Hsi-Yang Wu is Director of Pediatric Urology at Hasbro Children's Hospital. He is interested in optimizing imaging for urinary tract infection, improving treatment of pediatric urinary incontinence, and evaluating environmental influences on hypospadias.
| Schanstra JP, Decramer S, Buffin-Meyer B, Klein J, Fossum M, Wu HY. "Fetal biomarkers for lower urinary tract obstruction secondary to posterior urethral valves." Journal of Pediatric Urology, 2024. |
| Fossum M, Wu HY. "New instructions for authors specific to studies using animal experiments." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 20, no. 1, 2024, pp. 3-4. |
| Yamashiro JR, Austin JC, Braga LH, Chuang KW, Davis-Dao CA, Hecht S, Holzman SA, Khoury AE, Kurzrock EA, Lerman SE, McGrath M, Merguerian PA, Saltzman AF, Schaeffer AJ, Seideman C, Singer JS, Wang P, Wehbi EJ, Wu HY, Sturm RM. "Identifying variability in surgical practices and instrumentation for hypospadias repair across the Western Pediatric Urology Consortium (WPUC) network." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 19, no. 3, 2023, pp. 277-283. |
| Nordgren A, Lindstrand A, Wu HY, Fossum M. "Precision medicine and rare diseases in pediatric urology." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 19, no. 3, 2023, pp. 335-338. |
| Chamorro CI, Wu HY, Fossum M. "What the editors are reading - Section of basic science." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 19, no. 4, 2023, pp. 479-481. |
| Juul N, Fossum M, Wu HY. "What the editors are reading - Basic science." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 18, no. 1, 2022, pp. 94-95. |
| Djurhuus JC, Wu HY, Fossum M. "A conversation on how animal experimental studies allies with translational medicine." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 17, no. 5, 2021, pp. 622-629. |
| Wu HY, Willacy O, Fossum M. "What the Editors are reading - Basic science." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 17, no. 2, 2021, pp. 271-272. |
| Wu HY. "Editorial Comment." The Journal of Urology, vol. 204, no. 2, 2020, pp. 352. |
| Cooper C, Herndon CDA, Wu HY. "Fall congress editorial." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 16, no. 5, 2020, pp. 525. |
| Byers HM, Fossum M, Wu HY. "How geneticists think about Differences/Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD): A conversation." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 16, no. 6, 2020, pp. 760-767. |
| Velaer KN, Chang P, Wu HY. "Ultrasound in Hospitalized Children With First Febrile UTI: What Exactly Are We Looking For?." Hospital Pediatrics, vol. 10, no. 5, 2020, pp. 460-461. |
| Brubaker AL, Wu HY, Lee A, Vuong P, Stoltz DJ, Chaudhuri A, James G, Grimm PC, Concepcion W, Gallo AE. "Ureterostomy as an alternative to ileal conduits in pediatric kidney transplantation." Clinical transplantation, vol. 34, no. 2, 2020, pp. e13777. |
| Hildorf SE, Fossum M, Wu HY. "What the Editors are reading: global health and basic science." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 16, no. 2, 2020, pp. 253-254. |
| Diaz EC, Velazquez M, Kao CS, Wu HY. "2 year outcome for 8 year old female managed with partial cystectomy for primary bladder clear cell carcinoma." Urology case reports, vol. 26, 2019, pp. 100948. |
| Wu HY. "Editorial Comment." The Journal of Urology, vol. 201, no. 1, 2019, pp. 180-181. |
| Cooper C, Anthony Herndon CD, Wu HY. "Pediatric urology fall congress 2018." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 15, no. 5, 2019, pp. 440. |
| Cooper C, Anthony Herndon CD, Wu HY. "Pediatric urology fall congress 2017." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 14, no. 4, 2018, pp. 316. |
