Since 2007, Dr. Bui has served as director of the Global Health and Underserved Populations Track of UPMC's Internal Medicine Residency. Her educational interests focus on social medicine and incorporating social risks into clinical decision-making, and she has mentored several students and residents on projects related to social determinants of health, quality improvement, and global health education. Dr. Bui's clinical focus is on caring for patients with social and medical complexities. She has been volunteering at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Malawi since 1995. Her research focuses on the evaluation of peer support programs, medical education in LMICs, global healthcare workforce, and the application of the structural competency framework.
- BS, Biochemistry, Tulane University, 1987
- MD, Washington University, 1991
- Internal Medicine Residency, University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, 1994
- Chief Resident, University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, 1995
Education & Training
Fleshner M, Fox S, Robertson T, Fujita AW, Bhamidipati D, Bui T. Impact of point-of-care ultrasound in medical decision making: Informing the development of an internal medicine global health POCUS curriculum. POCUS J. 2022; 7(1).
Hassan IF, Bui T. The structural analysis: Incorporating structurally competent clinical reasoning into case-based presentations. JGIM. 2022; 37(13):3465-3470.
Nguyen TC, Tang LW, Bryant E, Jobe AS, Yu AJ, Sugiura Y, Bui T. The neighborhood walk: Introducing first-year medical students to social determinants of health in underserved neighborhoods. BMC Med Educ. 2025; 25(1):163.
Bui T, Chisty A. Institutional racism in leading an academic medical practice. Eds: Lu LB, Fortuna RJ, Noronha CF, Sobel HJ, Tobin DG. New York: Springer. 2023.
- Member, Society of General Internal Medicine, 1999–present
- Member, Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, 1999–present
- Member, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, 2000–present
- Member, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, 2007–present
- Member, Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education, 2013-present
- Kenneth E. Schuit Award, Dean's Master Educators, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2017
- Social Justice Education Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2021
- Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award, Gold Foundation, 2022
- Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award, University of Pittsburgh, 2024
- Richard E. Deitrick Humanity in Medicine Award, Allegheny County Medical Society, 2024
