Resident
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Cornell Campus)
Dr. Lu was born in Montreal, Canada and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Princeton University with degrees in Chemistry and Global Health/Health Policy. He then spent two years at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar earning his MBA and Masters in Global Health and Epidemiology. Afterwards, he attended medical school at Harvard Medical School. During medical school, he was a founding member of OffTheirPlate, which raised $9M+ during the pandemic to bring back restaurants across the U.S. to fight local food insecurity; and GOTVax, a grass-roots hotspotting campaign to advance COVID-19 vaccine access to marginalized communities in Boston. He was also an invited participant to the White House Round Table for Healthcare Leaders in Social Media. Prior to earning his medical degree, he spent a gap year working as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, serving public health, philanthropic, biotech, and payor/provider clients with emphases on the COVID-19 pandemic response and life sciences innovation.