Our Staff

Hiroe Imai Hu, D.O.
Board-Certified Psychiatrist
Clinical Fellow at the NIH
Bilingual in Japanese and English
*Practice is available to residents of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Hiroe Imai Hu is a board-certified psychiatrist serving the greater Washington, D.C. area. She provides compassionate, evidence-based and culturally informed care in both English and Japanese, and has been seeing patients at this practice since 2023. Dr. Hu completed her psychiatry residency at Georgetown University Hospital and is currently a Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), where she conducts research on treatment-resistant depression and neuroendocrinology. Originally from Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, Dr. Hu has lived and studied in the United States since college. She holds degrees in Chemical Engineering and Contemplative Psychology from Brown University and brings a unique cross-cultural perspective to her clinical work. Her academic research includes publications in cross-cultural psychology, with a focus on Japanese language, identity, and embodied practices. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Hu is an active researcher and writer who is passionate about staying current with scientific advances in psychiatry. Her background enables her to provide thoughtful, personalized care to individuals navigating complex emotional, cultural, and medical landscapes.
Dr. Hiroe Imai Hu, D.O. practices in the following states as well.
- Brown University – B.S. in Chemical Engineering & B.A. in Contemplative Psychology
- Touro University California – Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.)
- University of California, San Francisco – Visiting Research Scholar
- Georgetown University Hospital – Psychiatry Residency
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – Clinical Fellowship in Psychiatry
- Board-Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Licensed in: Washington, D.C.; Maryland; Virginia; Pennsylvania; California
- Certified Flow Yoga Instructor
- Mood Disorders & Treatment-Resistant Depression
- Trauma & Stress-Related Disorders
- Neuroendocrinology & Psycho-Endocrinology
- Cultural Psychiatry (special focus on Japanese culture)
- Women’s Mental Health
- American Psychiatric Association – Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators (2024)
- Georgetown University Hospital – Highest PRITE® Score Award (2023)
- Japanese Medical Society of America – Nippon-JMSA Scholarship (2021)
View Dr. Hu’s publications: https://nih.academia.edu/HiroeHu