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Christopher Chu, MD

Christopher Chu

  • Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Specialties

Hospital Medicine

About Me
Publications
About Me
Clinical Interests
  • Clinical efficiency and excellence
  • Reducing readmission rates
Education
  • MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Training
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
Memberships
  • American College of Physicians
  • Society of Hospital Medicine
Awards and Honors
  • Clinical Excellence Award in Hospital Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 2016-2017
  • Award for Excellence in Resident Research, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, July 2015
Offices

Office Locations

Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

3401 N. Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA 19140

Phone: 800-836-7536

Publications
Digital Bibliography
Publications

Zuchelli T, Alsheik E, Chu C, Bhandari B. Does an Upper Endoscopy Before Transesophageal Echocardiography Change Patient Management? J Clin Gastroenterol, 2015 Nov-Dec;49(10): 848-52.

Curtin B, Shah K, Chu C, Hwang D, Flasar M, von Rosenvinge E. Characteristics of Clostridium difficile infection in patients hospitalized with myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myelogenous leukemia. World J Clin Oncol, 2017 Oct 10;8(5):398-404.