MichaelChao-HwaWuMD

Ophthalmology • Seattle, WA

Anterior Segment Related, Cataract Related, Cornea & External Disease, Refractive Surgery

Cornea Specialist at Group Health Ophthalmology

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Office
125 16th Ave
Seattle, WA 98112
Phone+1 425-502-3353

Fax+1 425-502-3356
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Education & Training

University of North Carolina HospitalsInternship, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 1999
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 1998, M.D.
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterFellowship, Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery
MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital CenterResidency, Ophthalmology

Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 2004 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2003 - 2025
NC State Medical License 1998 - 2000
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Best Doctors in America, 2013-2014 Best Doctors, 2013
Castle Connolly Top Doctors Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., 2012
U.S. News and World Report Top Doctors 2012: Ophthalmology U.S. News and World Report, 2012
Best Doctors in America, 2011-2012 Best Doctors, 2011
Teacher of the Year, University of Washington Department of Ophthalmology, 2009-2010 University of Washington School of Medicine, 2010
Best Doctors in America, 2009-2010 Best Doctors, 2009
Best Doctors in America, 2007-2008 Best Doctors, 2007
Teacher of the Year, University of Washington Department of Ophthalmology, 2005-2006 University of Washington School of Medicine, 2006
Southwestern Medical Foundation Academic Scholarship Recipient
National Merit Scholarship Recipient
Senator Robert C. Byrd Academic Scholarship Recipient
USA Today All-USA Academic Team USA Today
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Identification of Metastatic Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Neck Palpation.
Thamanna Nishath, Minh T Nguyen, Michael Wu, Desiree A Marshall, Andrew W Stacey> ;Case Reports in Ophthalmology. 2022 Jun 7
4 citations
A method for subtype analysis with somatic mutations
Meiling Liu, Yang Liu, Michael C. Wu, Li Hsu, Qianchuan He> ;Bioinformatics. 2021 Apr 9
5 citations
Comparison of the vaginal microbiota in postmenopausal Black and White women.
Patricia L Hudson, Wodan Ling, Michael C. Wu, Matthew R. Hayward, Alissa J. Mitchell, Joseph C. Larson, Katherine A. Guthrie, Susan D. Reed, Douglas S. Kwon, Caroline ...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Dec 23
13 citations
MiRKAT: kernel machine regression-based global association tests for the microbiome.
Nehemiah Wilson, Ni Zhao, Xiang Zhan, Hyunwook Koh, Weijia Fu, Jun Chen, Hongzhe Li, Michael C. Wu, Anna Plantinga> ;Bioinformatics. 2021 Jul 12
5 citations
Bacterial Communities Associated With Abnormal Nugent Score in Postmenopausal Versus Premenopausal Women
Caroline M. Mitchell, Sujatha Srinivasan, Nanxun Ma, Susan D. Reed, Michael C. Wu, Noah G. Hoffman, D.J. Valint, Sean Proll, Tina L. Fiedler, Kathy Agnew, Katherine A....> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021 Jun 15
8 citations
Extra-vaginal Bacterial Colonization and Risk for Incident Bacterial Vaginosis in a Population of Women who Have Sex with Men.
David N. Fredricks, Anna Plantinga, Sujatha Srinivasan, Antoinette Oot, Andrew Wiser, Tina L. Fiedler, Sean Proll, Michael C. Wu, Jeanne M. Marrazzo> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 May 7
6 citations
Author Correction: Gut microbiome composition in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos is shaped by geographic relocation, environmental factors, and ob...
Robert C. Kaplan, Zheng Wang, Mykhaylo Usyk, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Martha L. Daviglus, Neil Schneiderman, Gregory A. Talavera, Marc D. Gellman, Bharat Thyagarajan, J...> ;Genome Biology. 2020 Feb 25
73 citations
Gut microbiome composition in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos is shaped by geographic relocation, environmental factors, and obesity.
Robert C. Kaplan, Zheng Wang, Mykhaylo Usyk, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Martha L. Daviglus, Neil Schneiderman, Gregory A. Talavera, Marc D. Gellman, Bharat Thyagarajan, J...> ;Genome Biology. 2019 Nov 1
32 citations
Butyrogenic bacteria after acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are associated with the development of steroid-refractory GVHD.
