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Julie Yujuan Lu

Julie Yujuan Lu

•HS Assistant Clinical Professor, Step II (WOS), University of California, Irvine
•Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University

Biography

Julie Yujuan Lu, M.D., M.S., is HS Assistant Clinical Professor, Step II at the University of California, Irvine, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Charles R. Drew University. She received her M.D. from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China and completed her Master of Science degree at Brigham Young University. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, and is board certified in Internal Medicine.

Lu has maintained an active clinical practice as a hospitalist at VA Long Beach since 2012 and at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs since 2012, where she provides comprehensive inpatient medical care and supervises medical trainees. Prior to her clinical career, she spent over a decade in biomedical research, working as a Staff Research Associate at UCLA from 1994 to 2005, where she contributed to studies on cardiac physiology and molecular biology. Her research resulted in multiple publications in journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Circulation Research.

Lu is bilingual in English and Chinese and is a member of the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine. She has presented case reports at Combined Army/Air Force American College of Physicians meetings on topics including coronary artery anomalies and electrocardiographic findings in subarachnoid hemorrhage. In her teaching role, she supervises residents and medical students in inpatient care settings, participating in morning reports, conferences, and grand rounds.

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Education

  • M.D., Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, 1985
  • M.S., Brigham Young University, 1993
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Distinctions

  • Chinese Student Scholarship at BYU, 1991-1993
  • Excellent Student Scholarship, 1980-1985
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Areas of Expertise

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiac Ion Channel Physiology
  • Molecular Biology Techniques
  • Transgenic Mouse Models
  • Hospital Medicine Education
  • Multidisciplinary Care Coordination
  • Veteran Population Health

Recent Publications

  • Maxwell, K., Scott, J., Omelchenko, A., Lukas, A., Lu, L., Lu, Y., Hnatowich, M., Philipson, K., Hryshko, L., “Fununctional Role of Ionic Regulation of Na+/Ca2+ Exchange Assessed in Transgenic Mouse Hearts”, Am. J. Physiol., pp. H2212-21, 2000.
  • Roos, K., Jordan, M., Lu, L., Lu, Y., Philipson, K., Ross, R., “Transgenic Overexpression of the Na+/Ca2+ Exchange results in Postpartum hypertothy and Heart Failure”, 2000. Presented at Experimental Biology 2000, May, 2000.
  • Nicoll, D.A., Ottolia, M., Lu, L., Lu, Y., Philipson, K. D., “A New Topological Model of the Cardiac Sarcolemmal Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger”, J. Biological Chem., vol. 274, pp. 910-917, 1999.
  • Doering, A. E., Nicoll, D. A., Lu, Y., Lu, L., Weiss, J. N., Philipson, K. D., “Topology of a Functionally Important Region of the Cardiac Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger”, J. Biological Chem., vol. 273, pp. 778-783, 1998.
  • Ji, S., John, S. A., Lu, Y., Weiss, J. N., “Mechanosensitivity of the Cardiac Muscarinic K Channel: a Novel Property Conferred By Kir3.4”, J. Biological Chem., vol. 273, pp. 1324-1328, 1998.
  • Liu, Q., Yan, H., Dawes, N. J., Lu, Y., Zhu, H., “Transcriptional Activation of the P34cdc2 Gene by CPBF/NF-Y in Fetal Rat Ventricular Myocytes”, Circulation Research, vol. 82, pp. 251-260, 1998.
  • Lee, J. K., John, S.A., Lu, Y., Weiss, J.N., “Polyamines Cause Inward Rectification in Kir2.1(IRK1) Channels by Forming a Tethered Blocking Particle with an Intrinsic Gate”, Circulation, vol. 96:I, pp. 416, 1997.
  • Liu, Q., Dawes, N. J., Lu, Y., Shubeita, H. S., Zhu, H., “Alpha-Adrenergic Stimulation Induces Phosphorylation of Rb Protein in Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes.”, Biochemical Journal, vol. 327, pp. 305-309, 1997.
  • Shyy, J. Y-J, Lin, M.-C, Han, J. H., Lu, Y., Chien, S., “The Cis-acting Phorbol Ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-responsive Element Is Involved In Shear Stress-induced Monocyte Chemotactic Protein 1 Gene Expession”, Proc. Natl Acad. Sci., vol. 92, pp. 8069-8073, 1995.
  • Wang, M., Fan, H., Xu, L., Xu, H., Gong, W., Lu, Y., Shi, H., “The Preliminary Pharmalogical Study of Octacosanol”, Communication of Chinese Pharmacology Society, vol. (12)4, pp. 3, 1995.
  • Lu, Y., Wardell, B. B., Teuscher, C., Seegmiller, R.E., “RAPD-PCR analysis of the C57BL/6FrSe-cho Genome”, Mouse Genome, vol. 91, pp. 844-850, 1993.
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Contact Information

Email: julieyl3@uci.edu

Address: LBVA Hospitalist, Irvine, CA 92697

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Last updated on 3/7/2026.