Yen-Thanh Mac
Meet Yen-Thanh:
Yen-Thanh is an accomplished medical doctor, who is now undertaking her Master of Health Economics and Management. Yen-Thanh has played an integral role in CLAN’s efforts in Vietnam, supporting CLAN for over 12 years. Yen-Thanh worked comprehensively in her first 5 years in the role, and for the last 7 years, has volunteered her time around her busy schedule where possible. Recently, Yen-Thanh’s most notable efforts have pertained to the Nephrotic Syndrome community in Vietnam, but she has engaged with and assisted many communities living with NCDs.
Yen-Thanh is incredibly caring, motivated to help individuals, especially patients, living with any kind of condition. Educated as a medical doctor and beginning her practice as a paediatrician whilst studying medicine (as is commonplace in Vietnam) Yen-Thanh is motivated to reduce impact of NCDs upon children. Yen-Thanh has worked across a range of departments, including nephrology and endocrinology, taking care of children with many chronic health conditions. To truly understand these impacts, Yen-Thanh believes in talking with the patient, examining their state, and treating them with care beyond the scope of their condition. In finding CLAN, Yen-Thanh’s motivation was supported – it was heart-warming for her to find an organisation that helps children with any condition, to the best of their abilities.
As a clinician, Yen-Thanh felt as though she didn’t have enough time to truly explain the depths of the condition to the patient and their families. Yen-Thanh’s work with CLAN allowed her to provide more education and encourage the families to be empowered to manage their conditions. Yen-Thanh has worked in the US, working part-time as an educational and research officer CLAN, and doing other vital tasks, such as managing Facebook and Twitter streams, finding more success in the realm of Twitter. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Yen-Thanh, in partnership with CLAN, had planned to invite medical students to a hospital to explain chronic kidney diseases to patients in Hanoi. However, online resources were limited, and physical meetings were constrained by the pandemic. This type of work is what Yen-Thanh engages in to support CLAN’s efforts. Yen-Thanh’s core work is connecting people living with NCDs, forming communities, developing materials, and promoting educational efforts. Yen-Thanh told CLAN’s Youth Advisors that CLAN brought her a new perspective on the role of education, to encourage self-management and reduce reliance on the clinician, to empower communities.
Yen-Thanh currently does not practice medicine but works as a clinical educational manager on an anti-micro resistance project. Yen-Thanh told CLAN’s Youth Advisors that she is inspired by Dr Kate Armstrong, and how Kate has touched the lives of many children living with chronic health conditions, and well as Kate’s research on Nephrotic Syndrome, as that is what Yen-Thanh has most depth of clinical experience on. As a paediatrician, Yen-Thanh felt as though she connected with Kate’s interests and goals, and as such, connected deeply with CLAN. In alignment with this, Yen-Thanh is planning on proposing her own research project which would allow doctors and healthcare professionals to examine the social determinants and impacts of Nephrotic Syndrome. Yen-Thanh was shocked by the clinical focus purely upon biological and medical aspects of the children and aims to expand an understanding of the social and psychological aspects of NCDs which impact upon children, through a transdisciplinary integration of clinical practice and health economics.
Yen-Thanh is an accomplished medical doctor, who is now undertaking her Master of Health Economics and Management. Yen-Thanh has played an integral role in CLAN’s efforts in Vietnam, supporting CLAN for over 12 years. Yen-Thanh worked comprehensively in her first 5 years in the role, and for the last 7 years, has volunteered her time around her busy schedule where possible. Recently, Yen-Thanh’s most notable efforts have pertained to the Nephrotic Syndrome community in Vietnam, but she has engaged with and assisted many communities living with NCDs.
Yen-Thanh is incredibly caring, motivated to help individuals, especially patients, living with any kind of condition. Educated as a medical doctor and beginning her practice as a paediatrician whilst studying medicine (as is commonplace in Vietnam) Yen-Thanh is motivated to reduce impact of NCDs upon children. Yen-Thanh has worked across a range of departments, including nephrology and endocrinology, taking care of children with many chronic health conditions. To truly understand these impacts, Yen-Thanh believes in talking with the patient, examining their state, and treating them with care beyond the scope of their condition. In finding CLAN, Yen-Thanh’s motivation was supported – it was heart-warming for her to find an organisation that helps children with any condition, to the best of their abilities.
As a clinician, Yen-Thanh felt as though she didn’t have enough time to truly explain the depths of the condition to the patient and their families. Yen-Thanh’s work with CLAN allowed her to provide more education and encourage the families to be empowered to manage their conditions. Yen-Thanh has worked in the US, working part-time as an educational and research officer CLAN, and doing other vital tasks, such as managing Facebook and Twitter streams, finding more success in the realm of Twitter. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Yen-Thanh, in partnership with CLAN, had planned to invite medical students to a hospital to explain chronic kidney diseases to patients in Hanoi. However, online resources were limited, and physical meetings were constrained by the pandemic. This type of work is what Yen-Thanh engages in to support CLAN’s efforts. Yen-Thanh’s core work is connecting people living with NCDs, forming communities, developing materials, and promoting educational efforts. Yen-Thanh told CLAN’s Youth Advisors that CLAN brought her a new perspective on the role of education, to encourage self-management and reduce reliance on the clinician, to empower communities.
Yen-Thanh currently does not practice medicine but works as a clinical educational manager on an anti-micro resistance project. Yen-Thanh told CLAN’s Youth Advisors that she is inspired by Dr Kate Armstrong, and how Kate has touched the lives of many children living with chronic health conditions, and well as Kate’s research on Nephrotic Syndrome, as that is what Yen-Thanh has most depth of clinical experience on. As a paediatrician, Yen-Thanh felt as though she connected with Kate’s interests and goals, and as such, connected deeply with CLAN. In alignment with this, Yen-Thanh is planning on proposing her own research project which would allow doctors and healthcare professionals to examine the social determinants and impacts of Nephrotic Syndrome. Yen-Thanh was shocked by the clinical focus purely upon biological and medical aspects of the children and aims to expand an understanding of the social and psychological aspects of NCDs which impact upon children, through a transdisciplinary integration of clinical practice and health economics.
