Bio
Sean M Wu, MD, PhD is a board certified cardiologist who specializes in treating men and women with cardiac diseases such as coronary artery disease, cardiac valve disorder, rhythm disorders, cardio-oncology/cancer drug toxicity, and cardiac preventive management.
Dr. Wu also conduct research in cardiac developmental biology/congenital heart disease, stem cell biology and translation of stem cells into new treatments for congenital heart disease, adult heart failure and rhythm disorders.
In addition to completion of residency program and board certification in internal medicine, Dr. Wu has also completed a 3-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in cardiovascular disease with board certification and additional clinical training in echocardiography at Massachusetts General Hospital and cardiac developmental biology research training at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.
Clinical Focus
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac
- cardio-oncology
- Cardiac prevention
- Valve disorders
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
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Associate Professor (By courtesy), Pediatrics
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Administrative Appointments
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Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Surgical & Basic Science Faculty, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford SoM (2020 - Present)
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Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Basic Sci & Enginr (BASE) Program, Moore Heart Center, LPCH (2018 - 2019)
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Associate Member, Stanford Diabetes Research Center (2017 - Present)
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Section Editor, Current Cardiology Reports (2016 - Present)
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Associate Professor of Medicine (with tenure) and (by courtesy) Pediatrics, Stanford University (2016 - Present)
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Editorial Consultant, Journal of American College of Cardiology: Basic to Translational Science (2015 - Present)
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Guest Editor, Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Differentiation (2015 - Present)
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Consulting Editor, Circulation Research (2015 - 2019)
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Editorial Board - General, Circulation Research (2014 - Present)
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Section Editor, Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine (2013 - 2017)
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, School of Medicine (2012 - 2015)
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Associate Editor, BMC Cardiovascular Disease (2011 - 2014)
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Organizing Committee, NIH/NHLBI Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine Symposium (2011 - 2013)
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Editorial Board, Frontiers in Pharmacology and Smooth Muscle Biology (2010 - 2013)
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Editorial Board, World Journal of Stem Cell (2009 - 2012)
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Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital (2009 - 2012)
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2009 - 2012)
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Editorial Board, Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology (2007 - 2012)
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Director, Mouse Microinjection Core, Massachusetts General Hospital (2007 - 2012)
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Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2006 - 2009)
Honors & Awards
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Joan and Sanford I. Weill Scholar, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (2020-)
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2018 Kenneth D. Bloch Memorial Lecturer in Vascular Biology, American Heart Association (2018)
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Consulting Editors of the Year, Circulation Research (2018)
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Established Investigator Award, American Heart Association (2017-2021)
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Superior Editorial Consultant, Circulation Research (2017)
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Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) (2016)
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Cardiovascular Medicine Division Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine (2015)
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NIH Director's Pioneer Award, National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director (2014-2019)
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David Lawrence Stein Award, American Heart Association-Western Affiliate (2014)
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Endowed Faculty Scholar, Child Health Research Institute/ Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health (2013-2018)
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Seed Grant Award (Co-Recipient with Dr. Beth Pruitt), Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (2013-2014)
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SPARK Research Award, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (2010-2011)
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Fellow, American College of Cardiology (2010)
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Progenitor Cell Biology Consortium, Co-Principal Investigator, NIH/NHLBI (2009-2016)
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NIH Director's New Innovator Award, National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director (2008-2013)
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Seed Grant Recipient, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (2008-2010)
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Young Investigator Competitive Award in Cardiovascular Medicine, GlaxoSmithKline Education and Research Foundation (2007-2009)
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de Gunzburg Family Scholar, Massachusetts General Hospital (2006)
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K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Award, NIH/NHLBI (2005-2011)
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Abstract of Distinction, Research Symposium - Massachusetts General Hospital (2005)
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NIH/NHLBI Scholarship, Keystone Symposium on Molecular Mechanism of Cardiac Disease and Regeneration (2005)
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Career Development Award in Cardiovascular Medicine, American College of Cardiology Foundation/Pfizer (2004-2007)
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ACCF/Bristol Meyers Travel Award, American College of Cardiology (2002)
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Merck/ACC Young Investigator Award - 2nd Place, American College of Cardiology (2001)
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Henry Christian Award for Research Excellence, American Federation for Medical Research (1999)
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Experimental Pathologist-in-Training, American Society for Investigative Pathology (1998)
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Award for Academic Excellence and Achievement, American Society of Clinical Pathologists (1996, 1997)
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Tau Beta Pi, Stanford University School of Engineering (1992)
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Terman Award, Stanford University School of Engineering (1992)
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President's Award for Academic Excellence, Stanford University (1989)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Chair, AHA-BCVS Committee on Early Career Development (2020 - Present)
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Chair, American Heart Association National Research Committee, Bioethics Subcommittee (2020 - Present)
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Member, Scientific Committee, Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation (2020 - Present)
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Vice Chair, AHA-BCVS Committee on Early Career Development (2018 - 2020)
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Vice-Chair, American Heart Association National Research Committee, Bioethics Subcommittee (2017 - 2020)
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Member, AHA - BCVS Committee on Scientific and Clinical Education Lifelong Learning Committee (2016 - Present)
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Member, AHA - Committee on Scientific Session Programming (CSSP) (2016 - Present)
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Member, American Heart Association - BCVS Committee on Early Career Development (2015 - 2018)
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Member, American Heart Association National Research Committee, Stem Cell Research Subgroup (2013 - 2017)
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Member, American Heart Association National Stem Cell Therapy Writing Group (2012 - Present)
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Member, Research Administration Advisory Committee, Massachusette General Hospital (2010 - 2012)
Professional Education
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Research Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Stem Cell Biology (2006)
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Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease (2005)
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Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (2005) MA
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Board Certification, Internal Medicine, ABIM (2003)
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Residency: Duke University Medical Center (2001) NC
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Medical Education: Duke University School of Medicine (1999) NC
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PhD, Duke University School of Arts and Sciences, Pathology (1998)
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BS, Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering (1992)
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BS, Stanford University, Biological Science (1992)
Community and International Work
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Faculty Advisor
Partnering Organization(s)
National Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
Location
US
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
Patents
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Sean Wu, William Goodyer, Benjamin Beyersdorf, Eben Rosenthal, Nynke van den Berg. "United States Patent Application No. 62/871,551 NOVEL MOLECULAR TOOLS TO VISUALIZE AND TARGET THE CARDIAC CONDUCTION SYSTEM (CCS)", Leland Stanford Junior University, Jul 8, 2019
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Sean Wu, Jan Buikema, Arun Sharma. "United States Patent Applicaiton No. 62/644,091 REAGENTS AND METHODS WITH WNT AGONISTS AND BIOACTIVE LIPIDS FOR GENERATING AND EXPANDING CARDIOMYOCYTES", Leland Stanford Junior University, Mar 16, 2018
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Sean M. Wu. "United States Patent Application No. 13/552,975; US Patent No. 9393221 Methods and compounds for reducing intracellular lipid storage", Massachusetts General Hospital, Jul 19, 2016