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Isaac Y. Wu, M.D.

Isaac Y. Wu, M.D.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

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About Me

Isaac Y. Wu, MD, FASE is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Chief of the Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology. Dr. Wu is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and National Board of Echocardiography, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Echocard...
Isaac Y. Wu, MD, FASE is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Chief of the Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology. Dr. Wu is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and National Board of Echocardiography, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography.

Dr. Wu obtained his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and medical degree from Northwestern University. He completed his Anesthesiology residency and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Before joining URMC, Dr. Wu was an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Columbia University, where he also served as Director of Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. He has been an invited speaker and workshop leader at national and international meetings, including the Annual Meetings of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), American Society of Anesthesiologists, and Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. Dr. Wu has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals including, JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, and Anesthesiology.

Certified Specialties

Anesthesiology - American Board of Anesthesiology

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Fellow, New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus). 2014 - 2015

Residency, Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus). 2010 - 2014

Education

MD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. 2010

Research

Dr. Wu's research interests include perioperative echocardiography and right ventricular function. He was awarded a research grant by the SCA to investigate the impact of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve on right ventricular function.
Dr. Wu's research interests include perioperative echocardiography and right ventricular function. He was awarded a research grant by the SCA to investigate the impact of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve on right ventricular function.

Publications

Journal Articles

Mazzeffi M, Zaaqoq A, Curley J, Buchner J, Wu I, Beller J, Teman N, Glance L

Critical care medicine.. 2024 October 9 Epub 10/09/2024.

Glance LG, Maddox KEJ, Mazzeffi M, Shippey E, Wood KL, Furuya EY, Stone PW, Shang J, Wu IY, Gosev I, Lustik SJ, Lander HL, Wyrobek JA, Laserna A, Dick AW

Anesthesiology.. 2024 July 1141 (1):116-130. Epub 1900 01 01.

Panda K, Glance LG, Mazzeffi M, Gu Y, Wood KL, Moitra VK, Wu IY

Anesthesiology.. 2024 May 1140 (5):1026-1042. Epub 1900 01 01.

Akiyama K, Wu IY, Hori K, Sakamoto H, Kosumi R, Koto H, Asada S, Nakajima Y

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.. 2023 September 37 (9):1833-1834. Epub 05/23/2023.

Tachibana Y, Wu I, Obata Y, Shiozaki K, Kawamoto T, Sato S, Inoue K, Azami T, Akiyama K

Annals of cardiac anaesthesia.. 2023 26 (1):110-111. Epub 1900 01 01.

Akiyama K, Colombo PC, Stöhr EJ, Ji R, Wu IY, Itatani K, Miyazaki S, Nishino T, Nakamura N, Nakajima Y, McDonnell BJ, Takeda K, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takayama H

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine.. 2023 10 :1093576. Epub 05/16/2023.

Akiyama K, Wu I, Itatani K, Tachibana Y, Obata Y, Takayama H

Annals of cardiac anaesthesia.. 2023 26 (2):235. Epub 1900 01 01.

Glance LG, Joynt Maddox KE, Mazzefi M, Knight PW, Eaton MP, Feng C, Kertai MD, Albernathy J, Wu IY, Wyrobek JA, Cevasco M, Desai N, Dick AW

JAMA network open.. 2022 December 15 (12):e2247968. Epub 12/01/2022.

Bjelic M, Wood KL, Simon BV, Vidula H, Cheyne C, Chase K, Wu IY, Alexis JD, McNitt S, Goldenberg I, Gosev I

Journal of cardiac surgery.. 2022 December 37 (12):4967-4974. Epub 11/15/2022.

Bjelic M, Vidula H, Wu IY, McNitt S, Barrus B, Cheyne C, Chase K, Zottola Z, Alexis JD, Goldenberg I, Gosev I

Journal of cardiac surgery.. 2022 October 37 (10):3072-3081. Epub 07/16/2022.

Wu IY, Gu Y, Pospishil L, Neuburger PJ

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.. 2022 October 36 (10):3719-3721. Epub 06/25/2022.

Hirase Y, Obata Y, Wu IY, Sato H, Sato T, Itatani K, Sawa T, Akiyama K

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.. 2022 June 36 (6):1807-1809. Epub 11/29/2021.

Tankut S, Gosev I, Yoruk A, Younis A, McNitt S, Bjelic M, Vidula H, Wu I, Aktas MK, Goldenberg I, Huang DT

Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology.. 2022 June 15 (6):e010660. Epub 05/26/2022.

Glance LG, Chandrasekar EK, Shippey E, Stone PW, Dutton R, McCormick PJ, Shang J, Lustik SJ, Wu IY, Eaton MP, Dick AW

JAMA network open.. 2022 May 25 (5):e2213527. Epub 05/02/2022.

