Overcoming thousands of works around the world from prestigious hospitals and medical schools such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford,… reached the Top 150 outstanding works in the final round, researching rare diseases that cause facial disfigurement. led by a research team led by Dr. Tu Dung has excellently won a silver medal at the American Society of Internal Medicine
Doctor Tu Dung: “Meeting Men is Duyen, treating Men is Destiny”
A year ago, the community made waves with the case of patient Le Van Men (An Giang) with a severely deformed face. For 15 years, people called him with the painful name “demon-faced boy”. For the same amount of time, eating and drinking was like torture for him, and he couldn’t sleep like everyone else because he couldn’t breathe when lying down. Just like that, he “existed” but never really lived. Looking to JW Korea Cosmetic Hospital in May 2020 with the hope of getting rid of the evil disease, Mr. Men was diagnosed with Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome by Dr. BS Nguyen Phan Tu Dung (Director of JW Hospital) MRS). MRS is a rare disease, with an estimated incidence of 0.08% of the world population. Until now, Mr. Men was recorded as the first case of MRS Syndrome in Vietnam. To prove that Mr. Men has MRS syndrome, Dr. Tu Dung spent more than 4 months working hard with a research team including Professors, Associate Professors, Doctor of Internal Medicine/Surgery, PhD Student of Medicine, … rich experience from the United States, Japan, Vietnam. 
Mr. Men – the first patient with MRS syndrome in Vietnam has had a spectacular change after 1 year of being treated by Dr. Tu Dung. Dozens of tests were performed, of which up to 3 pathological diagnoses were performed at 7 different testing centers, more than 75 samples were analyzed. In addition, these patient samples were also taken to 3 genetic diagnostic centers for gene decoding. The first Vietnamese doctor to make a splash at the World Medicine Awards At the end of October 2020, after many efforts, a Vietnamese medical research project with the topic “ Severe facial deformity and multi-organ dysfunction in a patient with 15-year undiagnosed Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome. was honored as the runner-up at the US National Conference on Internal Medicine announced by the ACOI (American College of Osteopathic Internists) association. 
The study that proved Mr. Men with MRS Syndrome won the runner-up prize at the American Internal Medicine Association For the first time in the history of Vietnamese medicine, a research project has surpassed thousands of works worldwide, entered the Top 150 outstanding works, entered the final round. The culmination of Vietnam’s MRS project has surpassed prestigious American hospitals and medical schools such as Harvard, Yale, University of California – Los Angeles, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Chicago… to continue to enter the Top. 3 and won the prestigious Silver Medal. 
Silver Medal at the American National Conference on Internal Medicine sponsored and awarded by the ACOI Association Despite the late submission of the thesis, Mr. Men’s “strange” disease was still highly appreciated by the American Medical Association Research Council and selected as an exception to the list because of its convincing breakthrough. The Silver Medal for a research achievement in the United States not only proves Mr. Men’s efforts to decipher the rare disease, but also a solid affirmation of the position of Vietnamese Medicine on the world map. The awards of the Ministry of Health, the Department of Health for Dr. Tu Dung, fuel the journey of “Finding life for Mr. Men” On February 26, 2021, the research work Surgical technique for severe facial deformity with multi-organ dysfunction in a patient with undiagnosed Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome for 15 years. continued to make a spectacular impression when being named the “Vietnam Medical Achievement Award 2020”. JW Hospital is also the only cosmetic hospital that stands side by side with major hospitals in the country such as Children’s Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, University Hospital of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City; Cho Ray Hospital; Hanoi Medical University Hospital… won the Vietnam Medical Achievement Award 
Doctor Tu Dung received the Vietnam Medical Achievement Award 2020 Success followed, on March 5, 2021, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Truong Son – Deputy Minister of Health, together with senior leaders of the Department of Health, Ho Chi Minh City Emulation and Commendation Board, District 1 People’s Committee,. .. awarded certificates of merit to the team of JW Hospital and Dr. Tu Dung personally for Mr. Men’s successful treatment of the rare disease MRS. 
The Deputy Minister of Health awarded a prestigious certificate of merit to Doctor Tu Dung and the team of JW Hospital for his outstanding achievements in treating MRS disease. With 3 major surgeries, 12 months of treatment, 29 hours of anesthesia are impressive numbers to remember a challenging journey of JW Hospital team, and Dr. Tu Dung. Men’s face from 26cm has now been reduced to 18cm. Especially, after 15 years, Mr. Men can pronounce words roundly, and lie on his back like many people. Closing half of the way with the miracles in medicine at home and in the world, the rest of the journey promises to be even more commercial. But perhaps there is no more glorious achievement than that now Dr. Tu Dung can see his patients have a gradually prosperous life with new joy in a new look.
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