Downing Lu
2024 ALI Fellow

Downing Lu brings to ALI a career of military service and healthcare leadership. A U.S. Army colonel and pediatrician, she most recently served as chief medical officer at Keller Army Community Hospital, serving 13,000 beneficiaries over a five-state region. Previously, Downing was chief medical officer for the Hawaii Military Health System, chief quality officer for the National Capital Region Medical Directorate for the Defense Health Agency, and medical director for the pediatric ICU at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Earlier in her military service, she was a flight surgeon supporting the Army’s 10th Combat Aviation Brigade and chief medical officer within the Army’s 10th Mountain Division in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.