Paul M. Lu, MD, MSEd
College of Health Sciences
Associate Vice Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education
Program Director, Medical Doctor Program
Biography
Dr. Paul M. Lu, MD, MSEd, FACP is Associate Vice Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education, Program Director for the MD Program, and Associate Professor at VinUniversity’s College of Health Sciences. He concurrently serves as Advisory Dean and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), where he is also Academic Director of the Health Professions Education Certificate Program at UPenn’s Graduate School of Education.
Dr. Lu’s work sits at the intersection of global health, health professions education, and academic medicine. Since 2018, he has played a key leadership role in the development of VinUniversity’s medical education programs and academic partnerships, helping advance educational models aligned with the highest international standards. His prior leadership roles at VinUniversity include Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency, Program Director of the Master Clinical Educator Academy (MCEA), and Course Director for the Core Clinical Skills Course.
Internationally, Dr. Lu serves as Co-Chair of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Academic Partnership Program Initiative (APPI), where he helps lead global mentorship and academic collaboration efforts. He also serves as a Project Advisor and Educational Oversight Committee Task Force member for the International FAIMER Institute (Intealth), supporting faculty development and health professions education programs worldwide.
His scholarly interests include faculty development, cross-cultural and interprofessional education, and international academic partnerships. His peer-reviewed work has been published in journals including Academic Medicine, Medical Education, JAMA Internal Medicine, and Annals of Global Health.
Dr. Lu completed his BS in Neurobiology at the University of Washington, MD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, internal medicine residency and chief residency at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian, and MSEd in Medical Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
- Health Professions Education
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME)
- Faculty Development (FD)
- Assessment and Feedback in Medical Education
- International Academic Partnerships
- Cross-Cultural and Interprofessional Education
- Clinical Medicine and Diagnostic Reasoning
- Competency-Based Medical Education
- Delivering Effective Feedback
- Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
- Faculty Development and Educational Leadership
- Global Health and Ethics
- Curriculum Development for Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education
1. Nguyen QT, Ha TM, Dang TT, Ngo MQ, Lu PM. Vietnamese faculty perspectives on cross-cultural, interprofessional faculty development in health professions education. Academic Medicine online first, April 2026.
2. Lu PM, Nguyen TT, Thanh TN, Riddle EW. Faculty development in competency-based medical education in Vietnam. Medical Education 56(11):1139-1140, November 2022.
3. Lu PM, Mansour R, Qiu MK, Biraro IA, Rabin TL. Low- and middle-income country host perceptions of short-term experiences in global health: a systematic review. Academic Medicine 96(3): 460–469, March 2021.
4. McAuley RJ, Lu PM, Bellini LM. The Master Clinical Educator Academy: an innovative 3-part approach to faculty development in Vietnam. Canadian Medical Education Journal 12(4): 157–246, September 2021.
5. Lu PM, Park EE, Rabin TL, Schwartz JI, Shearer LS, Siegler EL, Peck RN. Impact of global health electives on US medical residents: a systematic review. Annals of Global Health 84(4): 692–703, November 2018.
6. Lu PM, Shearer LS, Edelman EJ. Educating the primary care clinician on preexposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus: a teachable moment. JAMA Internal Medicine 176(7): 890–891, July 2016.
7. Gottlieb GS, Smith RA, Lu P, et al. HIV-2 integrase variation in integrase inhibitor-naïve adults in Senegal, West Africa. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22204, July 2011.
- 2020: MSEd in Medical Education, University of Pennsylvania
- 2013: MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- 2009: BS in Neurobiology (Cum Laude), University of Washington
- 2025: Sam Martin Education Pilot Award, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- 2024: Fellowship, American College of Physicians (FACP)
- 2024: DGIM Judy A. Shea, PhD Faculty and Fellow Development Award, Perelman School of Medicine
- 2023: Teaching Innovation Grant, VinUniversity
- 2017: Williams Fellowship, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- 2015: Gold Humanism Honor Society
