Long H. Tu, MD, PhD

Dr. Long H. Tu is an emergency/trauma radiologist, neuroradiologist, and physician-scientist at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Tu is a graduate of Yale's Diagnostic Radiology residency and Neuroradiology fellowship, where he served as chief resident and chief fellow respectively. He subsequently completed clinical and research fellowships at Yale in Emergency/Trauma Radiology.

Dr. Tu serves as co-Medical Director of Clinical Affairs in Radiology, Director of Resident Education in Neuroradiology, and Deputy Director of Emergency Neuroradiology. Dr. Tu directs a multi-disciplinary, multi-site research group (the “TL|DR”) which advances stroke diagnosis, imaging stewardship, and workflow efficiency. Dr. Tu’s ongoing research addresses the role of imaging in stroke prevention, healthcare cost, and population health.

Dr. Tu is the author/editor of 4 textbooks, including the widely-read texts “Search Pattern” and “How to be a More Efficient Radiologist.” He the author/co-author of more than 100 published articles, chapters, and reviews. Dr. Tu has provided more than 200 lectures/presentations at professional meetings and produced more than 60 online lectures. Dr. Tu has designed more than 100 reporting, clinical decision support, workflow automation tools in active use at Yale as well as throughout the United States. He has served as primary mentor to more than 50 post-doctoral researchers, trainees, and students.