Dr. Wu has conducted research work in the areas of cardiovascular epidemiology and outcomes with focus on system redesign to prevent adverse cardiovascular outcomes. He is also interested in translational research linking vascular biology and endothelial function to novel imaging techniques. He holds research grants from the VA Merit Review, NHLBI, non-for-profit organizations, and the industry. Clinically, he is the attending physician for cardiology at Providence VA Hospital, and the Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Rehab program at The Miriam Hospital. He teaches cardiology fellows, medical residents and students, and has won the Dean's teaching excellence award for the education of medical students. He also received recognition from outstanding teaching to the cardiology fellows and was awarded "Beckwith Family Award for Outstanding Teaching".
| Apenyo, Tsikata, Vera-Urbina, Antonio Elias, Ahmad, Khansa, Taveira, Tracey H., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Association between median household income, state Medicaid expansion status, and COVID-19 outcomes across US counties." PLOS ONE, vol. 17, no. 8, 2022, pp. e0272497. |
| Trivedi, Amal N., Jiang, Lan, Miller, Donald R., Swaminathan, Shailender, Johnson, Courtney A., Wu, Wen-Chih, Greenberg, Kyle. "Association of Disability Compensation With Mortality and Hospitalizations Among Vietnam-Era Veterans With Diabetes." JAMA Internal Medicine, 2022. |
| Ngamdu, Kyari Sumayin, Ghosalkar, Dhairyasheel, Chung, Hojune, Lee, Cadence, Ho, Tiffany, Chu, Alice, Baig, Muhammad, Wu, Wen-Chih, Choudhary, Gaurav, Morrison, Alan. "INCREASING DURATION OF STATIN THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 79, no. 9, 2022, pp. 1245. |
| Jafri, S. Hammad, Ngamdu, Kyari Sumayin, Muhammad, Baig, Freeman, Andrew M., Ornish, Dean, Wu, Wen-Chih. "INTENSIVE CARDIAC REHABILITATION: OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 79, no. 9, 2022, pp. 1595. |
| Bozzay ML, Jiang L, Zullo AR, Riester MR, Lafo JA, Kunicki ZJ, Rudolph JL, Madrigal C, Clements R, Erqou S, Wu WC, Correia S, Primack JM. "Mortality in patients with heart failure and suicidal ideation discharged to skilled nursing facilities." Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC, vol. 19, no. 3, 2022, pp. 198-208. |
| Lafo, Jacob, Singh, Mriganka, Jiang, Lan, Correia, Stephen, Madrigal, Caroline, Clements, Rachel, Wu, Wen‐Chih, Erqou, Sebhat, Rudolph, James L. "Outcomes in heart failure patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities with delirium." ESC Heart Failure, vol. 9, no. 3, 2022, pp. 1891-1900. |
| Zametkin, Emily, Williams, Edelva, Feingold-Link, Mara, Jiang, Lan, Martin, Edward, Erqou, Sebhat, Gravenstein, Stefan, Wice, Mitchell, Wu, Wen-Chih, Rudolph, James L. "Racial Differences in Burdensome Transitions in Heart Failure Patients with Palliative Care: A Propensity-Matched Analysis." Journal of Palliative Medicine, vol. 25, no. 7, 2022, pp. 1122-1126. |
| Zametkin E, Williams E, Feingold-Link M, Jiang L, Martin E, Erqou S, Gravenstein S, Wice M, Wu WC, Rudolph JL. "Racial Differences in Burdensome Transitions in Heart Failure Patients with Palliative Care: A Propensity-Matched Analysis." Journal of Palliative Medicine, vol. 25, no. 7, 2022, pp. 1122-1126. |
| Gathright, Emily C., Vickery, Katherine Diaz, Ayenew, Woubeshet, Whited, Matthew C., Adkins-Hempel, Melissa, Chrastek, Michelle, Carter, Jill K., Rosen, Rochelle K., Wu, Wen-Chih, Busch, Andrew M. "The development and pilot testing of a behavioral activation-based treatment for depressed mood and multiple health behavior change in patients with recent acute coronary syndrome." PLOS ONE, vol. 17, no. 2, 2022, pp. e0261490. |
| Haji, Mohammed S., Ge, Augustus, Halladay, Christopher, Soares, Cullen, Shah, Nishant R., Ross, David, Sullivan, Jennifer L., Rudolph, James L., Wu, Wen-Chih, Erqou, Sebhat. "TWO DECADE TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTOR AND OUTCOME BURDEN AMONG VETERANS WITH HIV." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 79, no. 9, 2022, pp. 1646. |
| Scott-Sheldon, Lori A. J., Gathright, Emily C., Salmoirago-Blother, Elena, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Women’s participation in stress management interventions for chronic heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials." Psychology, Health & Medicine, vol. 27, no. 4, 2022, pp. 1-19. |
| Erqou, Sebhat, Jiang, Lan, Choudhary, Gaurav, Lally, Michelle, Freiberg, Matthew, Lin, Nina H., Shireman, Theresa I., Rudolph, James L., Wu, Wen‐Chih. "Age at Diagnosis of Heart Failure in United States Veterans With and Without HIV Infection." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 10, no. 11, 2021, pp. e018983. |
| Weaver, Anne M., Bidulescu, Aurelian, Wellenius, Gregory A., Hickson, DeMarc A., Sims, Mario, Vaidyanathan, Ambarish, Wu, Wen-Chih, Correa, Adolfo, Wang, Yi. "Associations between air pollution indicators and prevalent and incident diabetes in an African American cohort, the Jackson Heart Study." Environmental Epidemiology, vol. 5, no. 3, 2021, pp. e140. |
| Baig, Muhammad, Imran, Hafiz M., Gaw, Arlene, Stabile, Loren, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Cardiac rehabilitation in women; comparison of enrollment, adherence and outcomes between heart failure and coronary artery disease." Heart & Lung, vol. 50, no. 2, 2021, pp. 223-229. |
| Baig M, Imran HM, Gaw A, Stabile L, Wu WC. "Cardiac rehabilitation in women; comparison of enrollment, adherence and outcomes between heart failure and coronary artery disease." Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, vol. 50, no. 2, 2021, pp. 223-229. |
| Madrigal, Caroline, Kim, Jenny, Jiang, Lan, Lafo, Jacob, Bozzay, Melanie, Primack, Jennifer, Correia, Stephen, Erqou, Sebhat, Wu, Wen-Chih, Rudolph, James L. "Delirium and Functional Recovery in Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities After Hospitalization for Heart Failure." JAMA Network Open, vol. 4, no. 3, 2021, pp. e2037968. |
