Dr. Chu is a 2010 graduate from Western University of Health Sciences with special interests in surgery, ophthalmology, and dermatology. She was born in Saigon, Vietnam but fled her country with her family at the tender age of two. Her father had great expectations to build their new life in Southern California where she has lived ever since, spending most her life in Los Angeles County. She is a San Diego transplant after falling in love with the weather and people when she did her emergency rotation here in September 2009. She received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from University of CA, Irvine in 1998 and worked in various jobs from banking, real estate, sales, behavior consultant with autistic children, training coordinator, human resources, and finally discovering the wonders of the human-animal bond. She rigorously went back to school to take all the prerequisites for veterinary school at Mt. San Antonio College and Cal Poly Pomona. During that time, she worked for two veterinary clinics as an assistant and volunteered for an equine hospital and other pet adoption organizations. During veterinary school, she was very involved in the Veterinary Business Management Association (VBMA) promoting business management education for veterinary students. That is where she met so many great people and learned her passion to own and run a hospital in about 5-10 years.

Dr. Chu lives with her two Malteses, “Munchies” and “Peony”. Her 17-year-old calico cat, “Kiwi” lives in West Covina with her parents. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, making jewelry and crafts, interior decorating, fashion design, reading, photography, playing tennis, biking at the beaches, traveling, cooking and baking, watching movies, community service, and rooting for the Lakers.