Julian K. Wu, MD, FACS

Academic Title:
Professor of Neurosurgery
Tufts University School of Medicine

Division/Program Title:
Associate Chairman
Neurosurgery, Tufts Medical Center

Director,
Neurosurgery Residency Training Program

Chief,
Neurosurgical Oncology

Office:
800 Washington St., #178
Boston, MA 02111

Phone:
617-636-4500

Accepting New Patients

Fax:
617-636-7587

Education and Post Graduate Training:
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Internship and Residency:
     - Intern in Surgery, Boston University Medical Center and
        Boston City Hospital
     - Resident in Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine and
        Tufts Medical Center

Fellowship:
     - Neuroscience Research Fellowship, Tufts University School of Medicine

Board Certification:
      - American Board of Neurological Surgery

Specialties:
     - Brain Tumors
     - Stereotactic Surgery
     - Radiosurgery

Selected Publications:
1. Hwang SW, Abozed MM, Hale A, Eisenberg RL, Dvorak T, Yao K, Pfannl R,
    Mignano J, Zhu JJ, Price LL, Strauss GM, Wu JK. 
    Adjuvant Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Following Surgical Resection
     of Brain Metastases: A 9-year retrospective cohort study.
       J Neurosurgery 2010; 98:77-82
2. Schirmer CM, Chan M, Mignano J, Duker J, Melhus CS, Williams LB, Wu JK,
    Yao KC.
    Dose De-escalation with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the
     Treatment of Chorodial Melanoma.
       Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009:170-176
3. Bagci T, Wu JK, Pfannl R, Ilag LL, Jay DG.
    Autocrine Semaphorin 3A Signaling Promotes Glioblastoma
     Dispersal.
       Oncogene 2009:3537-3550
4. Sherry M, Reeves A, Wu JK, Cochran BH.
    STAT3 is Required for Proliferation and Maintenance of
     Multipotency in Glioblastoma Stem Cells.
       Stem Cells 2009:2383-2392
5. Wong ET, Alsop D, Lee D, Tam A, Barron L, Bloom J, Gautam S, Wu JK.
    Cerebrospinal Fluid Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Increases During
     Treatment of Recurrent Malignant Gliomas.
       Cerebrospinal Fluid Res 2008:5:1

Honors/Awards:
     - Milheim Foundation Award
     - Charlton Fund Award
     - American Brain Tumor Association Fellowship
     - American Association of Neurological Surgeons Research Fellowship
     - Sigma Xi
     - Honors in Biophysics

Professional Affiliations:
       - Fellow American College of Surgeons
      - Member, AANS, CNS, NSA

Foreign Langauges:
      - Chinese (Mandarin)

Gender:
      - Male

  VIDEO LINKS
        - If I Had A Brain Tumor
        - If I Knew Then 

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