Elizabeth K Chu

Elizabeth K Chu, MD

CLIN AST PROF

Department: MD-RHEUMATOLOGY
Business Phone: (352) 265-4846
Business Email: e.chu@ufl.edu

About Elizabeth K Chu

Elizabeth Chu, MD, is a clinical assistant professor within the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She grew up in the dynamic heart of Seoul, South Korea, and later attended Emory University in Atlanta, GA, for her undergraduate studies. She earned her medical degree and completed her internal medicine residency at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA, before pursuing her rheumatology fellowship at the University of Florida. After completing her fellowship, she stayed on as faculty at the University of Florida, where she enjoys teaching and mentoring trainees.

Dr. Chu is board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Her clinical and research interests include inflammatory muscle diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoporosis, and interstitial lung disease. She is an active member of the American College of Rheumatology, the International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group, and the Myositis Clinical Trial Consortium (MCTC).

Outside of work, Dr. Chu enjoys traveling, Pilates, playing tennis and the cello, reading, and spending quality time with loved ones.

Accomplishments

Exemplary Teacher Award
2024 · University of Florida
Trainee Research Award
2018 · SAFMR/SSCI

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Rheumatology
    American Board of Internal Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Rheumatology
Areas of Interest
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Myositis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Polymyositis – Adult
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

Publications

Academic Articles
2024
Evidence that autoantibody production may be driven by acute Epstein-Barr virus infection in Sjögren’s disease.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases. [DOI] 10.1136/ard-2024-226226. [PMID] 39472059.
2024
Malunions following lower extremity fractures in veterans with a spinal cord injury/disorder
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 47(2):293-299 [DOI] 10.1080/10790268.2023.2188391. [PMID] 36977321.
2022
Risk Factors and Consequences of Lower Extremity Fracture Nonunions in Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury.
JBMR plus. 6(3) [DOI] 10.1002/jbm4.10595. [PMID] 35309860.
2016
Nonadherence to Antihypertensive Medication Among Hypertensive Adults in the United States─HealthStyles, 2010.
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.). 18(9):892-900 [DOI] 10.1111/jch.12786. [PMID] 26841710.
2008
Putative association of the single nucleotide polymorphisms in RASSF1A promoter with Korean lung cancer.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 61(3):301-8 [DOI] 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.01.012. [PMID] 18313166.

Education

Rheumatology Fellowship
2021 · University of Florida
Internal Medicine Residency
2019 · Medical College of Georgia
Medical School
2016 · Medical College of Georgia
B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology
2010 · Emory University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-4846
Emails:
Business:
e.chu@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100221
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1600 SW ARCHER RD
GAINESVILLE FL 32610