| Chung, Hojune, Ghosalkar, Dhairyasheel, Chu, Alice, Wu, Wen-Chih, Choudhary, Gaurav, Morrison, Alan. "DURATION OF STATIN THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION IN PATIENTS WITHOUT HISTORY OF OBSTRUCTIVE CAD." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 77, no. 18, 2021, pp. 1447. |
| Eisman AS, Shah NR, Eickhoff C, Zerveas G, Chen ES, Wu WC, Sarkar IN. "Extracting Angina Symptoms from Clinical Notes Using Pre-Trained Transformer Architectures." AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium, vol. 2020, 2021, pp. 412-421. |
| Rumery, Kyle, Seo, Angie, Jiang, Lan, Choudhary, Gaurav, Shah, Nishant R., Rudolph, James L., Wu, Wen‐Chih, Erqou, Sebhat. "Outcomes of coronavirus disease-2019 among veterans with pre-existing diagnosis of heart failure." ESC Heart Failure, vol. 8, no. 3, 2021, pp. 2338-2344. |
| Jafri, S. Hammad, Duazo, Catherine, Imran, Tasnim, Ahmad, Khansa, Imran, Hafiz, Wu, Wen-Chih. "PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRADITIONAL CARDIAC REHAB AND INTENSIVE CARDIAC REHAB." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 77, no. 18, 2021, pp. 1587. |
| Bardenheier, Barbara H., Wu, Wen-Chih, Zullo, Andrew R., Gravenstein, Stefan, Gregg, Edward W. "Progression to diabetes by baseline glycemic status among middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 2006–2014." Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 174, 2021, pp. 108726. |
| Chung, Hojune, Ramani, Malika, Ghosalkar, Dhairyasheel, Chu, Alice, Wu, Wen-Chih, Choudhary, Gaurav, Morrison, Alan. "PULMONARY ARTERY TO AORTA DIAMETER RATIO DERIVED FROM LUNG CANCER SCREENING CT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 77, no. 18, 2021, pp. 1362. |
| Lee S, Lacy ME, Jankowich M, Correa A, Wu WC. "Association between obesity phenotypes of insulin resistance and risk of type 2 diabetes in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study." Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology, vol. 19, 2020, pp. 100210. |
| Lakshmanan, Suvasini, Jankowich, Matthew, Wu, Wen-Chih, Abbasi, Siddique, Morrison, Alan R, Choudhary, Gaurav. "Association of plasma adiponectin with pulmonary hypertension, mortality and heart failure in African Americans: Jackson Heart Study." Pulmonary Circulation, vol. 10, no. 4, 2020, pp. 204589402096124. |
| Ahmad, Khansa, Erqou, Sebhat, Shah, Nishant, Nazir, Umair, Morrison, Alan R., Choudhary, Gaurav, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Association of poor housing conditions with COVID-19 incidence and mortality across US counties." PLOS ONE, vol. 15, no. 11, 2020, pp. e0241327. |
| Zullo, Andrew R., Riester, Melissa R., Erqou, Sebhat, Wu, Wen-Chih, Rudolph, James L., Steinman, Michael A. "Comparative Effectiveness of Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Older Nursing Home Residents After Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Cohort Study." Drugs & Aging, vol. 37, no. 10, 2020, pp. 755-766. |
| Gathright EC, Wu WC, Scott-Sheldon LAJ. "Electronic cigarette use among heart failure patients: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study (Wave 1: 2013-2014)." Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, vol. 49, no. 3, 2020, pp. 229-232. |
| Haines, Philip G., Dickey, John B., Chambers, Alison B., Ogunsua, Adedotun, Wu, Wen‐Chih, Aurigemma, Gerard P. "Evaluating a decision tool for diagnosing diastolic dysfunction and estimation of left ventricular filling pressures in the presence of mitral annular calcium." Echocardiography, 2020. |
| Trivedi, Amal N., Jiang, Lan, Silva, Gabriella, Wu, Wen-Chih, Mor, Vincent, Fine, Michael J., Kressin, Nancy R., Gutman, Roee. "Evaluation of Changes in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers’ Mortality Rates After Risk Adjustment for Socioeconomic Status." JAMA Network Open, vol. 3, no. 12, 2020, pp. e2024345. |
| Tang, Kevin S., Cheng, Derrick L., Wu, Wen-Chih, Greenberg, Paul B. "Example-Based Learning as a Guide for Revising a Peer-Reviewed Manuscript." Medical Science Educator, vol. 30, no. 3, 2020, pp. 1263-1266. |
| Lakshmanan, Suvasini, Jankowich, Matthew, Wu, Wen‐Chih, Blackshear, Chad, Abbasi, Siddique, Choudhary, Gaurav. "Gender Differences in Risk Factors Associated With Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure, Heart Failure, and Mortality in Blacks: Jackson Heart Study." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 9, no. 1, 2020, pp. e013034. |
| Erqou S, Jiang L, Choudhary G, Lally M, Bloomfield GS, Zullo AR, Shireman TI, Freiberg M, Justice AC, Rudolph J, Lin N, Wu WC. "Heart Failure Outcomes and Associated Factors Among Veterans With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection." JACC. Heart failure, vol. 8, no. 6, 2020, pp. 501-511. |
| Gathright EC, Scott-Sheldon LAJ, Ursillo J, Medbury E, Wu WC. "Important Personal Values of Veterans Enrolled in Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 9, 2020, pp. 26-29. |
| Silva, Gabriella C., Jiang, Lan, Gutman, Roee, Wu, Wen-Chih, Mor, Vincent, Fine, Michael J., Kressin, Nancy R., Trivedi, Amal N. "Mortality Trends for Veterans Hospitalized With Heart Failure and Pneumonia Using Claims-Based vs Clinical Risk-Adjustment Variables." JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 180, no. 3, 2020, pp. 347-355. |
| Diop MS, Bowen GS, Jiang L, Wu WC, Cornell PY, Gozalo P, Rudolph JL. "Palliative Care Consultation Reduces Heart Failure Transitions: A Matched Analysis." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 9, no. 11, 2020, pp. e013989. |
| Scott-Sheldon LAJ, Gathright EC, Wu WC. "Promoting Social Connectedness among Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 9, 2020, pp. 34-35. |
| Wu, Wen‐Chih, Huang, Mengna, Taveira, Tracey H., Roberts, Mary B., Martin, Lisa W., Wellenius, Gregory A., Johnson, Karen C., Manson, JoAnn E., Liu, Simin, Eaton, Charles B. "Relationship Between Dietary Magnesium Intake and Incident Heart Failure Among Older Women: The WHI." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 9, no. 7, 2020, pp. e013570. |
