24 Oct Anita Lui, DO, CHSE, FACEP: A 2025 Unsung Hero

Dr. Anita Lui has always been a key member of our department and particularly our residency program. She was serving as associate residency director when a tragedy resulted in our residency director, Dr. Parikh, having to go on an extended leave of absence. Anita stepped up immediately, not only providing tremendous emotional support to Dr. Parikh but taking over nearly all his academic responsibilities. Dr. Lui made a seamless transition to interim-residency director assuring that none of our residents’ education or wellness was affected and that our faculty continued to thrive in their academic endeavors.

Dr. Anita Lui has held every role in our institution from resident, fellow, attending, core faculty, clerkship director, assistant residency director and now interim-Residency Director. She has excelled in each role and always shown that she is ready for the next step in her academic/administrative journey. She provides support to all those around her. She garners respect and admiration from all those she works with. While some may find her intimidating at first due to her serious and focused demeanor, they soon find out that she holds herself and all those around her to high standards. Her inner warmth is palpable very soon thereafter.

Recipient Bio:
Dr. Anita Lui is an Emergency Medicine Attending Physician at New York Presbyterian Queens and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Anita completed her EM Residency in 2018 and served as Chief Resident. She then completed her Medical Simulation Fellowship and went on to become Clerkship Director within the Emergency Medicine Residency Program and Department.
She is an exceptional clinician, educator, and leader. She has presented at national and regional conferences, such as CORD, SAEM, and NYACEP. She has also participated in international meetings, where she taught American Heart Association ACLS and BLS courses to practicing physicians, resident physicians, medical and graduate students for the Myanmar American Medical Education Society in 2020. Her extraordinary ability to analyze problems and outline necessary courses of action is one of her invaluable qualities leading to her success in education and leadership.

– Manish Sharma, DO, MBA, FACEP