Born in Saigon, Viet Nam 1950. Primary school: Bàn Cờ then Phan Đình Phùng. High School: Lê Quí Đôn then Petrus Trương Vĩnh Ký. College: Saigon Medical School then University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. Post graduate: USC Residency of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. Married, live in Huntington Beach, California.