| Qureshi RO, Kokkirala A, Wu WC. "Review of Telehealth Solutions for Outpatient Heart Failure Care in a Veterans Health Affairs Hospital in the COVID-19 Era." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 9, 2020, pp. 22-25. |
| Healy A, Berus JM, Christensen JL, Lee C, Mantsounga C, Dong W, Watts JP Jr, Assali M, Ceneri N, Nilson R, Neverson J, Wu WC, Choudhary G, Morrison AR. "Statins Disrupt Macrophage Rac1 Regulation Leading to Increased Atherosclerotic Plaque Calcification." Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, vol. 40, no. 3, 2020, pp. 714-732. |
| Erqou, Sebhat, Soares, Cullen, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Stress Testing and Risk Prediction in People With Known Symptomatic Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease." JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 180, no. 1, 2020, pp. 165. |
| Chung HE, Choudhary G, Wu WC. "The Landscape and Trends in Preventive Cardiology and its Training." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 9, 2020, pp. 12-15. |
| Ahmad, Khansa, Chen, Edward, Nazir, Umair, Trivedi, Amal, Erqou, Sebhat, Wu, Wen-chih. "Abstract 031: County Poverty Disproportionately Effects Mortality in Heart Failure Compared to Coronary Heart Disease." Circulation, vol. 139, no. Suppl_1, 2019. |
| Zullo AR, Mogul A, Corsi K, Shah NR, Lee SJ, Rudolph JL, Wu WC, Dapaah-Afriyie R, Berard-Collins C, Steinman MA. "Association Between Secondary Prevention Medication Use and Outcomes in Frail Older Adults After Acute Myocardial Infarction." Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, vol. 12, no. 4, 2019, pp. e004942. |
| Erqou S, Lodebo BT, Masri A, Altibi AM, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Dzudie A, Ataklte F, Choudhary G, Bloomfield GS, Wu WC, Kengne AP. "Cardiac Dysfunction Among People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." JACC. Heart failure, vol. 7, no. 2, 2019, pp. 98-108. |
| Ahmad K, Wu WC. "Gene-environment interplay: what do our genes say about dietary choices?." The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2019. |
| Cohen, Lisa B, Taveira, Tracey H, Wu, Wen-Chih, Pirraglia, Paul A. "Pharmacist-led telehealth disease management for patients with diabetes and depression." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2019, pp. 1357633X1882257. |
| Wu, Carolyn M., McKeon, John, Abbott, J. Dawn, Jiang, Lan, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation and Outcomes for Patients With Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy." Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, vol. 39, no. 3, 2019, pp. E8-E11. |
| Ahmad K, Chen EW, Nazir U, Cotts W, Andrade A, Trivedi AN, Erqou S, Wu WC. "Regional Variation in the Association of Poverty and Heart Failure Mortality in the 3135 Counties of the United States." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 8, no. 18, 2019, pp. e012422. |
| Bowen GS, Diop MS, Jiang L, Wu WC, Rudolph JL. "A Multivariable Prediction Model for Mortality in Individuals Admitted for Heart Failure." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 66, no. 5, 2018, pp. 902-908. |
| Kim S, Eliot M, Koestler DC, Wu WC, Kelsey KT. "Association of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio With Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease in the Jackson Heart Study and Modification by the Duffy Antigen Variant." JAMA Cardiology, vol. 3, no. 6, 2018, pp. 455-462. |
| Wu, Wen-Chih, Taveira, Tracey H., Jeffery, Sean, Jiang, Lan, Tokuda, Lisa, Musial, Joanna, Cohen, Lisa B., Uhrle, Fred. "Costs and effectiveness of pharmacist-led group medical visits for type-2 diabetes: A multi-center randomized controlled trial." PLOS ONE, vol. 13, no. 4, 2018, pp. e0195898. |
| Aspry, Karen, Dunsiger, Shira, Breault, Christopher, Stabile, Loren, DeAngelis, Julianne, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Effect of Case Management With Goal-Setting on Diet Scores and Weight Loss in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients." Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 2018, pp. 1. |
| Aspry, KE, Dunsiger, S, Breault, C, Stabile, L, DeAngelis, J, Wu, WC. "Effect of Case Management With Goal-Setting on Diet Scores and Weight Loss in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients." J Cardiopulm Rehab Prev, vol. 38, no. 6, 2018, pp. 380-387. |
| Gathright, Emily C., Goldstein, Carly M., Loucks, Eric B., Busch, Andrew M., Stabile, Loren, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Examination of clinical and psychosocial determinants of exercise capacity change in cardiac rehabilitation." Heart & Lung, vol. 48, no. 1, 2018, pp. 13-17. |
| Gathright, Emily C., Busch, Andrew M., Buckley, Maria L., Stabile, Loren, DeAngelis, Julianne, Whited, Matthew C., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Improvements in Depressive Symptoms and Affect During Cardiac Rehabilitation." Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, vol. 39, no. 1, 2018, pp. 27-32. |
| Jankowich M, Elston B, Liu Q, Abbasi S, Wu WC, Blackshear C, Godfrey M, Choudhary G. "Restrictive Spirometry Pattern, Cardiac Structure and Function, and Incident Heart Failure in African Americans. The Jackson Heart Study." Annals of the American Thoracic Society, vol. 15, no. 10, 2018, pp. 1186-1196. |
| Sharma, Esseim, Gorvitovskaia, Anastassia, Christensen, Jared, Wu, Wen-Chih, Choudhary, Gaurav, Morrison, Alan. "THE IMPACT OF SLICE THICKNESS ON AGATSTON-BASED CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING IN LUNG CANCER SCREENING CT." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 71, no. 11, 2018, pp. A1673. |
| Lacy ME, Wellenius GA, Sumner AE, Correa A, Carnethon MR, Liem RI, Wilson JG, Sacks DB, Jacobs DR Jr, Carson AP, Luo X, Gjelsvik A, Reiner AP, Naik RP, Liu S, Musani SK, Eaton CB, Wu WC. "Association of Sickle Cell Trait With Hemoglobin A1c in African Americans." JAMA, vol. 317, no. 5, 2017, pp. 507-515. |
