June K Wu, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- Quality Health Management
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
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
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
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
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 Allen Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
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
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
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
Board Certifications
- Plastic Surgery