Research Summary

Dr. Natalie Wu is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist who cares for patients with a variety of childhood cancers. She also provides care in UCSF's survivorship program for patients who have completed their cancer treatment.

Wu's research focuses on the long-term health outcomes of childhood cancer survivors and transplant recipients, seeking to identify patients most at risk for complications later in life.

Education

  • BA, 2007 - University of California Berkeley, Integrative Biology
  • MD, 06/2014 - Oregon Health & Sciences University School of Medicine, Portland, Medicine
  • 06/2021, MS - University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Epidemiology (Clinical and Translational Research Track)
  • 06/2017, Residency - McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Pediatrics
  • 07/2021, Fellowship - University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Selected Publications

  1. Wu NL, Chen Y, Dieffenbach BV, Ehrhardt MJ, Hingorani S, Howell RM, Jefferies JL, Mulrooney DA, Oeffinger KC, Robison LL, Weil BR, Yuan Y, Yasui Y, Hudson MM, Leisenring WM, Armstrong GT, Chow EJ. Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Kidney Failure in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2023 04 20; 41(12):2258-2268.  View on PubMed
  2. Wu NL, Phipps AI, Krull KR, Syrjala KL, Carpenter PA, Connelly-Smith LS, Flowers ME, Krakow EF, Ueda Oshima M, Lee SJ, Chow EJ. Long-term patient-reported neurocognitive outcomes in adult survivors of hematopoietic cell transplant. Blood Adv. 2022 07 26; 6(14):4347-4356.  View on PubMed
  3. Wu NL, Krull KR, Cushing-Haugen KL, Ullrich NJ, Kadan-Lottick NS, Lee SJ, Chow EJ. Long-term neurocognitive and quality of life outcomes in survivors of pediatric hematopoietic cell transplant. J Cancer Surviv. 2022 06; 16(3):696-704.  View on PubMed
  4. Wu NL, Hingorani S, Cushing-Haugen KL, Lee SJ, Chow EJ. Late Kidney Morbidity and Mortality in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Survivors. Transplant Cell Ther. 2021 05; 27(5):434.e1-434.e6.  View on PubMed
  5. Wu NL, Hingorani S. Outcomes of kidney injury including dialysis and kidney transplantation in pediatric oncology and hematopoietic cell transplant patients. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 09; 36(9):2675-2686.  View on PubMed

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