| Lacy, Mary E., Wellenius, Gregory A., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Measurement of Hemoglobin A1c in Patients With Sickle Cell Trait—Reply." JAMA, vol. 317, no. 21, 2017, pp. 2237. |
| Koo, Patrick, Gjelsvik, Annie, Choudhary, Gaurav, Wu, Wen‐Chih, Wang, Wei, McCool, F. Dennis, Eaton, Charles B. "Prospective Association of Physical Activity and Heart Failure Hospitalizations Among Black Adults With Normal Ejection Fraction: The Jackson Heart Study." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 6, no. 9, 2017, pp. e006107. |
| Bailey G, Healy A, Young BD, Sharma E, Meadows J, Chun HJ, Wu WC, Choudhary G, Morrison AR. "Relative predictive value of lung cancer screening CT versus myocardial perfusion attenuation correction CT in the evaluation of coronary calcium." PLOS ONE, vol. 12, no. 4, 2017, pp. e0175678. |
| Ganga, Harsha V., Leung, Amanda, Jantz, Jennifer, Choudhary, Gaurav, Stabile, Loren, Levine, Daniel J., Sharma, Satish C., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Supervised exercise training versus usual care in ambulatory patients with left ventricular assist devices: A systematic review." PLOS ONE, vol. 12, no. 3, 2017, pp. e0174323. |
| Salmoirago‐Blotcher, Elena, Wayne, Peter M., Dunsiger, Shira, Krol, Julie, Breault, Christopher, Bock, Beth C., Wu, Wen‐Chih, Yeh, Gloria Y. "Tai Chi Is a Promising Exercise Option for Patients With Coronary Heart Disease Declining Cardiac Rehabilitation." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 6, no. 10, 2017, pp. e006603. |
| Jankowich, Matthew D., Wu, Wen-Chih, Choudhary, Gaurav. "Association of Elevated Plasma Endothelin-1 Levels With Pulmonary Hypertension, Mortality, and Heart Failure in African American Individuals." JAMA Cardiology, vol. 1, no. 4, 2016, pp. 461. |
| Aspry K, Wu WC, Salmoirago-Blotcher E. "Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Established Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: New Directions in the Era of Value-Based Healthcare." Curr Atheroscler Rep, vol. 18, no. 2, 2016, pp. 10. |
| Lin A, Lacy ME, Eaton C, Correa A, Wu WC. "Inflammatory Obesity Phenotypes, Gender Effects, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study." Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, vol. 36, no. 12, 2016, pp. 2431-2438. |
| Lacy ME, Wellenius GA, Carnethon MR, Loucks EB, Carson AP, Luo X, Kiefe CI, Gjelsvik A, Gunderson EP, Eaton CB, Wu WC. "Racial Differences in the Performance of Existing Risk Prediction Models for Incident Type 2 Diabetes: The CARDIA Study." Diabetes Care, vol. 39, no. 2, 2016, pp. 285-91. |
| Taveira, Tracey H., Ouellette, Danielle, Gulum, Alev, Choudhary, Gaurav, Eaton, Charles B., Liu, Simin, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Relation of Magnesium Intake With Cardiac Function and Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Black AdultsCLINICAL PERSPECTIVE." Circulation: Heart Failure, vol. 9, no. 4, 2016, pp. e002698. |
| Jankowich M, Elston B, Evans SK, Wu WC, Choudhary G. "Relationship of Iron Deficiency and Serum Ferritin Levels with Pulmonary Hypertension: The Jackson Heart Study." PLOS ONE, vol. 11, no. 12, 2016, pp. e0167987. |
| Weaver, Anne, Wellenius, Gregory, Wu, Wen-Chih, Hickson, DeMarc, Kamalesh, Masoor, Wang, Yi. "Residential Proximity to Major Roadways Is Not Associated with Cardiac Function in African Americans: Results from the Jackson Heart Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 13, no. 6, 2016, pp. 581. |
| Greenberg PB, Chen AJ, Wu WC. "Sudden Vision Loss and Mortality: The Jackson Heart Study." Ophthalmic Epidemiology, vol. 23, no. 5, 2016, pp. 1-7. |
| Fernandez, Antonio B., Panza, Gregory A., Cramer, Benjamin, Chatterjee, Saurav, Jayaraman, Ramya, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Incident Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 11, 2015, pp. e0142968. |
| Jones LG, Sin MK, Hage FG, Kheirbek RE, Morgan CJ, Zile MR, Wu WC, Deedwania P, Fonarow GC, Aronow WS, Prabhu SD, Fletcher RD, Ahmed A, Allman RM. "Characteristics and outcomes of patients with advanced chronic systolic heart failure receiving care at the Veterans Affairs versus other hospitals: insights from the Beta-blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial (BEST)." Circulation: Heart Failure, vol. 8, no. 1, 2015, pp. 17-24. |
| Salmoirago-Blotcher, Elena, Wayne, Peter, Bock, Beth C., Dunsiger, Shira, Wu, Wen-Chih, Stabile, Loren, Yeh, Gloria. "Design and methods of the Gentle Cardiac Rehabilitation Study - A behavioral study of tai chi exercise for patients not attending cardiac rehabilitation." Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 43, 2015, pp. 243-51. |
| Steiner, Johannes, Wu, Wen-Chih, Jankowich, Matthew, Maron, Bradley A., Sharma, Satish, Choudhary, Gaurav. "Echocardiographic Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension and Cardiopulmonary Comorbidities." PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 3, 2015, pp. e0119277. |
| Lin X, Zhang X, Guo J, Roberts CK, McKenzie S, Wu WC, Liu S, Song Y. "Effects of Exercise Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 4, no. 7, 2015. |
| Chan, K. H. K., Chacko, S. A., Song, Y., Cho, M., Eaton, C. B., Wu, W.-C. H., Liu, S. "Genetic Variations in Magnesium-Related Ion Channels May Affect Diabetes Risk among African American and Hispanic American Women." Journal of Nutrition, vol. 145, no. 3, 2015, pp. 418-24. |
| Chen, Alicia, Trivedi, Amal N., Jiang, Lan, Vezeridis, Michael, Henderson, William G., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Hospital Blood Transfusion Patterns During Major Noncardiac Surgery and Surgical Mortality." Medicine, vol. 94, no. 32, 2015, pp. e1342. |
| Charlton GT, Slomka T, Wu WC, Choudhary G. "Right Ventricular Function Is Associated with Left Ventricular Stroke Volume in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis and Preserved Ejection Fraction." Echocardiography, vol. 33, no. 5, 2015, pp. 749-755. |
