysis. 2012;2(6),949-956
3. Vu KT, Hulleman J. An inducible form of Nrf2 confers enhanced protection against acute oxidative stresses in RPE cells. Experimental Eye Research. 2017;164,31-36. PMID 28782506.
4. Vu KT, Zhang F, Hulleman J. Conditional, Genetically Encoded, Small Molecule-Regulated Inhibition of NFκB Signaling in RPE Cells. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2017;58(10),4126-4137. PMID 28829844.
5. Vu K, Adler H, Gibbons E, Pearson J, Betz W. (2019). Intracerebral tuberculomas: A rare cause of seizure in an immunocompetent young male. IDCases. 2019;18:e00599. PMID 31453102.
6. Vu K, Becker G, Eagerton D. A 39 year-old woman with milk-alkali syndrome complicated by posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. Bone Rep. 2020;12:100278. PMID: 32455151
7. Warren K, Vu K, Shergill K, Watson B, Faris M. Rare complication of a commonly used antihypertensive agent: A case of hydralazine-induced ANCA-associated vasculitis presenting as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Clin Case Rep. 2022;10:e05411. PMID: 35154727
8. Vu K, Strazanac A, Herion J, Diab R. Regeneration: RheumMadness 2022 Axolotl Limbs Scouting Report. The Rheumatologist. 14 February 2022. https://www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/regeneration-rheummadness-2022-axolotl-limbs-scouting-report/2/
9. Vu KT, Wolfe RM, Lambird JE, Maracaja DLV. A case of VEXAS syndrome presenting with unusual bone marrow granulomas: a diagnostic dilemma. BMC Rheumatol. 2023;7(1):18. PMID 37430338
10. Vu K, Wolfe R, Golenbiewski J. Team PR3: Rituximab supplants cyclophosphamide in AAV treatment. RheumMadness 2023: The Results Are In. The Rheumatologist. 11 September 2023. https://www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/rheummadness-2023-the-results-are-in/5/