The Avenue Hospital
Part of Ramsay Health Care

The Avenue Hospital specialist Edward Nguyen

Mr Edward Nguyen

BDSc (Hons) MBBS (Hons) FRACDS (OMS)

The Avenue Private Hospital would like to introduce Edward Nguyen who is an Australian and New Zealand trained and registered Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He enjoys practicing the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery including removal of wisdom teeth, surgical extractions and dental implantology. His subspecialty interests include management of head and neck tumours, maxillofacial trauma, and corrective jaw surgery.

He was born and raised in Melbourne, and after completing his

schooling at Melbourne High School, Edward graduated from dental

and medical school with honours. He was selected into the Victorian

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Training Programme in 2010. As a

registrar in Victoria, he worked at Royal Melbourne Hospital, St

Vincent’s Hospital, Royal Dental Hospital, Monash Health and Western

Health. Edward completed his advanced surgical training in New

Zealand where he worked at Waikato, Christchurch, Middlemore and

Auckland City Hospitals. He was awarded his Fellowship in Oral and

Maxillofacial Surgery in 2019.

During his training, Edward gained extensive experience in dentoalveolar

surgery, management of head and neck pathology, orthognathic

corrective jaw surgery and complex facial trauma. He then completed a

clinical fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery in New Zealand.

After returning to Melbourne, Edward has been appointed consultant

surgeon positions at Austin Health, where he is an active member of

the head and neck multidisciplinary teams, and Monash Health and

Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, and is involved with the teaching

of registrars

Edward also has a keen interest in research, having presented

nationally and internationally, and published a number of articles in

international peer-reviewed journals on the subjects of nerve injuries

in third molar surgery, facial trauma, oral cancer and the use of

technology in orbital reconstruction.

Outside of work, Edward loves spending time with his young family. He

enjoys travelling, food, soccer, the gym and taking his kids to the park.

Edward is passionate about patient-centred care, and committed to

maximising patient comfort and achieving the best outcomes.

 

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Sub-specialty Interests • Orthognathic surgery for dentofacial discrepancy and OSA • Oral, head and neck cancer • Salivary gland pathology • Facial trauma • Dental extractions & wisdom teeth • Dental implantology
Vietnamese