UCSF Welcomes Faculty Members Ivy Ewald, MD, MSc, and Connie Lu, MD
The UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to welcome two new faculty members to Breast Imaging: Ivy Ewald, MD, MSc, and Connie Lu, MD.
Dr. Ivy Ewald joined the department as Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology. She received her MD from the University of California, Irvine in 2019 through the PRIME-LC program, which trains physician leaders for California's underserved Spanish-speaking communities, and earned an MSc in Global Health and Social Justice from King's College London. She completed an internship in internal medicine at Huntington Memorial Hospital, followed by a diagnostic radiology residency in 2024 at the University of Colorado, where she participated in the Global Health Pathway in collaboration with RAD-AID Nepal and Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, and a breast imaging fellowship at UCSF in 2025.
Dr. Ewald's research focuses on mitigating barriers to breast care for underserved populations, including implementing same-day breast biopsy programs within safety-net hospital settings. She was honored with the 2024 Denver Health Department of Radiology Salzman Fund Scholarship and the 2023 Dr. Wassef E. Mikhail Global Health Scholarship from RAD-AID International for her work increasing access to health services in Nepal.
Dr. Connie Lu joined the department as Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology. She holds a BS in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University and earned her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College. She completed her diagnostic radiology residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, where she served as chief resident, and a breast imaging fellowship at UCSF in 2025.
Dr. Lu's research and academic interests center on healthcare economics and policy as they relate to equitable patient access to care, with a focus on physician reimbursement and coding and nomenclature. She has also contributed to research on breast cancer detection, resident well-being, and the use of handheld ultrasound for resident training.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Ewald and Dr. Lu to UCSF!