Tien Vu, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine


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Medical School
  • MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2000)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, Johns Hopkins University (MD) (1996)
Internship
  • Children's National Medical Center/George Washington University Program (2001)
Residency
  • Children's National Medical Center/George Washington University Program, Pediatrics (2003)
Fellowships
  • University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2006)
Languages
English
Department
Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine

Professional Titles

  • Fellowship Program Director

Publications

  • Kim I, Zuckerbraun N, Kou M, Vu T, Lavasseur K, Chapman J, Doughty C, McAneney, Yen K Zaveri P, Hsu D. Essentials of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship: Part 6. Program Administration. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2016, 32(10): 726-730
  • Wiersma A, Vu T. Intracranial Complications of Pediatric Sinusitis
  • Wiersma A, Vu T. Intracranial Complications of Pediatric Sinusitis. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017. Pub Status: In press. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001201
  • Carney KP, Distefano M, Topoz I, Vu TT, Mistry R. Development of a Quality Improvement Curriculum in a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship. Pediatr Emerg Care. Pub Status: Accepted
  • Wiersma A, Vu T. Intracranial Complications of Pediatric Sinusitis. Pediatr Emerg Care. 34(7):e124-e127, July 2018. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001201
  • Carney KP, Distefano M, Topoz I, Vu TT, Mistry R. Development of a Quality Improvement Curriculum in a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship. Pediatr Emerg Care. Pub Status: Accepted.
  • Vu TT. Anal Fissures. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ, Nagler J, Godambe SA (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA (in press).
  • Vu TT. Blepharitis. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ, Nagler J, Godambe SA (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA (in press).
  • Vu TT. Hypernatremia. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ, Nagler J, Godambe SA (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA (in press).
  • Vu TT. Pericarditis. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ, Nagler J, Godambe SA (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA (in press).
  • Vu, T. Land of Dreams. In: Walter LA, ed. Perspectives – Women in Emergency Medicine. American Association of Women Emergency Physicians, 2017.
  • Vu TT. Fracture, Foot. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ, Nagler J, Godambe SA (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA (in press).
  • Brant J, Johnson B, Brou L, Comstock D, Vu T. Rates and Patterns of Lower Extremity Sports Injuries in All Gender Comparable US High School Sports. Orthop J Sports Med. 2019 Oct; 7(10).
  • Carney KP, Distefano M, Topoz I, Vu TT, Mistry R. Development of a Quality Improvement Curriculum in a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019;35(5):373-376
  • Guth T, Overbeck M, Roswell K, Vu T, Druck J. Impact of a Dedicated Teaching Attending Shift on a Required Emergency Medicine Clerkship. Western J Emerg Medicine. Pub Status: In press.
  • Allister L, Langhan M, Rose J, Kane I, Vu T , Ngo T, Nesiama J, Blumberg S, Ciener D, Titus MO, Nagler J. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Directors' Collective Statement on Virtual Interviews. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Nov ;36(11): 549-550. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002270
  • Zuckerbraun N, Levasseur K, Kou M, Rose J, Roskind C, Vu T et al. Gender Differences Among Milestone Assessments in a National Sample of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs. Acad Emerg Med Educ & Training. 2020 Oct 8
  • Vu T. Anal Fissures. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA, 2019: 36-37.
  • Vu T. Blepharitis. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA, 2019: 78-79.
  • Vu T. Hypernatremia. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA. 2019:444-445.
  • Allister L, Baghdassarian A, Caglar D, Chapman J, Ciener DA, Fein DM, Graff D, Jacobs E, Jain P, Kane I, Langhan ML, McGreevy J, Nagler J, Nesiama JA, Ngo TL, Rose JA, Seaton K, Stukus K, Vu T, Werner H, Woods R. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Directors' 2021 Collective Statement on Virtual Interviews and Second Looks. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Nov 1;37(11):585-587. PubMed PMID: 34731878
  • Vu T. Pericarditis. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA, 2019: 660-661.
