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Dr. Melvin Chu, MD

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(Melvin Chu, MD)

(11 Ratings)

Specializes in: Internal Medicine (Adult Medicine) and General Practice

Saba School Of Medicine (2013)

1401 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121

(504) 842-4747

Dr. Melvin Chu, MD is an internist in New Orleans, LA specializing in internal medicine (adult medicine) and general practice. He graduated from Saba School Of Medicine in 2013 and has 12 years of experience. Dr. Melvin Chu, MD is affiliated with Ochsner Health and Ochsner Medical Center.

Office Locations

1401 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121

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1401 Jefferson Highway
Jefferson, LA 70121

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated as an internist in New Orleans, LA during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	22
inpatient care	22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD in 2017

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated during 2017 were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	58
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated as an internist in New Orleans, LA during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care and outpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	566
inpatient care	525
outpatient care	41

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD.

**Gender**
Male	105
Female	96

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	159
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	81
From 75 to 84	55
85 and over	27
Less than 65	38

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD in 2018

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated during 2018 were high cholesterol, hypertension, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	69
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	29
Heart Failure	50
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	36
Diabetes	53
Dementia	25
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated as an internist in New Orleans, LA during 2019 were hospital care, inpatient care, outpatient care and emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	16
hospital care	556
inpatient care	517
outpatient care	39

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD.

**Gender**
Male	121
Female	120

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	188
Black	42
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	77
From 75 to 84	81
85 and over	33
Less than 65	50

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD in 2019

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated during 2019 were high cholesterol, hypertension, chronic kidney disease and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	68
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	74
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	54
Dementia	26
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated as an internist in New Orleans, LA during 2020 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	188

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD.

**Gender**
Male	100
Female	74

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	112
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	75
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	68

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD in 2020

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated during 2020 were high cholesterol, hypertension, chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	43
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	32
Diabetes	58
Dementia	13
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	95

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD.

**Gender**
Male	55
Female	52

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	53
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	44
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD in 2021

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated during 2021 were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and depression.

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	34
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	31
Dementia	14
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	160

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD.

**Gender**
Male	59
Female	53

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	65
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	52
From 75 to 84	31
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD in 2022

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated during 2022 were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	21
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	38
Dementia	0
Cancer	19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2023 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	167

2023 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD.

**Gender**
Male	67
Female	62

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	76
Black	38
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	60
From 75 to 84	33
85 and over	18
Less than 65	18

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD in 2023

The most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated during 2023 were high cholesterol, hypertension, chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	35
Dementia	0
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2017 - 2023

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated as an internist in New Orleans, LA were hospital care, inpatient care, emergency care and outpatient care.

doctor visit	140
emergency care	102
hospital care	381
inpatient care	354
outpatient care	40

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2017 - 2023

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD.

**Gender**
Male	72
Female	65

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	11
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	93
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	28
85 and over	11
Less than 65	29
65 to 74	55

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD From 2017 - 2023

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Melvin Chu, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	54
Asthma	5
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	28
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	38
Atrial Fibrillation	15
Dementia	11
Cancer	11

Education & Training

Dr. Melvin Chu, MD graduated from Saba School Of Medicine in 2013. He completed residency at Leonard J Chabert Medical Center: Theriot Jude MD. He has a state license in Louisiana.

Medical School: Saba School Of Medicine (2013)

Residency: Leonard J Chabert Medical Center: Theriot Jude MD

Licensed In: Louisiana

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Melvin Chu, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Ochsner Health

Ochsner Medical Center

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Melvin Chu, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.91 out of 5 stars based on 11 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Melvin Chu, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in New Orleans, LA.

4.91

Overall Rating

(11 Ratings)

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Melvin Chu, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	$106 SAMSCA $106
Dexcom, Inc.	$35 DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER $35
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$18 BEVESPI AEROSPHERE $18
Novo Nordisk Inc	$14 RYBELSUS $14

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$173

Biography

Dr. Melvin Chu works as a primary care. His average patient rating is 5.0 stars (out of 5). Dr. Chu attended medical school at Saba University School of Medicine. He is professionally affiliated with Ochsner Medical Center. According to Ochsner Health, he is currently accepting new patients at his office in Jefferson, LA.