Pandemics, Plagues and Pathogens, Things that Keep me Up at Night
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Ulysses Wu, M.D. serves in the capacity of the Chief Epidemiologist, Chief Antimicrobial Steward, as well as the System Director of Infectious Diseases for Hartford Healthcare, the largest healthcare system in Connecticut. He joined Hartford Healthcare at the onset of the COVID pandemic and was honored and to lead and navigate the health system through the crisis. As the Chief Epidemiologist, he works hand-in-hand with Infection Prevention and has helped position the healthcare system as one of the safest in the United States, by reducing Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI’s), as well as reducing inappropriate antimicrobial utilization (Antimicrobial Stewardship), as evidenced by one of the country’s top Leapfrog safety scores. This culminated in the awarding of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Quest for Quality award in 2025, which is awarded to a single United States hospital in the country. Even though his work on Hospital Acquired Infections and Antimicrobial Stewardship were only a small part of the work, he was honored to collaborate with a talented team across the entire health system. He continues to educate and advocate for public health by collaborating with government entities to make, not only hospitals a safer place, but the public space as well, and has made hundreds of TV, radio, and print appearances on public health topics
His journey started with an undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned a Double Major in Industrial Management and Economics as well as a Minor in Music whereupon graduation, he worked in Corporate Finance as well as Mergers and Acquisitions. He then attended Bryn Mawr College for Post-Graduate medical work which was followed by his matriculation from medical school at the Thomas Jefferson University / Sidney Kimmel Medical College, one of the oldest medical universities in the country. He completed his residency in Delaware and served as a Chief Medical Resident in Chicago before completing his Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Rush University / John H. Stroger JR. Hospital of Cook County. He then went on to pursue several months of additional medical training in Allergy and Immunology at Louisiana State University (LSU) whereupon he joined the LSU faculty as an Assistant Professor where he also served as the Infectious Disease Fellowship Director and the Associate Program Director of Infectious Diseases. Upon his move to Connecticut, he joined New Britain General / The Hospital of Central Connecticut. It was during this time that he joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut, and later the Frank H. Netter Quinnipiac School of Medicine as an Associate Professor. He then joined Trinity Health to serve as the Chief of Infectious Diseases at Saint Francis Hospital, Johnson Memorial Hospital, and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Center prior to his joining of Hartford Healthcare at the beginning of the COVID pandemic.
Aside from his non-primary medical duties in Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention, his other healthcare interests include diet, exercise, and health which incorporates his focus in food, eating healthy, and Food-as-Medicine. He is also working towards obtaining his Masters Degree in Whiskey, where he has
focused on alcohol and its health-related effects.