Michael P. Wu, MD

Michael P. Wu, MD

Fellow, Division of Head & Neck Surgery
Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery

Specialties

  • head and neck cancer
  • head and neck surgery
  • head and neck reconstruction
  • salivary gland disease

Education

Undergraduate: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard College, 2014

Medical Degree: Harvard Medical School, 2019

Residency: Harvard Combined Residency Program, 2024

Locations

Dr. Wu sees patients at:

Ear, Nose & Throat Center-CAM
Siteman Cancer Center

Select publications

  1. Muhammed M, Fuchs BB, Wu MP, Breger J, Coleman JJ, Mylonakis E. The role of mycelium production and a MAPK-mediated immune response in the C. elegans-Fusarium model system. Med. Mycol. 2012;50(5): 488-96.
  2. Abedalthagafi MS, Wu MP, Merrill PH, Du Z, Woo T, Sheu SH, Hurwitz S, Ligon KL, Santagata S. Decreased FOXJ1 expression and its ciliogenesis program in aggressive ependymoma and choroid plexus tumours. J. Path. 2016;238(4):584-97.
  3. Coleman JJ, Komura T, Munro J, Wu MP, Busanelli RR, Koehler AN, Thomas M, Wagner FF, Helson EB, Mylonakis E. Activity of caffeic acid phenethyl ester in Caenorhabditis elegans. Future Med. Chem. 2016;8(17): 2033-2046.
  4. Gurry T, HST Microbiome Consortium, Gibbons SM, Nguyen L TT, Kearney SM, Ananthakrishnan A, Jiang X, Duvallet C, Kassam Z, Alm EJ. Predictability and persistence of prebiotic dietary supplementation in a healthy human cohort. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1 ): Article 12699.
  5. Cremasco V, Astarita JL, Grauel AL, Keerthivasan S, Macisaac KD, Woodruff MC, Wu MP, Spel L, Santoro S, Amoozgar Z, Laszewski T, Cruz-Migoni S, Knoblich K, Fletcher AL, Lefleur M, Wucherpfennig KW, Pure E, Dranoff G, Carroll M, Turley SJ. FAP delineates heterogeneous and functionally divergent stromal cells in immune-excluded breast tumors. Cancer lmmunol Res. 2018;6(12):1472-1485.
  6. Wu MP*, Sethi RKV, Emerick KS. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Laryngoscope. 2020;130(1): 108-114.
  7. Yamasaki A, Wu MP, Emerick KS. Outcomes of cartilage-sparing wide local excision for primary melanoma of the external ear. OTO Open. 2020;4(1): 2473974X20903124.
  8. Wu MP*, Goldsmith T, Holman, A, Kammer R, Parikh A, Devore EK, Emerick KS, Lin DT, Deschler DG, Richmon J, Varvares MA, Naunheim M. Risk factors for laryngectomy for dysfunctional larynx after organ preservation protocols: A case-control analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 ;164(3): 608-615.
  9. Bulbul MG, Wu MP*, Lin DT, Emerick KS, Deschler DG, Richmon J, Goldsmith T, Zenga J, Puram SV, Varvares MA. Prediction of speech, swallowing, and quality of life in oral cavity cancer patients: A pilot study. Laryngoscope. 2021 ;131 (11):2497-2504.
  10. Wu MP*, Reinshagen KL, Cunnane ME, Shalhout SZ, Kaufman HL, Miller D, Emerick KS. Clinical perineural invasion and immunotherapy for head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Laryngoscope. 2022;132(6):1213-1218.
  11. Wu MP*, Xiao R, Rathi VK, Seth RKV. Variation in the price of head and neck surgical oncology procedures. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022; Published online June 7, 2022.
  12. Wu MP*, Hsu G, Varvares MA, Crowson MG. Predicting progression of oral lesions to malignancy using machine learning. Laryngoscope. 2022; Published online July 9, 2022.