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Teaching and educational interests

Dr. Davd Chu is the program director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He is also a coach for the Internal Medicine Residency at Penn State and directs a personal finance curriculum for graduate medical education trainees. 

He has specific interests in coaching, mentorship and professional development, and how to better provide these resources to trainees. Additionally, he has developed and implemented a critical care ultrasound training program for both critical care fellows and internal medicine residents, and has provided multiple workshops on point of care ultrasound at regional and national conferences for both internal medicine and critical care medicine.

Clinical interests

Dr. Chu's clinical focus is in the evaluation and management of patients with pulmonary vascular disease. He regularly sees these patients as the co-director of the pulmonary vascular disease program, and provides inpatient consultative services for patients with pulmonary hypertension and acute right ventricular failure. 

Dr. Chu is also a founding member of the institution's Pulmonary Embolism Response Team, and has written and revised guidelines on the initial evaluation of patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism.

Dr. Chu is also the Co-Director for the Department of Medicine's Point of Care Ultrasound program, and provides oversight and quality assurance for use of POCUS in the inpatient setting.

Professional information

Board-certified in critical care, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2017

Board-certified in pulmonary medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016

Board-certified in internal medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2014

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Fellowship, Boston University

… → Jun 2017

Internal Medicine, Residency, Brown University

… → Jun 2014

MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

… → May 2011

BA, Johns Hopkins University

… → May 2007

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