
Quang Ngoc Tu
Internist
4426 Winding Oak Drive Olney Maryland, 20832About
Quang Ngoc Tu, MD, is a retired internist with 50 years of practice. Dr. Tu specializes in Internal medicine and is affiliated with the American Medical Association. The doctor is a Vietnam Veteran having been drafted to war in 1963, and later held captive by the North Vietnamese from 1975 to 1978 in a concentration camp. While practicing, Dr. Tu was on faculty with Smyth County Community Hospital and Spring Grove Hospital Center; offering the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases.
Education and Training
Saigon Medical School
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Areas of expertise and specialization
Professional Society Memberships
- American Medical Association
What do you attribute your success to?
- Quang attributes his success to choosing a noble career and being able to work closely with Americans, during war, with his great English and the hope to one day move to America. A goal he achieve.
Philanthropic Initiatives
- Drafted into the Vietnam War 1963-1975Imprisoned in a concentration camp by North Vietnamese 1975-1978
Hobbies / Sports
- Gardening, listening to music
Favorite professional publications
- The Journal of the American Medical Association, The Journal of Internal Medicine News, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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