| Balasundaram M, Chock VY, Wu HY, Blumenfeld YJ, Hintz SR. "Predictors of poor neonatal outcomes in prenatally diagnosed multicystic dysplastic kidney disease." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, vol. 38, no. 6, 2018, pp. 658-664. |
| Wu HY, Concepcion W, Grimm PC. "When does vesicoureteral reflux in pediatric kidney transplant patients need treatment?." Pediatric transplantation, vol. 22, no. 8, 2018, pp. e13299. |
| Chien C, Wu HY. "Young rats exhibit an age- and sex-dependent bladder response to alpha-antagonists but not beta-agonists." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 12, no. 2, 2016, pp. 92.e1-8. |
| Chien C, Chang HH, Wu HY. "Sex differences in neonatal and young adult rat lower urinary tract function caused by bladder reduction." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 11, no. 4, 2015, pp. 197.e1-7. |
| Wu HY. "Commentary to 'Astrocyte elevated gene-1 overexpression in histologically favorable Wilms tumor is related to poor prognosis'." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 323-4. |
| Wu HY. "Can evidence-based medicine change toilet-training practice?." Arab Journal of Urology, vol. 11, no. 1, 2013, pp. 13-8. |
| Wu HY. "The surgical management of paediatric bladder and prostate rhabdomyosarcoma." Arab Journal of Urology, vol. 11, no. 1, 2013, pp. 40-6. |
| Wu HY. "Achieving urinary continence in children." Nature reviews. Urology, vol. 7, no. 7, 2010, pp. 371-7. |
| Ng YK, Wu HY, Lee KH, Yeung CK. "Bladder reduction surgery accelerates the appearance of spontaneous voiding in neonatal rats." The Journal of Urology, vol. 183, no. 1, 2010, pp. 370-7. |
| Büyüknacar HS, Göçmen C, de Groat WC, Kumcu EK, Wu HY, Onder S. "Differential effect of L-cysteine in isolated whole-bladder preparations from neonatal and adult rats." The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, vol. 333, no. 1, 2010, pp. 228-35. |
| Wu HY, Shortliffe LD. "Top-down approach for evaluation of urinary tract infection." Urology, vol. 75, no. 3, 2010, pp. 514-5. |
| Artim DE, Kullmann FA, Daugherty SL, Wu HY, de Groat WC. "Activation of the nitric oxide-cGMP pathway reduces phasic contractions in neonatal rat bladder strips via protein kinase G." American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, vol. 297, no. 2, 2009, pp. F333-40. |
| Wu HY, Snyder HM 3rd, Womer RB. "Genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma: which treatment, how much, and when?." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 5, no. 6, 2009, pp. 501-6. |
| Wong IY, Copp HL, Clark CJ, Wu HY, Shortliffe LD. "Quantitative ultrasound renal parenchymal area correlates with renal volume and identifies reflux nephropathy." The Journal of Urology, vol. 182, no. 4 Suppl, 2009, pp. 1683-7. |
| Cannon GM Jr, Polsky EG, Smaldone MC, Gaines BA, Schneck FX, Bellinger MF, Docimo SG, Wu HY. "Computerized tomography findings in pediatric renal trauma--indications for early intervention?." The Journal of Urology, vol. 179, no. 4, 2008, pp. 1529-32; discussion 1532-3. |
| Corcoran AT, Smaldone MC, Mally D, Ost MC, Bellinger MF, Schneck FX, Docimo SG, Wu HY. "When is prior ureteral stent placement necessary to access the upper urinary tract in prepubertal children?." The Journal of Urology, vol. 180, no. 4 Suppl, 2008, pp. 1861-3; discussion 1863-4. |
| LaRosa C, McMullen L, Bakdash S, Ellis D, Krishnamurti L, Wu HY, Moritz ML. "Acute renal failure from xanthine nephropathy during management of acute leukemia." Pediatric Nephrology, vol. 22, no. 1, 2007, pp. 132-5. |
