Ling Chu

Ling Chu, M.D. serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and holds the dual leadership role of Assistant Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) for Ambulatory Services within the UT Southwestern Health System. Her work uniquely bridges clinical practice in primary care with health informatics innovation to optimize patient-centered care delivery.

Her educational foundation includes a bachelor's degree in pharmacy and medical degree from the University of Colorado, where she also completed her internal medicine residency training. This combined background in pharmacy and medicine informs her interdisciplinary approach to healthcare systems improvement.

Dr. Chu's research program focuses on leveraging health information technology to solve real-world clinical challenges. Key emphases include electronic health record (EHR) optimization, patient portal implementation, predictive analytics for care coordination, and mitigating healthcare disparities through informatics solutions. She maintains board certification in clinical informatics from the American Board of Preventive Medicine, validating her expertise in this specialized domain.

Analysis of her 2018-2024 publications reveals consistent thematic threads: pandemic impacts on preventive care, EHR usability enhancements, and standardized clinical phenotyping using SNOMED CT hierarchies. Her work demonstrates strong translational focus—converting informatics research into practical tools for ambulatory settings, particularly in no-show prediction, patient recruitment equity, and clinical workflow optimization.

In her administrative capacity, Dr. Chu directs informatics strategy across UT Southwestern's ambulatory network, driving initiatives that connect frontline clinical operations with information technology infrastructure. Her leadership within the William T. and Gay F. Solomon Division of General Internal Medicine positions her at the nexus of academic medicine and healthcare system innovation.