June K Wu, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building
CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
Insurances Accepted
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About June K Wu, MD
June Wu, is a pediatric plastic surgeon/craniofacial surgeon. She is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery at CUIMC Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. She has a particular interest in Vascular Anomalies, which are congenital abnormalities of the blood and lymphatic systems that affect patients, and most of these conditions currently have no cure. Dr. Wu is a Co-Director of the NYP/Columbia University Irving Medical Center Interdisciplinary Vascular Anomalies Group and is the Co-Director of the Vascular Anomalies Basic and Translational Research Program that concentrates on understanding the pathophysiology of these lesions in order for biologically targeted therapeutics to be developed.
Dr. Wu completed her undergraduate studies in chemistry at Princeton University, and graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her residency in Plastic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center, after which she completed a Craniofacial Fellowship, followed by a Vascular Anomalies Fellowship, at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Wu is a member of multiple professional societies including the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Plastic Surgery Research Council, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies, and others. Dr. Wu is on the Scientific Committee of both the Plastic Surgery Research Council and the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies. Dr. Wu is a member of the In-service committee for the Plastic Surgery Education Foundation. This committee is responsible for writing examination questions for the In-service examination that every plastic surgery resident in this country is required to take every year during training in order to assess their competency.
Board Certifications
- Plastic Surgery
Specialties & Expertise
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRS)
- Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome
- Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Facial Plastic Surgery
- Glomuvenous Malformation/Glomangioma
- Hemangioma
- Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
- Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma
- Klippel Trenaunay Syndrome
- Lymphangioma
- Lymphatic Malformation
- Lymphedema
- Parkes-Weber Syndrome
- Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery
- Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Pediatric Reconstructive Surgery
- Pediatric Vascular Anomalies
- PIK3-related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS, CLOVES, MCAP)
- Proteus Syndrome
- PTEN-Related Overgrowth Syndrome
- Pyogenic Granuloma
- Research Studies
- Tufted Angioma
- Vascular Anomaly
- Vascular Birthmark
- Vascular Malformation
- Vascular Tumor
Education
- Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital
- Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Leadership, Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery at CUIMC
- Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Vascular Anomalies Group, NYP/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Co-Director of the Vascular Anomalies Basic and Translational Research Program
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Awards & Honors
- 1996: Joseph Parker Garrison Award
- 1997: First Prize, Resident's Research Competition
- 2002: Leo Davidoff Award
- 2007-2008: Inaugural recipient, Forde Junior Faculty Research Grant
- 2009-2010: Pilot Award, Irving Center for Clinical Research
- 2010-2011: Plastic Surgery Education Foundation Pilot Research Grant
- 2010-2015: Recipient, K08 Award, NHLBI