  • Vu TT, Rose JA, Shabanova V, Kou M, Zuckerbraun NS, Roskind CG, Baghdassarian A, Levasseur K, Leonard K, Langhan ML. Milestones comparisons from residency to pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: Resetting expectations. AEM Educ Train. 2021 Jul;5(3):e10600. PubMed PMID: 34124529
  • Kou M, Baghdassarian A, Rose JA, Levasseur K, Roskind CG, Vu T, Zuckerbraun NS, Leonard K, Shabanova V, Langhan ML. Milestone achievements in a national sample of pediatric emergency medicine fellows: impact of primary residency training. AEM Educ Train. 2021 Jul;5(3):e10575. PubMed PMID: 34124521
  • Vu T. Fracture, Foot. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ (eds). 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA, 2019: 334-335.
  • Zuckerbraun NS, Levasseur K, Kou M, Rose JA, Roskind CG, Vu T, Baghdassarian A, Leonard K, Shabanova V, Langhan ML. Gender Differences Among Milestone Assessments in a National Sample of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs. AEM Educ Train. 2021 Jul;5(3):e10543. PubMed PMID: 34099991
  • Becker K, Edgar L, Gray J, Herman B, Hsu D, Ishimine P, Jacobs E, Levene R, Rudinsky S, Sagalowsky S, Tavarez M, Turner D, Vu T. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Milestones 2.0 – Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medicine Education. 2022. https://www.acgme.org.
  • Becker K, Edgar L, Gray J, Herman B, Hsu D, Ishimine P, Jacobs E, Levene R, Rudinsky S, Sagalowsky S, Tavarez M, Turner D, Vu T. Supplemental Guide: Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.  April 2022. https://www.acgme.org/globalassets/pdfs/milestones/pediatricemergencymedicinesupplementalguide.pdf
  • Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5 Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P (eds). 3rd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA. Publication status: In press
  • Vu T, Ravi N, Oh A, et al. Module 3: Planning and Triage in the Disaster Scenario . In Pediatrics in Disasters. Umphrey L, Lopokoiyit R, Wanyama C, Alaro D, Wathen J (eds). 3rd ed. Copyright, Center for Global Health, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health. (In Press)
  • Vu T. Fracture, Foot. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P (eds). 3rd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA (In Press)
  • Vu T. Hypernatremia. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P (eds). 3rd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA. (In Press)
  • Flood S, Vu T. Blepharitis. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P (eds). 3rd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA. (In Press)
  • Fleisher & Ludwig's 5 Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P (eds). 3rd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA. Sept 2024.
  • Ravi N, Mistry R, Orsborn J, Dillon M, Tutman J, Hayes K, Wallace C, Lowe J, Vu T. Using Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) to Assess Gastrostomy Balloon Placement. J Emerg Med. 2024. (in press)
  • Vu T, Ravi N, Oh A, et al. Chapter 3: Disaster Planning and Considerations for Children. In Pediatrics in Disasters. Umphrey L, Lopokoiyit R, Wanyama C, Alaro D, Wathen J (eds). 3rd ed. Center for Global Health, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health. Springer. (In press)
  • Vu T, Ravi N, Oh A, et al. Chapter 4: Pediatric Triage in the Disaster Setting. In Pediatrics in Disasters. Umphrey L, Lopokoiyit R, Wanyama C, Alaro D, Wathen J (eds). 3rd ed. Center for Global Health, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health. Springer. (In Press)
  • Vu T. Fracture, Foot. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P (eds). 3rd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA. Sept 2024.
  • Vu T. Hypernatremia. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P (eds). 3rd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA. Sept 2024.
  • Flood S, Vu T. Blepharitis. In Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult. Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Vu TT, Okada P (eds). 3rd ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA. Sept 2024.
  • • Moran ED, Hsu D, Wisbon M, Camp EA, Duncan E, Elkarim A, Ellington AB, Graff D, Mangold KA, McVety K, Nagler J, Patel L, Selin T. Sagalowsky ST, Thompson AD, Vu TT, Yang C, Sampayo EM. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows’ Procedural Experiences during Training. Ped Emerg Care. (in press)

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Member, Academic Pediatric Association

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Board Certification (2009)
  • Pediatrics, Board Certification (2003)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Emergency Care