Areas of Treatment:

• Gallstones

Specialties:

• Gastroenterology
• Internal Medicine

Title:

• Professor of Medicine

Department:

• Department of Medicine

Locations:

• HCC II

Background:

An accomplished medical author and journal reviewer, Dr. Lu has made a mark in the southern California medical community. After graduating from medical school at UCLA, Dr. Lu has held positions at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and numerous academic appointments at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. In 2006 she became a distinguished member of the Association of American Physicians and has participated in a variety of government activities, NIH study sections and serves on the editorial board of several journals as well as the associate editor of  the Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology and the journal Hepatology.

http://www.usc.edu/health/internal/divisions/gi/

Education:

• B.A. in Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Honors and Summa Cum Laude, 1978
• Doctor of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 1982

Internships:

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983

Residencies:

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1985

Fellowships:

• University of California Los Angeles, Gastroenterology, 1985 - 1988

Board Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine: Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine: Gastroenterology

Professional Society Memberships:

• Association of American Physicians
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
• American Gastroenterological Association
• American Society for Clinical Investigation
• Western Society for Clinical Investigation

Awards:

• American Gastroenterological Association Outstanding Women in Science, May 2008
• Association of American Physicians (Old Turk), 2006
• Western Society of Clinical Investigation Outstanding Investigator Award, 2005
• American Society for Clinical Investigation (Young Turk), 2001
• Best Attending of the Firm, Internal Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 2000
• University of California, Alpha Lambda Delta, 1978
• University of California, Phi Beta Kappa, 1978
• Dean's Honors List every quarter, University of California, 1974 - 1978

Languages:

• Chinese
• English
• Mandarin Chinese
• Taiwanese