Thuy Phung, MD, PhD is associate professor and medical director of Dermatopathology and Molecular Genetic Pathology in the Department of Pathology at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama, USA. Dr. Phung is a board-certified dermatopathologist and molecular pathologist. She directs a molecular diagnostic lab for single-gene and next generation sequencing testing of cancer. She also leads a cancer research laboratory that studies molecular causes driving cancer growth and metastasis, and the biology of vascular anomalies. Her publications include topics in skin pathology and molecular pathogenesis of vascular tumors. She is the lead author of a comprehensive textbook Pediatric Dermatopathology.

In addition to her scientific and clinical work, Dr. Phung is passionate about global health. She is a co-founder of the award-winning Vietnam Vascular Anomalies Center in Ho Chi Minh City, and a Visiting Professor in Pathology at medical schools in Hue City and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. She and other US physicians return to Vietnam each year to participate in physician education and treatment of children with vascular and pigmented birthmarks. Dr. Phung has been spearheading a program in global pathology to enhance the standard of practice of pathology in Vietnam by improving physician education and pathology laboratory practice. She serves as the Treasurer of the Asian Society of Dermatopathology (ASD), and was past Secretary-General of the ASD.