JamesKWuMDMBA

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Lehigh Valley Heart Institute LVPG Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery

Overview of Dr. Wu

Dr. James Wu is a thoracic surgeon in Allentown, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest and Lehigh Valley Health Network - Muhlenberg. He received his medical degree from University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine and has been in practice 24 years. Dr. Wu accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 12 doctors at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest and one of 2 doctors at Lehigh Valley Health Network - Muhlenberg who specialize in Thoracic Surgery. He has 6 publications and 32 citings.

Office
1250 S Cedar Crest Blvd
Ste 310
Allentown, PA 18103
Book by Phone+1(610) 890-9238

Fax+1 610-402-6892

Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2000 - 2011
Loyola University Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1998 - 2000
Stony Brook Medicine/University HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1993 - 1998
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2001 - 2024
NJ State Medical License 2007 - 2023
IL State Medical License 1998 - 2002
OH State Medical License 2000 - 2001
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Clinical Trials

PANTHER Study of Terumo Aortic Knitted and Woven Grafts, and Cardiovascular Patches Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 17
Recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Midterm outcomes in patients undergoing endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers using the RelayPlus stent graft.
Mahmoud B. Malas, Satinderjit Locham, Chad Hughes, Michael Bacharach, Derek R. Brinster
Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2021-02-01
2 citations
Incidence of general surgical procedures in adult patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Biren K. Juthani, Jennifer Macfarlan, James Wu, Scott Beman, Timothy S. Misselbeck
Journal of the Intensive Care Society. 2019-05-01
21 citations
Incidence of nosocomial infections in adult patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Biren K. Juthani, Jennifer Macfarlan, James K. Wu Md, Timothy S. Misselbeck
Heart & Lung. 2018-11-01

Press Mentions

'Frozen' Man Revived from the Brink of Death After Being Found in the Snow with No PulseJanuary 19th, 2016

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
Amerihealth HMO
AmeriHealth PPO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Florida NetworkBlue
BCBS Florida Preferred Patient Care PPO
Capital BC Keystone Health Plan Central HMO
Capital Blue Cross PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Coventry Florida - Employer Group PPO
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
Health Net California Large Group PPO
HealthAmerica HealthAssurance PPO
Highmark BCBS ClassicBlue
Highmark BCBS PPOBlue
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
IBC Keystone HMO / POS
IBC Personal Choice PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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