Grant Chu, MD, MS, MBA
- Hospital Medicine|
- Acupuncture|
- Internal Medicine
About
Dr. Grant Chu is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Chu received his bachelor's and medical degree from Brown University, Master of Science from South Baylo Univeristy, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at UCLA, and fellowship in general internal medicine at UCLA.
Dr. Chu practiced primary care and urgent care medicine at Hoag in Newport Beach. Before that, he practiced hospital medicine and worked in cancer care at hospitals in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. He has also held academic appointments at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Queensland.
Languages
Education
Medical Board Certification
Fellowship
Residency
Degrees
Locations
UCLA Health Westwood Immediate Care
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Medical Services
Research
Publications
- Chu G, Tom A, Feller E. Mental status changes as the presenting feature in Clostridium difficile-induced toxic megacolon. Am J Gastroenterol. 2005;100 Suppl 9:S203.
- Schuur J, Chu G, Sucov A. Is oral contrast needed to reliably diagnose acute appendicitis? Acad Emerg Med. 2006;13:S82.
- McGowan CE, Saha S, Chu G, Resnick M, Moss S. Intestinal ischemia due to sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) in sorbitol: Not just in the very ill. Gastroenterology. 2008;134 Suppl 1:A-216.
- McGowen CE, Saha S, Chu G, Resnick M, Moss S. Intestinal necrosis due to sodium polystyrene (Kayexalate) in sorbitol. South Med J. 2009;102:493-7.
- Schuur J, Chu G, Sucov A. Effect of oral contrast for abdominal computed tomography on emergency department length of stay. Emerg Radiol. 2010;17:267-73.
- Chu G, Mediwake H, Carr L, Richmond J. Effect of hospital protocol on the timely management of patients on chemotherapy presenting to the emergency department with febrile neutropenia. Internal Medicine Journal. 2013;43 Suppl 3:39.
- Wei F, Chu G. Isolated fever as a rare presentation of bevacizumab-induced colonic perforation. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013;108 Suppl 1:S397-8.
- Wong T, Stone S, Chu G. Atypical presentation of intra-abdominal solitary fibrous tumor with lower extremity edema. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016;111 Suppl: S1010.
- Tan Q, Chu G. Superior mesentery artery syndrome in an otherwise healthy female. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022;117(10S):e2194.
- Fok M, Pintas SK, Shubov A, Chu G. A rare cause of abdominal pain: Median arcuate ligament syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol. 2023;118(10S):S2683-S2684.
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Blue Shield of California
- Centivo
- Cigna
- First Health
- Health Net of California
- Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
- L.A. Care
- Medicare Advantage
- MultiPlan
- UFCM Health System
- Prime Health Services
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
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