
Kurt Hu, MD
Assistant Professor
Location
- Pulmonary Medicine - Center for Advanced Care - Froedtert Hospital
- 8900 West Doyne Ave.
- Milwaukee, WI 53226
Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
Pulmonary Medicine Clinic
My goal is to bring science and technology together to provide the most up to date care with compassion and kindness to all of those in need.
Overview
Diseases and Conditions
- Chronic Cough
- Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
- Lung Cancer
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Collapsed Lung
- Respiratory Infections
- Asthma/COPD
- Pleural Effusion
Treatments and Services
- Bronchoscopy
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)
- Thoracentesis
- Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheters
- Virtual Visit
Patients Ages Seen
- Adult
- Senior
Languages
- English
- Chinese (Mandarin)
Hospital Affiliations
- Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
- Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital – Menomonee Falls
- Zablocki VA Medical Center – Milwaukee
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
Clinic Locations
Pulmonary Medicine - Center for Advanced Care - Froedtert Hospital
- 8900 West Doyne Ave.
- Milwaukee, WI 53226
- (414) 805-9400
- Get Directions

Biography
Education and Training
Doctor of Medicine - American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine - Cupecoy (2013)
Residency in Internal Medicine - Allegheny General Hospital - Pittsburgh, PA (2013-2016)
Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care - Albany Medical Center - Albany, NY (2016-2019)
Publications
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(Chong WH, Hu K, Saha BK, Chopra A.) Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2021 12;71:102081 PMID: 34571093 09/28/2021
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Interruption of endolysosomal trafficking leads to stroke brain injury.
(Yuan D, Hu K, Loke CM, Teramoto H, Liu C, Hu B.) Exp Neurol. 2021 11;345:113827 PMID: 34363809 PMCID: PMC8429234 08/08/2021
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(Chong WH, Saha BK, Hu K, Chopra A.) Heart Lung. 2021 Sep-Oct;50(5):599-608 PMID: 34087677 PMCID: PMC8088235 06/05/2021
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Management of complex pleural disease in the critically ill patient.
(Hu K, Chopra A, Kurman J, Huggins JT.) J Thorac Dis. 2021 Aug;13(8):5205-5222 PMID: 34527360 PMCID: PMC8411157 09/17/2021
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(Chopra A, Al-Tarbsheh AH, Shah NJ, Yaqoob H, Hu K, Feustel PJ, Ortiz-Pacheco R, Patel KM, Oweis J, Kozlova N, Zouridis S, Ahmad S, Epelbaum O, Chong WH, Huggins JT, Saha BK, Conuel E, Chieng H, Mullins J, Bajaj D, Shkolnik B, Vancavage R, Madisi N, Judson MA.) Respir Med. 2021 08;184:106464 PMID: 34044224 PMCID: PMC8116127 05/28/2021
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(Arya AK, Hu K, Subedi L, Li T, Hu B.) Sci Rep. 2021 07 01;11(1):13696 PMID: 34211011 PMCID: PMC8249469 07/03/2021
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A Woman in Her Late 40s with Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Recurrent Pleural Effusions.
(Abdalla M, Hu K, Kurman JS, Benn BS.) Chest. 2021 04;159(4):e215-e219 PMID: 34022021 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103110150 05/23/2021
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Adjunctive Nutraceutical Therapies for COVID-19.
(Subedi L, Tchen S, Gaire BP, Hu B, Hu K.) Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Feb 16;22(4) PMID: 33669456 PMCID: PMC7920448 03/07/2021
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Blastomycosis in the Capital District of New York State: A Newly Identified Emerging Endemic Area.
(Austin A, Tobin E, Judson MA, Hage CA, Hu K, Epelbaum O, Fantauzzi J, Jones DM, Gilroy S, Chopra A.) Am J Med. 2021 02;134(2):e101-e108 PMID: 33091391 10/23/2020
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(Shkolnik B, Judson MA, Austin A, Hu K, D'souza M, Zumbrunn A, Huggins JT, Yucel R, Chopra A.) Chest. 2020 10;158(4):1783-1784 PMID: 33036094 10/11/2020
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Non-expandable lung: an underappreciated cause of post-thoracentesis basilar pneumothorax.
(Saha BK, Hu K, Shkolnik B.) BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Sep 07;13(9) PMID: 32900756 PMCID: PMC7478004 09/10/2020
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Pleural manometry: techniques, applications, and pitfalls.
(Hu K, Chopra A, Huggins JT, Nanchal R.) J Thorac Dis. 2020 May;12(5):2759-2770 PMID: 32642184 PMCID: PMC7330282 07/10/2020