Emergency Medicine Residency

Dr. Lu Ojeifo is an Emergency Medicine physician and simulation educator at Carilion Clinic and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.

He completed undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences and Moral Philosophy at Georgetown University, earned a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from The Catholic University of America, and received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He began postgraduate training in surgical disciplines before transitioning to Emergency Medicine. His scholarly background includes Barry M. Goldwater and Howard Hughes Medical Institute research scholarships in neurochemistry at Georgetown, a research investigator role in the Harris Biomechanics and Biomaterials Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, and multi-year clinical and engineering fellowships at the FDA’s Office of Device Evaluation.

Dr. Ojeifo has a longstanding passion for simulation-based education—a field where the sciences of engineering, medicine, and pedagogy converge with the art of innovation, collaboration, and engagement to create immersive environments that operationalize learning. He traces this passion to the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, located just behind his middle school in Washington, DC, where he trained and served weekly as a youth Mission Control operator for three years.

Each year, he leads approximately 60 simulation workshops and case-based discussions for medical students, residents, nurses, allied health professionals, and attending physicians. As a simulation specialist, he co-designs and implements training modules, systems testing, and quality improvement initiatives—integrating emerging technologies and adaptive workflows to bridge innovation and inclusion. Across these initiatives, he is guided by the conviction that simulation should be accessible, efficient, resonant, adaptable in delivery, and scalable by design—especially for healthcare professionals working in high-stakes, team-based environments. His contributions have been recognized with teaching and outstanding service awards.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Ojeifo enjoys spending time with his young nieces and nephews, hiking in the Roanoke Valley, attending international theater and film festivals, and volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and regional animal welfare organizations.  A graduate of Sidwell Friends School, he often draws on the Quaker practice of silence and reflection in his design work and teaching philosophy.  He is currently a scholar in the Harvard Macy Institute’s Program for Educators in the Health Professions, where he is co-developing curriculum frameworks to accompany a portable, high-fidelity simulation platform—engineered to expand workforce development and address geographic inequities in experiential learning across underserved settings. He will be presenting collaborative projects at upcoming national meetings.

The VTC-EM Residency’s Simulation Program in coordination with Carilion’s Simulation Center shines as a beacon for a new generation of clinical learners in Star City.  It boasts a safe space where bright ideas and unique experiences are exchanged, skills aimed at investigation and intervention are sharpened, and the triumphs and hazards of clinical practice are illuminated. The stellar Sim team works tirelessly to ensure participants leave its clinical wonderland more resilient in thought, adaptive in action, and complete in communication when it comes to the practice of caring for and saving lives"

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