| Greenberg, Paul B., Chen, Allison J., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Sudden Vision Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study*." Ophthalmic Epidemiology, vol. 22, no. 2, 2015, pp. 116-122. |
| Dev, Sandesh, Lacy, Mary E., Masoudi, Frederick A., Wu, Wen‐Chih. "Temporal Trends and Hospital Variation in Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Use in Veterans Discharged With Heart Failure." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 4, no. 12, 2015, pp. e002268. |
| Dev, Sandesh, Lacy, Mary E., Wu, Wen-Chih. "APPROPRIATE USE, TEMPORAL TRENDS, AND HOSPITAL VARIATION IN ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST THERAPY IN A NATIONAL COHORT OF VETERANS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 63, no. 12, 2014, pp. A547. |
| Wu WC, Jiang L, Friedmann PD, Trivedi A. "Association between process quality measures for heart failure and mortality among US veterans." American Heart Journal, vol. 168, no. 5, 2014, pp. 713-20. |
| Choudhary G, Jankowich M, Wu WC. "Elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure predicts heart failure admissions in African Americans: Jackson Heart Study." Circulation: Heart Failure, vol. 7, no. 4, 2014, pp. 558-64. |
| Taveira, Tracey H., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Interventions to maintain cardiac risk control after discharge from a cardiovascular risk reduction clinic: A randomized controlled trial." Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 105, no. 3, 2014, pp. 327-335. |
| Urbine, Terry F., Schwenke, Dawn C., Wu, Wen-Chih, Dev, Sandesh. "Patient Characteristics Associated with Serious Hyperkalemia in Veterans after Hospital Discharge with Heart Failure." Journal of cardiac failure, vol. 20, no. 8, 2014, pp. S101. |
| Khatana, Sameed Ahmed Mustafa, Jiang, Lan, Wu, Wen-Chih. "A comprehensive analysis of dyslipidaemia management in a large health care system." J Eval Clin Pract, vol. 20, no. 1, 2013, pp. 81-87. |
| Chatterjee, Saurav, Kim, Jiwon, Dahhan, Ali, Choudhary, Gaurav, Sharma, Satish, Wu, Wen-Chih. "ELEVATED HIGH-SENSITIVITY TROPONIN LEVELS ON PRESENTATION PREDICT INCREASED MORTALITY AMONG PATIENTS WITH NORMAL CONVENTIONAL TROPONIN LEVELS: INSIGHTS FROM A META-ANALYSIS." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 61, no. 10, 2013, pp. E230. |
| Urbine, Terry F., Schwenke, Dawn C., Wu, Wen-Chih, Dev, Sandesh. "ICD9 Coding of Hyperkalemia Greatly Underestimates Incidence of Lab-Defined Hyperkalemia in Veterans with Heart Failure." Journal of cardiac failure, vol. 19, no. 8, 2013, pp. S32. |
| Sathya B, Davis R, Taveira T, Whitlatch H, Wu WC. "Intensity of peri-operative glycemic control and postoperative outcomes in patients with diabetes: a meta-analysis." Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 102, no. 1, 2013, pp. 8-15. |
| Sardar, Partha, Chatterjee, Saurav, Wu, Wen-Chih, Lichstein, Edgar, Ghosh, Joydeep, Aikat, Shamik, Mukherjee, Debabrata. "New Oral Anticoagulants Are Not Superior to Warfarin in Secondary Prevention of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attacks, but Lower the Risk of Intracranial Bleeding: Insights from a Meta-Analysis and Indirect Treatment Comparisons." PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 10, 2013, pp. e77694. |
| Sardar, Partha, Chatterjee, Saurav, Wu, Wen-Chih, Lichstein, Edgar, Ghosh, Joydeep, Aikat, Shamik, Mukherjee, Debabrata. "NEW ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS ARE NOT SUPERIOR TO WARFARIN IN SECONDARY PREVENTION OF STROKE: INSIGHTS FROM A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS AND INDIRECT TREATMENT COMPARISONS." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 61, no. 10, 2013, pp. E318. |
| Kapoor M, Schleinitz MD, Gemignani A, Wu WC. "Outcomes of patients with chronic heart failure and iron deficiency treated with intravenous iron: a meta-analysis." Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets, vol. 13, no. 1, 2013, pp. 35-44. |
| Choudhary G, Jankowich M, Wu WC. "Prevalence and clinical characteristics associated with pulmonary hypertension in African-Americans." PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 12, 2013, pp. e84264. |
| Cohen, Scott, Gaddam, Sainath, Gemignani, Anthony, Wu, Wen-Chih, Sharma, Satish, Choudhary, Gaurav. "Right Ventricular Function Relates to Functional Capacity in Men with Atrial Fibrillation and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction." Echocardiography, vol. 30, no. 5, 2013, pp. 542-550. |
| Sharma, Abhishek, Chatterjee, Saurav, Wu, Wen-Chih, Lichstein, Edgar. "RISK OF CARDIAC MORTALITY AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONS IN BMI<20 KG/M2: CAN RATES OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONS EXPLAIN THE HIGHER CARDIAC MORTALITY?." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 61, no. 10, 2013, pp. E1533. |
| Kim J, Gaddam S, Wu WC, Behera V, Sharma S, Choudhary G. "Stratified reporting of high sensitivity troponin I assay is associated with suboptimal management of patients with acute coronary syndrome and intermediate troponin elevation." Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, vol. 27, no. 5, 2013, pp. 402-6. |
| Taveira TH, Wu WC, Tschibelu E, Borsook D, Simonson DC, Yamamoto R, Langleben DD, Swift R, Elman I. "The effect of naltrexone on body fat mass in olanzapine-treated schizophrenic or schizoaffective patients: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study." Journal of Psychopharmacology, vol. 28, no. 4, 2013, pp. 395-400. |
| Chatterjee S, Kim J, Dahhan A, Choudhary G, Sharma S, Wu WC. "Use of high-sensitivity troponin assays predicts mortality in patients with normal conventional troponin assays on admission-insights from a meta-analysis." Clinical Cardiology, vol. 36, no. 11, 2013, pp. 649-53. |