| Wu HY, Gaines BA. "Dirt bikes and all terrain vehicles: the real threat to pediatric kidneys." The Journal of Urology, vol. 178, no. 4 Pt 2, 2007, pp. 1672-4. |
| Smaldone MC, Cannon GM Jr, Wu HY, Bassett J, Polsky EG, Bellinger MF, Docimo SG, Schneck FX. "Is ureteroscopy first line treatment for pediatric stone disease?." The Journal of Urology, vol. 178, no. 5, 2007, pp. 2128-31; discussion 2131. |
| Ng YK, de Groat WC, Wu HY. "Smooth muscle and neural mechanisms contributing to the downregulation of neonatal rat spontaneous bladder contractions during postnatal development." American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, vol. 292, no. 5, 2007, pp. R2100-12. |
| Cannon GM, Smaldone MC, Wu HY, Bassett JC, Bellinger MF, Docimo SG, Schneck FX. "Ureteroscopic management of lower-pole stones in a pediatric population." Journal of Endourology, vol. 21, no. 10, 2007, pp. 1179-82. |
| Colen J, Docimo SG, Stanitski K, Sweeney DD, Wise B, Brandt P, Wu HY. "Dysfunctional elimination syndrome is a negative predictor for vesicoureteral reflux." Journal of Pediatric Urology, vol. 2, no. 4, 2006, pp. 312-5. |
| Wu HY, de Groat WC. "Maternal separation uncouples reflex from spontaneous voiding in rat pups." The Journal of Urology, vol. 175, no. 3 Pt 1, 2006, pp. 1148-51. |
| Ng YK, de Groat WC, Wu HY. "Muscarinic regulation of neonatal rat bladder spontaneous contractions." American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, vol. 291, no. 4, 2006, pp. R1049-59. |
| Stein RJ, Noh PH, Wu HY. "Urinary ascites without hydronephrosis in a neonate with urethral atresia." Urology, vol. 66, no. 2, 2005, pp. 432. |
| Wu HY, Snyder HM 3rd, D'Angio GJ. "Wilms' tumor management." Current opinion in urology, vol. 15, no. 4, 2005, pp. 273-6. |
| Wu HY, Zderic SA, Wein AJ, Chacko S. "Decrease in maximal force generation in the neonatal mouse bladder corresponds to shift in myosin heavy chain isoform composition." The Journal of Urology, vol. 171, no. 2 Pt 1, 2004, pp. 841-4. |
| Wu HY, Snyder HM 3rd. "Pediatric urologic oncology: bladder, prostate, testis." Urologic Clinics of North America, vol. 31, no. 3, 2004, pp. 619-27, xi. |
| Wu HY, Docimo SG. "Surgical management of children with urolithiasis." Urologic Clinics of North America, vol. 31, no. 3, 2004, pp. 589-94, xi. |
| Thomas AD, Wu HY, Canning DA, Snyder HM 3rd. "Spontaneous regression of cystic dysplasia of the testis." The Journal of Urology, vol. 169, no. 2, 2003, pp. 645. |
| Rusnack SL, Wu HY, Huff DS, Snyder HM 3rd, Carr MC, Bellah RD, Zderic SA, Canning DA. "Testis histopathology in boys with cryptorchidism correlates with future fertility potential." The Journal of Urology, vol. 169, no. 2, 2003, pp. 659-62. |
| Wu HY, Rusnack SL, Bellah RD, Plachter N, McDonald-McGinn DM, Zackai EH, Canning DA. "Genitourinary malformations in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion." The Journal of Urology, vol. 168, no. 6, 2002, pp. 2564-5. |
| Schwab CW Jr, Wu HY, Selman H, Smith GH, Snyder HM 3rd, Canning DA. "Spontaneous resolution of vesicoureteral reflux: a 15-year perspective." The Journal of Urology, vol. 168, no. 6, 2002, pp. 2594-9. |
| Rusnack SL, Wu HY, Huff DS, Snyder HM 3rd, Zderic SA, Carr MC, Canning DA. "The ascending testis and the testis undescended since birth share the same histopathology." The Journal of Urology, vol. 168, no. 6, 2002, pp. 2590-1. |
| Metro MJ, Wu HY, Snyder HM 3rd, Zderic SA, Canning DA. "Buccal mucosal grafts: lessons learned from an 8-year experience." The Journal of Urology, vol. 166, no. 4, 2001, pp. 1459-61. |
