Hung Luu, M.D., Pharm.D.
Associate Professor

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Hung S. Luu, PharmD, MD, FCAP is the Director of Clinical Pathology at Children’s Health and Chief of Service for Pathology at the Children’s Medical Center Plano Campus. He is Associate Professor of Pathology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. As part of the faculty on the hematopathology service at the University of Texas Medical Center in Dallas Texas, he participates in the training of pathology residents and fellows in the examination of bone marrows, lymphoid tissue and body fluid to diagnose hematolymphoid malignancies.

Dr. Luu received his pathology residency training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, and completed a fellowship in hematopathology at City of Hope in Duarte, California. He has board certification in anatomic and clinical pathology, hematopathology, and clinical informatics. His research interests include hematologic malignancies in the pediatric population, hematology with an emphasis in hemoglobinopathies, and utilizing technology and process improvement in the laboratory to improve operational efficiency and clinical outcomes.

Dr. Luu is an active member of the College of American Pathologist serves on the Clinical Informatics and Standards Committee. He represents the CAP as the Outbound Liaison to the Laboratory LOINC Laboratory Committee.

Medical School

Oregon Health and Science University (2004)

Internship

University of Oregon Health Sciences Center - GME (2005), General Surgery

Residency

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2009), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Fellowship

City of Hope National Medical Center (2010), Hematopathology

• Clinical Informatics
• Coagulation
• Hematolymphoid Neoplasms
• Hemoglobinopathies
• Myeloid Neoplasms
• Process Improvement

Featured Publications

A Survey of LOINC Code Selection Practices Among Participants of the College of American Pathologists' Coagulation (CGL) and Cardiac Markers (CRT) Proficiency Testing Programs.

Stram M, Seheult J, Sinard JH, Campbell WS, Carter AB, de Baca ME, Quinn AM, Luu HS, Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 2019 Oct

Applying the Principles of Lean Production to Gastrointestinal Biopsy Handling: From the Factory Floor to the Anatomic Pathology Laboratory.

Sugianto JZ, Stewart B, Ambruzs JM, Arista A, Park JY, Cope-Yokoyama S, Luu HS Lab Med 2015 46 3 259-264

Detection of Intracellular Parasites Utilizing the CellaVision DM96 on Routine Screening of Peripheral Blood Smears.

Racsa LD, Gander RM, Southern PM, McElvania TeKippe E, Doern C, Luu HS J. Clin. Microbiol. 2014 Nov

A synthetic heparinoid blocks tau aggregate cell uptake and amplification.

Stopschinski BE, Thomas TL, Nadji S, Darvish E, Fan L, Holmes BB, Modi AR, Finnell J, Kashmer OM, Estill-Terpack S, Mirbaha H, Luu HS, Diamond MI, J. Biol. Chem. 2020 Jan

Hb Alcorn County: A ß-Globin Variant [ß40(C6)Arg?Thr; HBB: c.122G>C (p.Arg41Thr)] with Increased Oxygen Affinity.

Luu HS, McCavit TL, Park JY, Mitui M, Lopez DD, Timmons CF, Hemoglobin 2019 Aug 1-3

A Patient with Persistent Foot Swelling after Ankle Sprain: B-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Mimicking Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Montgomery-Goecker CR, Martin AA, Timmons CF, Rakheja D, Rajaram V, Luu HS. Cancer Transl Med 2019 5 (3) 60-3

Genomic Privacy.

Schwab AP, Luu HS, Wang J, Park JY Clin. Chem. 2018 Jul

Closing the Brief Case: Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection/AIDS.

Hill EV, Cavuoti D, Luu HS, McElvania TeKippe E J. Clin. Microbiol. 2018 Mar 56 3

The Brief Case: Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection/AIDS.

Hill EV, Cavuoti D, Luu HS, McElvania TeKippe E J. Clin. Microbiol. 2018 Mar 56 3

Automated cell counts on CSF samples: A multicenter performance evaluation of the GloCyte system.

Hod EA, Brugnara C, Pilichowska M, Sandhaus LM, Luu HS, Forest SK, Netterwald JC, Reynafarje GM, Kratz A Int J Lab Hematol 2017 Sep

 Featured Books

Immunophenotyping by Multiparameter Flow Cytometry. In Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Methods in Molecular Biology

Chen W, Luu HS (2017). New York, Humana Press

Pediatric Hematology & Hemoglobinopathies. In Pediatric Laboratory Medicine

Luu HS, Timmons, CF, Zia A. (2017). New York, McGraw-Hill Education

Pediatric Coagulation. In Pediatric Laboratory Medicine

Zia A, Journeycake JM, Luu HS. (2017). New York, McGraw-Hill Education

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry Outstanding Speaker Award
  (2014)
• Southwestern Association of Microbiology 32nd Annual Meeting Poster Award
  (2013)

• American Society for Clinical Pathology (2010)
• College of American Pathologists (2010)
• American Society of Hematology (2009)
• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (2005)