Olivia Hung, MD, PhD

  • Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
  • Associate Block Director, Clinical Reasoning Course
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine

Olivia Hung, MD, PhD, is a clinical assistant professor in the UA College of Medicine-Tucson, Division of Cardiology and with Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.

Dr. Hung received her AB in Chemistry from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, where she graduated cum laude in her field.  She completed a PhD in Organic Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, CA.  She then earned her MD at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.  She completed her postgraduate training at the Emory University School of Medicine in the ABIM Research Pathway with combined training in the J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency and Academic Clinical Investigator Pathway in Cardiovascular Diseases (Cardiology Fellowship).

Dr. Hung is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.

 

Research Interests: 

Dr. Hung's clinical interests include non-invasive cardiology, heart disease prevention, cardio-oncology and cardiac imaging.

Her research interests include cardiovascular disease in women and coronary physiology.

She has authored multiple original research publications and textbook chapters.

Faculty Type: 
Core Faculty
Degrees
  • MD: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2011
  • PhD: Organic Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2007
  • AB: Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2003
Honors and Awards
  • American College of Cardiology Fellows-In-Training Legislative Conference Travel Award, 2015
  • American Heart Association Women in Cardiology Trainee Award for Excellence, 2015
  • Novartis Fellowship Award in Organic Chemistry for Women and Minorities, 2006
  • Harvard University Bureau of Study Counsel Award Peer Tutor, 2001-2003
  • National Merit Scholarship, 1999
Residency
  • Emory University School of Medicine, J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency, Atlanta, GA, 2013
Fellowship
  • Emory University School of Medicine, Academic Clinical Investigator Pathway in Cardiovascular Diseases (Cardiology Fellowship), Atlanta, GA, 2018
Board Certifications
  • Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2014
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2018