| Wu WC, Trivedi A, Friedmann PD, Henderson WG, Smith TS, Poses RM, Uttley G, Vezeridis M, Eaton CB, Mor V. "Association between hospital intraoperative blood transfusion practices for surgical blood loss and hospital surgical mortality rates." Annals of Surgery, vol. 255, no. 4, 2012, pp. 708-14. |
| Pirraglia, PA, Rowland, E, Wu, W-C, Taveira, TH, Cohen, LB, Friedmann, PD, O’Toole, TP. "Benefits of a Primary Care Clinic Co-Located and Integrated in a Mental Health Setting for Veterans With Serious Mental Illness." Preventing Chronic Disease, 2012. |
| Greenberg PB, Tseng VL, Wu WC, Margo CE. "Creating a feedback loop to improve cataract surgery outcomes." Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, vol. 38, no. 1, 2012, pp. 175-176. |
| Patel N, Taveira TH, Choudhary G, Whitlatch H, Wu WC. "Fasting Serum C-Peptide Levels Predict Cardiovascular and Overall Death in Nondiabetic Adults." Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 1, no. 6, 2012, pp. e003152-e003152. |
| Li E, Greenberg PB, Tseng V, Woodmansee SB, Caffrey AR, Wu WC, Friedmann PD, Laplante KL. "In vitro coagulation effects of ophthalmic doses of bevacizumab." Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, vol. 28, no. 3, 2012, pp. 219-21. |
| Jankowich, Matthew, Choudhary, Gaurav, Klinger, James R., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Relationship Between Lung Function And Albuminuria: Data From The Third National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)." D59. COPD EPIDEMIOLOGY: RISK FACTORS, TRENDS, COMORBIDITIES, 2012. |
| Jankowich M, Choudhary G, Taveira TH, Wu WC. "Age-, race-, and gender-specific prevalence of diabetes among smokers." Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 93, no. 3, 2011, pp. e101-5. |
| Malandrino, N., Wu, W. C., Taveira, T. H., Whitlatch, H. B., Smith, R. J. "Association between red blood cell distribution width and macrovascular and microvascular complications in diabetes." Diabetologia, vol. 55, no. 1, 2011, pp. 226-235. |
| Tseng, Victoria L., Greenberg, Paul B., Wu, Wen-Chih, Jiang, Lan, Li, Emily, Kang, Jessica M., Scott, Ingrid U., Friedmann, Peter D. "Cataract Surgery Complications in Nonagenarians." Ophthalmology, vol. 118, no. 7, 2011, pp. 1229-35. |
| Greenberg PB, Tseng VL, Jiang L, Wu WC. "Cataract surgery in the very ill." Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, vol. 37, no. 5, 2011, pp. 970-971. |
| Punjani S, Wu WC, Cohen S, Sharma SC, Choudhary G. "Echocardiographic Indices of Diastolic Function Relate to Functional Capacity and Quality of Life in Ambulatory Men with Atrial Fibrillation." Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, vol. 24, no. 5, 2011, pp. 533-540.e3. |
| Choudhary G, Atalay MK, Ritter N, Shin V, Grand D, Pearson C, Kirchner RM, Wu WC. "Interobserver reliability in the assessment of coronary stenoses by multidetector computed tomography." Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 126-34. |
| Khatana, Sameed Ahmed M., Kane, Joshua, Taveira, Tracey H., Bauer, Mark S., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Monitoring and Prevalence Rates of Metabolic Syndrome in Military Veterans with Serious Mental Illness." PLoS ONE, vol. 6, no. 4, 2011, pp. e19298. |
| Taveira, T. H., Dooley, A. G., Cohen, L. B., Khatana, S. A. M., Wu, W.-C. "Pharmacist-Led Group Medical Appointments for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes with Comorbid Depression in Older Adults." Annals of Pharmacotherapy, vol. 45, no. 11, 2011, pp. 1346-1355. |
| Cohen, L. B., Taveira, T. H., Khatana, S. A. M., Dooley, A. G., Pirraglia, P. A., Wu, W.-C. "Pharmacist-Led Shared Medical Appointments for Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes." The Diabetes Educator, vol. 37, no. 6, 2011, pp. 801-812. |
| Greenberg PB, Tseng VL, Wu WC, Liu J, Jiang L, Chen CK, Scott IU, Friedmann PD. "Prevalence and predictors of ocular complications associated with cataract surgery in United States veterans." Ophthalmology, vol. 118, no. 3, 2011, pp. 507-14. |
| Wu, Wen-Chih, Waring, Molly E., Lessard, Darleen, Yarzebski, Jorge, Gore, Joel, Goldberg, Robert J. "Six-month mortality and cardiac catheterization in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients with anemia." Coronary Artery Disease, vol. 22, no. 5, 2011, pp. 317-323. |
| Chen CK, Tseng VL, Wu WC, Greenberg PB. "A survey of the current role of manual extracapsular cataract extraction." Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, vol. 36, no. 4, 2010, pp. 692-693. |
| Chen CK, Tseng VL, Wu WC, Greenberg PB. "A survey on the use of general anesthesia for cataract surgery." Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, vol. 248, no. 7, 2010, pp. 1051-1052. |
| Jankowich MD, Taveira T, Wu WC. "Decreased lung function is associated with increased arterial stiffness as measured by peripheral pulse pressure: data from NHANES III." American Journal of Hypertension, vol. 23, no. 6, 2010, pp. 614-9. |
| Jankowich, Matthew D., Taveira, Tracey, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Decreased Lung Function Is Associated With Increased Central Arterial Stiffness: Data From NHANES III." A29. NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO LUNG MECHANICS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, 2010. |
| Cohen LB, Taveira TH, Wu WC, Pirraglia PA. "Maintenance of risk factor control in diabetic patients with and without mental health conditions after discharge from a cardiovascular risk reduction clinic." Annals of Pharmacotherapy, vol. 44, no. 7-8, 2010, pp. 1164-70. |
| Wu WC, Smith TS, Henderson WG, Eaton CB, Poses RM, Uttley G, Mor V, Sharma SC, Vezeridis M, Khuri SF, Friedmann PD. "Operative blood loss, blood transfusion, and 30-day mortality in older patients after major noncardiac surgery." Annals of Surgery, vol. 252, no. 1, 2010, pp. 11-7. |
| Taveira TH, Friedmann PD, Cohen LB, Dooley AG, Khatana SA, Pirraglia PA, Wu WC. "Pharmacist-led group medical appointment model in type 2 diabetes." The Diabetes Educator, vol. 36, no. 1, 2010, pp. 109-17. |
