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Benjamin G. Wu, MD

  • Specialties: Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care
  • Language: English
  • Phone: 212-598-6351
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About Me

Conditions and Treatments

lung metastasis, small mass of the lung, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, lung mass
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Adults

Credentials

Positions
  • Instructor, Department of Medicine
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Critical Care Medicine), 2016
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Disease), 2015
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 2013
Education and Training
  • Fellowship, NYU School of Medicine, Pulmonary/Crit Care, 2016
  • Residency, NYU School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2013
  • MD from SUNY - Stony Brook, 2010
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New York, NY 10016

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NYU Critical Care Associates

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Research My Research

Interests

lung microbiome, background microbiome, murine microbiome

Academic Contact

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Research Interests Timeline

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Publications

  • Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Associated with Alterations in the Nasal Microbiome and Increase in Inflammation

    Wu, Benjamin G; Sulaiman, Imran; Wang, Jing; Shen, Nan; Clemente, Jose C; Li, Yonghua; Laumbach, Robert J; Lu, Shou-En; Udasin, Iris; Le-Hoang, Oanh; Perez, Alan; Alimokhtari, Shahnaz; Black, Kathleen; Plietz, Michael; Twumasi, Akosua; Sanders, Haley; Melacha, Patrick; Kapoor, Bianca; Scaglione, Benjamin D; Wang, Anbang; Blazoski, Cameron; Weiden, Michael D; Rapoport, David M; Harrison, Denise; Chitkara, Nishay; Vicente, Eugenio; Marin, José M; Sunderram, Jag; Ayappa, Indu; Segal, Leopoldo N

    American journal of respiratory & critical care medicine. 2019 Jan 01; 199(1):99-109

  • The Lung Microbiome and Its Role in Pneumonia

    Wu, Benjamin G; Segal, Leopoldo N

    Clinics in chest medicine. 2018 Dec ; 39(4):677-689

  • Airway Microbiota Is Associated with Up-Regulation of the PI3K Pathway in Lung Cancer

    Tsay, Jun-Chieh J; Wu, Benjamin G; Badri, Michelle H; Clemente, Jose C; Shen, Nan; Meyn, Peter; Li, Yonghua; Yie, Ting-An; Lhakhang, Tenzin; Olsen, Evan; Murthy, Vivek; Michaud, Gaetane; Sulaiman, Imran; Tsirigos, Aristotelis; Heguy, Adriana; Pass, Harvey; Weiden, Michael D; Rom, William N; Sterman, Daniel H; Bonneau, Richard; Blaser, Martin J; Segal, Leopoldo N

    American journal of respiratory & critical care medicine. 2018 Nov 01; 198(9):1188-1198

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