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Albert Wu, MD, Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Internal Medicine • Baltimore, MD

Professor of Health Policy and Management and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University; Director, Center for Health Services & Outcomes Research, Director, Masters of Applied Science in Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality; Director, Center for Meaningful Measures, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management

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Summary

  • Dr. Albert Wu is an internist in Baltimore, MD and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Health Policy & Management in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He received his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and has been in practice 33 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Swedish.

    • Caring for the Caregiver | Second Victims | Johns Hopkins Solutions

    Albert Wu, M.D., coined the term "second victim" in 2000, envisioning a program that provided support for health care providers stressful clinical events.

Education & Training

  • University of California
    University of CaliforniaMPH, 1988 - 1990
  • University of California, San Francisco
    University of California, San Franciscon/a, Robert Wood Johnson/Veterans Administration Clinical Scholar, 1988 - 1990
  • University of California (San Diego) Medical Center
    University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1987
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1986
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
    Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1984
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityBA, Biology and Psychology, 1976 - 1980

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1986 - Present
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1986 - Present
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1990 - 2025
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2016 - 2018
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Clinical Excellence in Clinical Collaboration and Teamwork Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2019
  • John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2019
  • 2019 Patient Reported Outcomes Measures Career Achievement Prize Health Assessment Lab (HAL)/Medical Outcomes Trust, 2019
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Development and Content Validation of a Patient-Reported Sexual Risk Measure for Use in Primary Care  
    Kenneth H Mayer, William C Mathews, Michael J Mugavero, Heidi M Crane, William B Lober, Donald L Patrick, Albert W Wu, Paul K Crane, Mari M Kitahata, Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • Pain and satisfaction with pain control in seriously ill hospitalized adults: Findings from SUPPORT research investigations.  
    Desbiens NA, Wu AW, Olsen KA, et al, Critical Care Medicine 1996; 24:1953-1961
  • Pain and suffering in seriously ill hospitalized patients.  
    Desbiens NA, Wu AW, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2000; 48(5 Suppl):S183-186
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Health-related quality of life and HIV infection. 
    Chapter: The impact of HIV infection on health-related quality of life 
    Wu AW, Witt WPEditors: Badia X and Podzamczer D.Madrid
  • Evidence-Based Surgery. 
    Chapter: Patient-reported outcomes measures 
    Page 221 - 237Wu AWEditors: Gordon TA, Cameron JL.B.C. Decker Inc, Hamilton, ON
  • Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 39: Surviving Intensive Care. 
    Chapter: Defining “Success” in ICU Care 
    Page 323 - 340Pronovost PP, Wu AW, Holzmueller CGEditors: Angus DC and Carlet J.Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Disease specific and generic quality of life with ambulatory treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
    Wu AW, Bass EB, Jenckes MW, Fink NE, Cagney KA, Powe NR, 20th Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of SGIM, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Assessing clinical significance in measuring oncology patient quality-of-life: introduction to the symposium, content overview, and definition of terms.
    Sloan JA, Cella D, Frost M, Guyatt GH, Sprangers M, Symonds T, Mayo Clin Proc 2002; 77:367-370
  • Group vs individual approaches to understanding the clinical significance of differences or changes in quality-of-life.
    Cella D, Bullinger M, Scott C, Barofsky I, Mayo Clin Proc 2002; 77:384-392
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Lectures

  • Quality of Life Issues. 
    Ortho-Biotech Clinical Preceptor Program. Baltimore, MD
  • Quality of life in HIV disease: state of the art. 
    Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Facolta, Rome, Italy
  • Assuring adherence and supporting self-management. 
    Boston, MA
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Other

  • Defining the “Terminally Ill”: Insights from Support. 
    Lynn J, Harrell FE, Cohn F, Hamel MB, Dawson N, Wu AW, Duquesne Law Review 1996; 35:311-336
  • Topics in Risk Management. 
    Kidwell R, Wu AW, Oakstone Publishing
  • Adverse events and their aftermath: SOS from Clinicians. 
    Wu AW, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
    http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/AudioAndWebPrograms/WIHI.htm
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Press Mentions

  • Medicare Part D Beneficiaries Without Low-Income Subsidy Less Apt to Fill Prescriptions for Pricey Drugs
    Medicare Part D Beneficiaries Without Low-Income Subsidy Less Apt to Fill Prescriptions for Pricey DrugsApril 7th, 2022
  • Medicaid Has Been Good to My Body, but It Has Abandoned My Brain
    Medicaid Has Been Good to My Body, but It Has Abandoned My BrainSeptember 29th, 2021
  • Risk of Death for U.S. Infants with Congenital Heart Disease Varies Geographically
    Risk of Death for U.S. Infants with Congenital Heart Disease Varies GeographicallyJune 10th, 2021
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Other Languages

  • Swedish

Hospital Affiliations

External Links

Dr. Albert Wu, Dr. Albert Wu, MD, Dr. A Wu, Dr. Albert Wilson Wu