| Greenberg PB, Liu J, Wu WC, Jiang L, Tseng VL, Scott IU, Friedmann PD. "Predictors of mortality within 90 days of cataract surgery." Ophthalmology, vol. 117, no. 10, 2010, pp. 1894-9, 1899.e1. |
| Chen CK, Tseng VL, Wu WC, Greenberg PB. "Survey of the management of antithrombotic therapy in cataract surgery patients." Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, vol. 36, no. 7, 2010, pp. 1239-40. |
| Khatana, Sameed Ahmed M., Taveira, Tracey H., Dooley, Andrea G., Wu, Wen-Chih. "The Association Between C-Reactive Protein Levels and Insulin Therapy in Obese vs Nonobese Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus." The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, vol. 12, no. 6, 2010, pp. 462-468. |
| Choudhary G, Shin V, Punjani S, Ritter N, Sharma SC, Wu WC. "The role of calcium score and CT angiography in the medical management of patients with normal myocardial perfusion imaging." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 17, no. 1, 2010, pp. 45-51. |
| Khatana, Sameed Ahmed M., Taveira, Tracey H., Choudhary, Gaurav, Eaton, Charles B., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Change in Hemoglobin A 1c and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus." Journal of the CardioMetabolic Syndrome, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 76-80. |
| Pirraglia, Paul A., Taveira, Tracey H., Cohen, Lisa B., Dooley, Andrea, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Maintenance of Cardiovascular Risk Goals in Veterans With Diabetes After Discharge from a Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Clinic." Preventive Cardiology, vol. 12, no. 1, 2009, pp. 3-8. |
| Wu, Wen-Chih. "Does Blood Transfusion Increase Mortality Risk in Acute Myocardial Infarction?." The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 102, no. 8, 2008, pp. 1116-1117. |
| Khatana, S A M, Taveira, T H, Miner, M M, Eaton, C B, Wu, W-C. "Does cardiovascular risk reduction alleviate erectile dysfunction in men with type II diabetes mellitus?." International Journal of Impotence Research, vol. 20, no. 5, 2008, pp. 501-506. |
| Taveira, Tracey H., Pirraglia, Paul A., Cohen, Lisa B., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Efficacy of a Pharmacist-Led Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Clinic for Diabetic Patients With and Without Mental Health Conditions." Preventive Cardiology, vol. 11, no. 4, 2008, pp. 195-200. |
| SHIN, V, RITTER, N, WU, W, CHOUDHARY, G, SHAFER, M, SHARMA, S. "16.32Multi-Slice Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Coronary Artery Disease Among Low-Intermediate Risk Patients Referred for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 14, no. 4, 2007, pp. S115-S115. |
| Martin OJ, Wu WC, Taveira TH, Eaton CB, Sharma SC. "Multidisciplinary group behavioral and pharmacologic intervention for cardiac risk reduction in diabetes: a pilot study." The Diabetes Educator, vol. 33, no. 1, 2007, pp. 118-127. |
| Wu, Wen-Chih, Schifftner, Tracy L., Henderson, William G. "Preoperative Hematocrit Levels and Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery—Reply." JAMA, vol. 298, no. 13, 2007. |
| Wu, Wen-Chih, Schifftner, Tracy L., Henderson, William G., Eaton, Charles B., Poses, Roy M., Uttley, Georgette, Sharma, Satish C., Vezeridis, Michael, Khuri, Shukri F., Friedmann, Peter D. "Preoperative hematocrit levels and postoperative outcomes in older patients undergoing noncardiac surgery." JAMA, vol. 297, no. 22, 2007, pp. 2481-8. |
| Taveira, Tracey H., Wu, Wen-Chih, Martin, Oanh J., Schleinitz, Mark D., Friedmann, Peter, Sharma, Satish C. "Pharmacist-Led Cardiac Risk Reduction Model." Preventive Cardiology, vol. 9, no. 4, 2006, pp. 202-208. |
| WU, W, SHARMA, S, CHOUDHARY, G, COULTER, L, COCCIO, E, EATON, C. "Flow-mediated vasodilation predicts the presence and extent of coronary artery disease assessed by stress thallium imaging." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 12, no. 5, 2005, pp. 538-544. |
| Mehta, Shalin B., Wu, Wen-Chih. "Management of Coronary Heart Disease: Stable Angina, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Myocardial Infarction." Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, vol. 32, no. 4, 2005, pp. 1057-1081. |
| Sebastian CC, Wu WC, Shafer M, Choudhary G, Patel PM. "Pneumopericardium and pneumothorax after permanent pacemaker implantation." Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE, vol. 28, no. 5, 2005, pp. 466-8. |
| Patel, Pranav M., Wu, Wen-Chih. "The Electrocardiogram in the Primary Care Office." Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, vol. 32, no. 4, 2005, pp. 901-930. |
| Wu WC, Bhavsar JH, Aziz GF, Sadaniantz A. "An overview of stress echocardiography in the study of patients with dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy." Echocardiography, vol. 21, no. 5, 2004, pp. 467-75. |
| Wu WC, Ireland LA, Sadaniantz A. "Evaluation of aortic valve disorders using stress echocardiography." Echocardiography, vol. 21, no. 5, 2004, pp. 459-66. |
| Sadaniantz, Ara, Katz, Alan, Wu, Wen-Chih. "Miscellaneous Use of Exercise Echocardiography in Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Disease or Congenital Heart Defect." Echocardiography, vol. 21, no. 5, 2004, pp. 477-484. |
| Wu WC, Aziz GF, Sadaniantz A. "The use of stress echocardiography in the assessment of mitral valvular disease." Echocardiography, vol. 21, no. 5, 2004, pp. 451-8. |
| Wu WC, Tilkemeier PL. "Significance of right ventricular visualization on stress sestamibi in a patient with dyspnea after atrial septal defect repair." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 9, no. 2, 2002, pp. 236-7. |
| Shahi CN, Rathore SS, Wang Y, Thakur R, Wu WC, Lewis JM, Petrillo MK, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. "Quality of care among elderly patients hospitalized with unstable angina." American Heart Journal, vol. 142, no. 2, 2001, pp. 263-70. |
2001-2004 VA HSR&D “Medications in Chronic Heart Failure and
Relationship to Quality of Life”: site PI, study PI = Rothendler (IIR 20-031).
