 | Alexander Vu, D.O., M.P.H.
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Education
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O., 1996)
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (M.P.H., 2005)
Residency
Henry Ford Hospital, Internal Medicine (2000)
Henry Ford Hospital, EM (2003)
Dr. Alexander Vu is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and at the Department of International Health. He is boarded in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine. He received his MPH in International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is currently the director of International Emergency Medicine Fellowship.
His international development work includes research and technical support of HIV/AIDS projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Uganda. He is also conducting research in a WHO funded pediatrics injury surveillance project in 6 countries in Asia and Africa. He currently serves a consulting member of the United Nations Health Cluster.
Dr. Vu is actively involved in emergency preparedness/disaster response. He has responded to the Indian Ocean Tsunami with the International Rescue Committee, the Katrina Hurricane with the American Red Cross and coordinated the response for the Pakistan earthquake. He has also worked in the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Nepal and Bangladesh for hospital emergency preparedness. He has developed an emergency medicine trauma curriculum for use in Azerbaijan.
He teaches the course “Public Health Issues in Disasters” at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is currently involved in various research projects and authoring three book chapters.
