Dr. Tong Yu joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in July 2024. She grew up in Iowa City, Iowa and completed both undergraduate studies, medical education, and residency training in the Midwest. She attended college at Washington University in St. Louis and graduated cum laude in 2017 with a bachelor of science in engineering in Biomedical Engineering. She was inducted into Alpha Eta Mu Beta Biomedical Engineering Honor society. Her undergraduate studies fostered a strong interest in medicine. After college, she returned to her hometown of Iowa City and attended medical school at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and received her medical degree in 2021.
She was inducted into the Carver Humanism Honor Society in 2020. She then completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from 2021 to 2024. During residency, she trained in inpatient and outpatient care at both the various units of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as well as the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Hospital nearby. Her wide range of exposure and her various experiences during residency training pushed her interest toward hospital medicine, and she decided to pursue a career as an academic hospitalist. Her clinical interests are hospital medicine and inpatient care. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her fiancé, visiting her parents, going on walks around nearby parks and trails, and listening to various podcasts including This American Life and Planet Money.