Caroline T. Nguyen, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology (Clinician Educator)

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Overview

Dr. Nguyen’s clinical and research interests are related to the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease with a special focus on thyroid disorders in pregnancy including hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, subclinical thyroid disease, thyroid cancer, Hashimoto’s, and postpartum thyroiditis. She has published articles in Thyroid, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology.

She has been an invited speaker at local and national conferences and is involved in the education of medical students, residents, and fellows in both the Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Nguyen earned her medical degree from the University of California, Davis. Following her residency at UCLA-Olive View Medical center, she went on to complete her Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship at Keck School of Medicine of USC before joining the faculty in 2015.

Awards

  • 2001
     -: National Merit Scholar, 2001
     – 2005
  • American Heart Association: Undergraduate Research Scholar, 2003
  • UCLA-Olive View: Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, 2013
  • American Thyroid Association 84th Annual Meeting: Abstract Winner, 2014

Publications

  • American Thyroid Association 2026 Guidelines for Thyroid Disease in Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum. Thyroid. 2026 May; 36(5):481-544.. View in PubMed
  • Comparison of severe maternal morbidity between pregnancy with subclinical hypothyroidism and overt hypothyroidism. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2026 Mar; 105(3):499-507.. View in PubMed
  • Risk Factors for Thyroid Function Test Abnormalities During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of the Literature to Validate Current Risk Factors and Identify Novel Ones. Thyroid. 2025 05; 35(5):553-575.. View in PubMed
  • Subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy: an evolving and controversial landscape. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Apr 01; 37(2):60-65.. View in PubMed
  • Influence of Thyroglobulin Autoantibodies on Thyroglobulin Levels Measured by Different Methodologies: IMA, LC-MS/MS, and RIA. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 11 18; 109(12):3254-3263.. View in PubMed
  • Risk Factors for Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Thyroid. 2024 05; 34(5):646-658.. View in PubMed
  • An update: maternal iodine supplementation, thyroid function tests, and child neurodevelopmental outcomes. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2023 10 01; 30(5):265-272.. View in PubMed
  • Graves’ hyperthyroidism in pregnancy. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2019 10; 26(5):232-240.. View in PubMed
  • Postpartum Thyroiditis. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 06; 62(2):359-364.. View in PubMed
  • An unusual presentation of post gastric bypass hypoglycemia with both postprandial and fasting hypoglycemia Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep. 2018 Oct 31; 2018:18-0089. Chen X, Kamel D, Barnett B, Y . View in PubMed