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Daniel C. Fu, DO

  • Family Medicine
Burbank Primary Care & Nephrology |
2601 West Alameda Avenue, Suite 416 Burbank, CA 91505

About

Dr. Daniel Fu is a fellowship-trained, board-certified Family Medicine and Sports Medicine physician. His clinical interests include the care of athletes and active individuals of all levels seeking to return to the activities they love. He specializes in the nonsurgical treatment of sports and activity-related injuries and musculoskeletal conditions of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, and foot. He is trained in ultrasound-guided procedures. He is dedicated to partnering with his patients to get them back to doing what they love.

Dr. Fu grew up in Foster City, California, and began his academic journey at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. He then pursued a Master of Arts in Biomedical Sciences at Midwestern University in Arizona before completing his medical degree at the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his family medicine residency at Creighton University in Phoenix, where he was named Intern of the Year, served as Chief Resident, and earned the James Grobe, MD Fellowship Award from the Arizona Academy of Family Physicians. He then obtained further specialized expertise through a primary care sports medicine fellowship at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine in Tulsa, where he served as team physician for Division I athletics at the University of Tulsa and Oral Roberts University, covered professional baseball with the Tulsa Drillers, and served as a physician for the Big 12 Wrestling Tournament.

Dr. Fu speaks Mandarin Chinese in addition to English. Outside of medicine, he enjoys hiking, playing viola, reading, practicing karate, and volunteering at sporting events.

Languages

English

Education

Medical Board Certification

Family Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine, 2025

Fellowship

Primary Care Sports Medicine, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, 2026

Residency

Family Medicine, Creighton University Health Sciences-Phoenix, 2025

Degrees

DO, Midwestern University, 2022
MA, Midwestern University, 2018

Locations

UCLA Health Burbank
San Fernando Valley

Burbank Primary Care & Nephrology

Internal Medicine| Nephrology
UCLA Health Santa Clarita Immediate Care
Santa Clarita Valley

Santa Clarita Immediate Care

Immediate Care Medicine| Walk-In Clinic

Areas of Focus

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Centivo
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Health Net of California
  • Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
  • Medicare Advantage
  • MultiPlan
  • UFCM Health System
  • Prime Health Services
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • TRICARE
  • UnitedHealthcare

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