Jonathan L. Golob, Martha M. DeMeules, Tillie Loeffelholz, Z Z Quinn, Michael K. Dame, Sabrina S. Silvestri, Michael C. Wu, Thomas M. Schmidt, Tina L. Fiedler, Matthew...> ;Blood Advances. 2019 Oct 8
14 citations
pldist: ecological dissimilarities for paired and longitudinal microbiome association analysis.
Anna Plantinga, Jun Chen, Robert R. Jenq, Michael C. Wu> ;Bioinformatics. 2019 Oct 1
9 citations
GWAS analysis reveals a significant contribution of PSCA to the risk of Heliobacter pylori-induced gastric atrophy.
Asahi Hishida, Tomotaka Ugai, Ryosuke Fujii, Masahiro Nakatochi, Michael C. Wu, Hidemi Ito, Isao Oze, Masahiro Tajika, Yasumasa Niwa, Takeshi Nishiyama, Hiroko Nakagaw...> ;Carcinogenesis. 2019 Jul 4
6 citations
Composite kernel machine regression based on likelihood ratio test for joint testing of genetic and gene-environment interaction effect.
Ni Zhao, Haoyu Zhang, Jennifer J.J. Clark, Arnab Maity, Michael C. Wu> ;Biometrics. 2019 Mar 30
123 citations
Gut Microbiota Composition and Blood Pressure
Shan Sun, Anju Lulla, Michael Sioda, Kathryn Winglee, Michael C. Wu, David R. Jacobs, James M. Shikany, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Lenore J. Launer, Anthony A. Fodor, Kati...> ;Hypertension. 2019 May 1
30 citations
Increased mucosal neutrophil survival is associated with altered microbiota in HIV infection.
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5 citations
Identifying individual risk rare variants using protein structure guided local tests (POINT).
Rachel Marceau West, Wenbin Lu, Daniel M. Rotroff, Mélaine A. Kuenemann, Sheng Mao Chang, Michael C. Wu, Michael J. Wagner, John B. Buse, Alison A. Motsinger-Reif, Den...> ;Plos Computational Biology. 2019 Feb 19
21 citations
A small-sample kernel association test for correlated data with application to microbiome association studies
Xiang Zhan, Lingzhou Xue, Haotian Zheng, Anna Plantinga, Michael C. Wu, Daniel J. Schaid, Ni Zhao, Jun Chen> ;Genetic Epidemiology. 2018 Dec 1
1 citations
Goodness-Of-Fit Test for Nonparametric Regression Models: Smoothing Spline ANOVA Models as Example.
Sebastian J. Teran Hidalgo, Michael C. Wu, Stephanie M. Engel, Michael R. Kosorok> ;Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 2018 Jun 1
64 citations
Heavy Cannabis Use Associated With Reduction in Activated and Inflammatory Immune Cell Frequencies in Antiretroviral Therapy-Treated Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infec...
Jennifer A. Manuzak, Toni M. Gott, Jay S. Kirkwood, Ernesto Coronado, Tiffany Hensley-McBain, Charlene Miller, Ryan K. Cheu, Ann C. Collier, Nicholas T. Funderburg, Je...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2018 Jun 1
3 citations
Reader Reaction: A note on testing and estimation in marker-set association study using semiparametric quantile regression kernel machine.
Xiang Zhan, Michael C. Wu> ;Biometrics. 2018 Jun 1
6 citations
On the substructure controls in rare variant analysis: Principal components or variance components?
Yiwen Luo, Arnab Maity, Michael C. Wu, Chris Smith, Qing Duan, Yun Li, Jung-Ying Tzeng> ;Genetic Epidemiology. 2018 Apr 1
7 citations
Kernel machine methods for integrative analysis of genome-wide methylation and genotyping studies.
Ni Zhao, Xiang Zhan, Yen-Tsung Huang, Lynn M. Almli, Alicia K. Smith, Michael P. Epstein, Karen N. Conneely, Michael C. Wu> ;Genetic Epidemiology. 2018 Mar 1
3 citations
Genome-wide association study for pollinosis identified two novel loci in interleukin (IL)-1B in a Japanese population.
Ryosuke Fujii, Asahi Hishida, Michael C. Wu, Takaaki Kondo, Yuta Hattori, Mariko Naito, Kaori Endoh, Masahiro Nakatochi, Nobuyuki Hamajima, Michiaki Kubo, Kiyonori Kur...> ;Nagoya Journal of Medical Science. 2018 Feb 1
17 citations
A Guide to Illumina BeadChip Data Analysis.
Michael C. Wu, Pei Fen Kuan> ;Methods in Molecular Biology. 2018 Jan 1
26 citations
Associations between improvement in genitourinary symptoms of menopause and changes in the vaginal ecosystem
Caroline M. Mitchell, Sujatha Srinivasan, Anna Plantinga, Michael C. Wu, Susan D. Reed, Katherine A. Guthrie, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Tina L. Fiedler, Matthew M Munch, Cong...> ;Menopause. 2017 Dec 1
118 citations
Stool Microbiota at Neutrophil Recovery Is Predictive for Severe Acute Graft vs Host Disease After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
Jonathan L. Golob, Steven A. Pergam, Sujatha Srinivasan, Tina L. Fiedler, Congzhou Liu, Kristina Garcia, Marco Mielcarek, Daisy Ko, Sarah Aker, Sara Marquis, Tillie Lo...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2017 Nov 29
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