MSDC Member Profile: Dr. Raymond Tu March 30, 2026

1. Why do you belong to MSDC? What made you join, and what keeps you engaged?

While on the DC Board of Medicine I observed first-hand how the medical society advocates for District physicians and our patients. Your Medical society provides health care, policy, political, public health, and financial voices for us and adds relevance to the tools in our doctor bag needed to blend science and medicine so we can provide quality care to our District residents.

2. If you could have dinner with any historical figure (medical or otherwise), who would it be and what would you ask them?

While Chief Medical Officer of a District Medicaid Plan attending many community events, I saw our impact with the community come to life as Vice President Hubert  Humphrey authored years ago: the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. Dinner with Vice President Humphrey and having a conversation to learn how his belief became a legislative reality that government has the responsibility to provide healthcare to those in need would be amazing.

3. What's one piece of advice you would give to a physician just starting their practice in the DC area?

The best advice I would give to a physician is to join MSDC, become involved, become an influencer-in-chief of the processes by which we all practice and care for our patients.