2003- 2005 Merck, Inc. “Effectiveness of different strategies in maintaining
target of cardiovascular risk factors in patients
discharged from cardiovascular risk reduction clinic”
Wu, PI
2004-2006 CVT-5131 “A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind Study
of Intravenous CVT-3146 vs. Adenoscan® in
Patients Undergoing Stress Myocardial
Perfusion Imaging" Wu, site PI
2005 RI Foundation Multidisciplinary Behavioral and Pharmacological
Intervention for Cardiac Risk Reduction in Diabetes.
Wu, PI Initiator
2005-2007 VA HSR&D IIR- 04-313 "Variability in Surgical Blood
transfusion Practices and Cardiovascular
Outcome"; W. Wu, PI
2006-2007 ACCP “Pharmacist-led Group Intervention for Diabetes
and Psychiatric Illness”: Role: Mentor, Co-I
Taveira: trainee PI
2006-2008 ASHP “Pharmacist-led Telehealth Disease
Management in Patients with Diabetes and
Depression”: Role: Mentor, Co-I; Cohen, PI
trainee)
2006-2008 Daugherty “Multi-Targeted Cardiac Risk Intervention in Type 2
Foundation Diabetes”, Wu, PI: $50,000 Direct costs
2007-2009 VA HSRD VISN-1 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry,
“Clinical Trial of a Home Safety Intervention for Alzheimer's
Disease” (NRH 05-056 PI: Horvath), “PROVIDENCE VAMC
CHF Clinic” substudy, Wu, co-I: $45,000 Direct costs
2008-2012 VA HSR&D IAB – 06-269 "Group Intervention for DM Guideline
Implementation”, Wu, PI: $ 900,000 Direct costs
2009-2011 VA HSR&D Supplement to IAB-06-269: Implementation of Honolulu
VAMC in group intervention for DM and feasibility of video-
conferencing diabetes group intervention in American
Samoa, Wu, PI.
2010-2011 VA QUERI - HSR&D RRP 09-172 “Variations in Quality of Care and Outcomes for
Veterans with Heart Failure”, Wu, PI.
2010-2013 Dept. Med, Brown Univ. Chairman’s developmental research grant program
“Role of systemic vascular dysfunction in exercise tolerance rehabilitation in COPD” (Jankowich, PI, mentee). Role: Co-I, Mentor.
2011-2012 VA QUERI - HSR&D RRP 10-229 “Medical Center Implementation of PCMH in Acute CHF to Reduce Rehospitalization Rates”, Wu, PI.
2012-2014 AHA Founder Affiliate 12CRP9840018 “Behavioral activation therapy for both depression and diabetes vs. diabetes alone delivered via group visits. Role: co-PI, mentor (Taveira, PI mentee).
2012-2013 RI Foundation #20113648 “Effect of cardiovascular risk reduction on systemic vascular function in diabetics with COPD.” Role: co-I, mentor (Jankowich, PI mentee).
2012-2013 VA CHF QUERI Heart Failure Shared-Medical-Appointment to provide early (<7 days) post-heart failure discharge follow-up. Role: PI.
2013-2014 VA DM QUERI RRP 12-452 “Video-Conference Shared Medical Appointments to Improve Rural Diabetes Care.” Role: PI.
2013-2014 VA CHF QUERI Pre-Implementation Study of Spironolactone Appropriateness and Safety Monitoring. Role: co-PI (Dev, PI).
2013 – 2017 VA HSRD DM QUERI SDP
1 I01 HX000869-01A1 “Implementation Study of the Peer-to-Peer Program for Patients with Diabetes”. Role: co-I & site PI (PI: Heisler).
2013-2015 VA VISN 1 CDA “Process Quality and Outcomes in Cataract Surgery.” Co-I and mentor: (mentee and PI: Greenberg).
2013 – 2016 VA HSR&D IIR 12-346 “Patient-experienced Integrated Care for Veterans with Multiple Chronic Conditions”
Role: Co-I (PI: Meterko, M)
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | MPH | Brown University |
| 1995 | MD | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| 1995 | BS | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Fellow | The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, cardiovascular diseases | 1999-2002 | Providence, RI |
| Resident | University of Connecticut School of Medicine, primary care internal medicine | 1997-1999 | Farmington, CT |
| Intern | University of Connecticut School of Medicine, primary care internal medicine | 1996-1997 | Farmington, CT |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Eaton, Charles | Professor of Family Medicine, Director of Primary Care and Prevention, Professor of Epidemiology |
| Liu, Simin | Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Surgery, Professor of Medicine |
| Loucks, Eric | Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Medicine, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Wellenius, Gregory | Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology |
Professional Licensure and Board Certification
1999- Connecticut medical license
1999- ABIM- Internal Medicine
2001- Rhode Island medical license
2003- ABIM- Cardiology
Hospital Committees
2003- IRB Committee, Providence VA Medical Center
University Committees
2004-2007 Medical Faculty Executive Committee
Membership in Societies
1996-1999 Member, American College of Physicians
1999- Member, American College of Cardiology
1999- Member, American Heart Association
2003- Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care & Outcomes Research, AHA
2005- Fellow, American College of Cardiology
2008- Fellow, American Heart Association
2015- Member, American Association of Cardiovscular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
2018 - Director, American Association of Cardiovscular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Executive Board
Academic Appointments
July, 2002- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Brown Medical School
August 2008 - Program Director, Brown University Preventive Cardiology Fellowship
July, 2010- Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
July 2018 - Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology, , Brown University
| Certification | American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiology | 2002-Present | |
| American Society of Nuclear Cardiology | 2002-2022 | ||
| Medical License | Rhode Island | 2001-Present | |
| Certification | American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal medicine | 1999-Present |
| Medical Director. Providence VA Medical Center, 2008-2010 |
| Medical Director. Providence VA Medical Center, 2004-Present |
