Dr. Robert Wu, MD

Dr. Robert Wu, MD, is an internal medicine physician whose practice serves the Chinese community from offices in Boston’s Chinatown and North Quincy. He treats a wide range of conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart and lung disease, high cholesterol, kidney disease, hepatitis, thyroid problems, stroke, allergies, chronic cough, joint pain, insomnia, anemia, stomach ulcers, headaches, colds and skin and ear, nose and throat complaints, and also provides physical exams. His guiding principle is that prevention matters more than treatment.

Dr. Wu has said that when he finished residency, he chose to work in a Chinese community above any other location or salary. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a board member of a national association of Chinese American physicians, whose New England chapter he founded and led as president. He has served as a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and is a clinical instructor at Boston University School of Medicine.

What to Know

• On-site services include ECGs, lung function testing, blood, urine and stool tests, pregnancy tests, X-rays and vaccinations.
• The practice also handles minor surgery and hospital admission care.
• He helped organize a major US-China medical exchange conference in June 2001.
• While in New York, he founded a US and Canada alumni association for Guangzhou Medical College and served as its president.