Dr. Ngo Thi Thi

Language

Vietnamese, English

Department

Laboratory and Blood Bank

Qualifications

Medical Education:
Sofia Medical Academy, Bulgaria 1972

Professional Qualifications:

• Specialist Level I in Medical Microbiology – Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam (1992–1993)
• Doctor of Medical Science – National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam (1994)
• Senior Physician – Ministry of Health, Vietnam (1999)
• Specialist Level II in Medical Microbiology – Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam (2001)

Advanced Training:

• Diagnostic testing methods for identification of Enterovirus 71 – Sarawak Institute of Public Health and Medicine, Malaysia (2006)
• Diagnostic methods for identifying Rotavirus in children with intussusception – Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (2003)
• Laboratory diagnostic methods for bacterial pathogens causing meningitis and pneumonia in children – Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan (2001)
• Diagnostic testing methods for common bacteria causing diarrhea and clinical management of diarrheal diseases – WHO Diarrheal Disease Research Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1997)
• Laboratory diagnostic methods for pneumonia pathogens in children – Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan (1989)

Publications

1. First report on Clinical Features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Vietnamese children. Japan. J . Infection 60, 370-373, 2007.
2. Usefulness of quantitative culture methods using bronchial secretion for identification of bacteria in community acquired pneumonia among children in Vietnam. Japan . J . Infection. Dis 111-116, 2006.
3. Genetic and phenotyphic characterization of haemophilus influenzae type B isolated from children with meningitis and their family members in Vietnam.
4. Haemophilus influenzae type B, molecular biological characteristics familial contagious source. Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine . Vol 15. No5, 2005.
5. A high level of drug resistance of bacterial pathogens isolated form pediatric patients with acute respiratory infections in Vietnam, 2002.
6. Antibiotic resistance of Heamophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae form children admitted to the NHP during 1994-1998.
7. Bacteremia in children : pathogens and antibiotic resistance, 1999.

Experience

• 1975-2007: Microbiology specialist, Head of Microbiology Department, National Pediatric Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 2008-2010: Microbiology Specialist – Oxford University of Clinical Research Unit, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 2011 till present: Microbiology Specialist in laboratory of Hanoi France Hospital.