| Fenig DM, Snyder HM 3rd, Wu HY, Canning DA, Huff DS. "The histopathology of iatrogenic cryptorchid testis: an insight into etiology." The Journal of Urology, vol. 165, no. 4, 2001, pp. 1258-61. |
| Nguyen HT, Wu HY, Baskin LS, Kogan BA. "High urinary flow accelerates renal injury in young rats with partial unilateral ureteral obstruction." The Journal of Urology, vol. 163, no. 6, 2000, pp. 1904-7. |
| Wu HY, Baskin LS, Blakey C, Goodman J, Cunha GR. "Ultrastructural smooth muscle ontogeny of the rat bladder." Systems Biology of RNA Binding Proteins, vol. 462, 1999, pp. 93-102. |
| Wu HY, Baskin LS, Liu W, Li YW, Hayward S, Cunha GR. "Understanding bladder regeneration: smooth muscle ontogeny." The Journal of Urology, vol. 162, no. 3 Pt 2, 1999, pp. 1101-5. |
| Wu HY, Kogan BA, Baskin LS, Edwards MS. "Long-term benefits of early neurosurgery for lipomyelomeningocele." The Journal of Urology, vol. 160, no. 2, 1998, pp. 511-4. |
| Wu HY, Baskin LS, Kogan BA. "Neurogenic bladder dysfunction due to myelomeningocele: neonatal versus childhood treatment." The Journal of Urology, vol. 157, no. 6, 1997, pp. 2295-7. |
| Wu HY, Broderick GA, Suh JK, Hypolite JA, Levin RM. "Effects of purines on rabbit corpus cavernosum contractile activity." International Journal of Impotence Research, vol. 5, no. 3, 1993, pp. 161-7. |
| Huff DS, Wu HY, Snyder HM 3rd, Hadziselimović F, Blythe B, Duckett JW. "Evidence in favor of the mechanical (intrauterine torsion) theory over the endocrinopathy (cryptorchidism) theory in the pathogenesis of testicular agenesis." The Journal of Urology, vol. 146, no. 2 ( Pt 2), 1991, pp. 630-1. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | MD | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1989 | BA | Harvard University |
| Pediatric Urology Fellow | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Urology | 1999-2002 | |
| Urology Resident | University of California, San Francisco, Urology | 1993-1999 |
Pfizer Scholars in Urology Award, University of California, San Francisco, 1998
Western Section American Urologic Association, Miley Wesson Resident Essay Contest, Third Place, 1998
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Patient Satisfaction Top 25 Physicians, 2003, 2007
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Patient Satisfaction Top 10 Physicians, 2006
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Urology, Basic Science Prize Contest, Second Place, 2009
Arline and Pete Harman Endowed Faculty Scholar, 2012
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, 2021, 2023
Journal of Pediatric Urology 100+ Reviewers Club, 2021, 2022
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Urology, Alan D. Podis Resident Teaching Award, 2022
Surgery
Societies for Pediatric Urology
American Urological Association
European Society for Paediatric Urology
International Children's Continence Society
Co-Editor, Basic Science, Journal of Pediatric Urology
| Physician | State of Rhode Island Department of Health | 2019-Present | |
| Board Certification | American Board of Urology, Pediatric Urology | 2004-Present |
| Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2024- |
| Director of Pediatric Urology. Hasbro Children's Hospital, 2020-Present |
| Associate Professor of Surgery. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2020-2024 |
| Associate Professor of Urology. Stanford University Medical Center, 2008-2020 |
| Pediatric Urology Fellowship Program Director. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 2008-2020 |
| Assistant Professor of Urology. University of Pittsburgh, 2002-2008 |
| Attending Physician. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2002-2008 |