Wu IY, Wyrobek JA, Naka Y, Dickstein ML, Glance LG

Anesthesiology.. 2022 May 1136 (5):829-842. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wu IY, Kaple R, Sugeng L, Heerdt PM

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.. 2022 May 36 (5):1504-1505. Epub 12/21/2021.

Kainuma A, Itatani K, Hayashi H, Kaku Y, Wu IY, Colombo PC, Ferrari G, Kurlansky P, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takeda K, Naka Y, Akiyama K, Takayama H

ASAIO journal : a peer-reviewed journal of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs.. 2022 April 168 (4):516-523. Epub 1900 01 01.

Glance LG, Dick AW, Wu I

JAMA network open.. 2022 February 15 (2):e2148169. Epub 02/01/2022.

Hayashi H, Itatani K, Akiyama K, Zhao Y, Kurlansky P, DeRoo S, Sanchez J, Ferrari G, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Takeda K, Wu IY, Kainuma A, Takayama H

European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging.. 2021 August 1422 (9):986-994. Epub 1900 01 01.

Akiyama K, Itatani K, Wu IY, Tachibana Y, Obata Y, Nakajima Y, Yamagishi M, Takayama H, Sawa T

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.. 2021 July 35 (7):2242-2243. Epub 11/06/2020.

Kampaktsis PN, Lebehn M, Wu IY

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.. 2021 June 35 (6):1678-1690. Epub 08/28/2020.

Hoffmeister KJ, Henderson ZT, Hussey PT, Wu IY

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.. 2020 October 34 (10):2740-2753. Epub 12/05/2019.

Hayashi H, Akiyama K, Itatani K, DeRoo S, Sanchez J, Ferrari G, Colombo PC, Takeda K, Wu IY, Kainuma A, Takayama H

Echocardiography.. 2020 February 37 (2):323-330. Epub 01/31/2020.

Praz F, Khalique OK, Lee R, Wu IY, Russell H, Guerrero M, Wang DD, Veeragandham R, Islam AM, Deaton DW, Kaneko T, Eudailey KW, Akkoc D, Kantor A, Wang C, Tang DCH, Park JS, Leung D, Nazif TM, Vahl TP, Hahn RT, Kodali SK, Leon MB, Takayama H, Bapat V, Borger MA, George I

European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging.. 2019 December 120 (12):1395-1406. Epub 1900 01 01.

Hussey P, Wu I, Johnston T

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.. 2019 November 33 (11):2902-2908. Epub 01/08/2019.

D'Angelo AM, van Boxtel BS, Wu IY, Smith CR

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.. 2019 September 158 (3):e101-e102. Epub 04/04/2019.

Hahn RT, George I, Kodali SK, Nazif T, Khalique OK, Akkoc D, Kantor A, Vahl TP, Patel A, Elias E, Ng V, Spina R, Bartus K, Velagapudi P, Wu I, Leon M, Bapat V

JACC. Cardiovascular imaging.. 2019 March 12 (3):416-429. Epub 12/12/2018.

Wang DD, Geske J, Choi AD, Khalique O, Lee J, Atianzar K, Wu I, Blanke P, Gafoor S, Cavalcante JL

JACC. Cardiovascular imaging.. 2018 December 11 (12):1928-1930. Epub 09/12/2018.

Wu IY, Barajas MB, Hahn RT

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.. 2018 December 32 (6):2746-2759. Epub 09/27/2018.

Praz F, Khalique OK, Dos Reis Macedo LG, Pulerwitz TC, Jantz J, Wu IY, Kantor A, Patel A, Vahl T, Bapat V, George I, Nazif T, Kodali SK, Leon MB, Hahn RT

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.. 2018 November 31 (11):1190-1202.e3. Epub 09/27/2018.

Wu I, Shin SC, Cao Y, Bender IK, Jafari N, Feng G, Lin S, Cidlowski JA, Schleimer RP, Lu NZ

Cell death & disease.. 2013 January 104 (1):e453. Epub 01/10/2013.

Elliman SJ, Wu I, Kemp DM

The Journal of biological chemistry.. 2006 January 6281 (1):16-9. Epub 11/15/2005.

Books

Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia, 8th Edition (2023)

Chapter: Structural Heart Disease Procedures

Authors: Peter Neuburger, Isaac Y. Wu, Liliya Pospishil, Lisa Q. Rong

Publisher: Elsevier 2023

Cardiac Anesthesia: The Basics of Evaluation and Management (2021)

Chapter: Anesthetic Considerations for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair with the MitraClip Device

Authors: Matthew B. Barajas, Isaac Y. Wu

Publisher: Springer 2021

Pain Management and Palliative Care: A Comprehensive Guide (2015)

Chapter: Diagnostic Imaging

Authors: Paul Weyker, Christopher Webb, Isaac Wu, Leena Mathew

Publisher: Springer 2015

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