Fred Ming-Chieh Wu, MD
Adult Lead, Fontan at Boston (FAB) Clinic; Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Fred Ming-Chieh Wu, MD
Adult Lead, Fontan at Boston (FAB) Clinic; Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Education
Undergraduate School
University of Michigan
1996
Ann Arbor
MI
Medical School
University of Michigan
1999
Ann Arbor
MI
Internship
University of Minnesota Medical School
2000
Minneapolis
MN
Residency
University of Minnesota Medical School
2003
Minneapolis
MN
Fellowship
Cardiovascular Medicine (Adult)
University of Minnesota Medical School
2006
Minneapolis
MN
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital
2007
Boston
MA
Media
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Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine (General)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease)
Professional History
Dr. Wu is board certified in pediatrics, internal medicine, and cardiovascular disease. After receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, he completed a combined residency program in pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical Center and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease, also at the University of Minnesota. In 2007, he completed an advanced fellowship in adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension at Harvard Medical School and stayed on to become a faculty member of the Boston Adult Congenital Heart and Pulmonary Hypertension Program.
Dr. Wu has received a Sanofi-Aventis Fellow Travel Award for research, a teaching award from the Harvard Medical School Academy Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, and grant funding through Boston Children’s Hospital’s Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator for research into innovative approaches to the management of patients with single ventricle physiology.
Approach to Care
I feel that to serve as a physician is a unique privilege. As adult congenital heart disease specialists, we have the opportunity to care for and to form relationships with our patients through their entire lives. I believe strongly in the model of patients being active partners in their own care. My goal is to treat all individuals with respect and dignity, to maintain a high level of communication and transparency with patients and the rest of their health care team, and to empower everyone to actively participate in care and decision-making.
Publications
Characteristics and Survival Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After the Fontan Operation. View Abstract
Acute Effects of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Adults With Fontan Circulation. View Abstract
Electrocardiographic Changes in Pregnant Patients With Congenital Heart Disease View Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma in survivors after Fontan operation: a case-control study. View Abstract
Dyslipidemia Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Placental Findings in Pregnancies Complicated by Maternal Cardiovascular Disease. View Abstract
Placental Findings in Pregnancies Complicated by Maternal Cardiovascular Disease View Abstract
Associations Between Clinical Outcomes and a Recently Proposed Adult Congenital Heart Disease Anatomic and Physiological Classification System. View Abstract
Timing of Delivery in Women with Cardiac Disease. View Abstract
Intraperitoneal corticosteroids for recurrent ascites in patients with Fontan circulation: Initial clinical experience. View Abstract
Cardiovascular outcomes of pregnancy in Turner syndrome. View Abstract
Assessment and management of heart failure in the systemic right ventricle. View Abstract
Surveillance and screening practices of New England congenital cardiologists for patients after the Fontan operation. View Abstract
Fontan Liver Lesions: Not Always HCC. View Abstract
Hemodynamic Effects of Paracentesis in a Patient With a Fontan Circulation. View Abstract
Relationship of Red Cell Distribution Width to Adverse Outcomes in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease (from the Boston Adult Congenital Heart Biobank). View Abstract
A Pilot Study of Inspiratory Muscle Training to Improve Exercise Capacity in Patients with Fontan Physiology. View Abstract
Diagnosis and Management of Noncardiac Complications in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. View Abstract
Liver health in adults with Fontan circulation: A multicenter cross-sectional study. View Abstract
Predictive value of biomarkers of hepatic fibrosis in adult Fontan patients. View Abstract
Clinical Approaches to the Patient with a Failing Fontan Procedure. View Abstract
Galectin-3 Is Elevated and Associated With Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Single-Ventricle Fontan Circulation. View Abstract
Portal and centrilobular hepatic fibrosis in Fontan circulation and clinical outcomes. View Abstract
Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma in cyanotic congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Exercise oscillatory ventilation in patients with Fontan physiology. View Abstract
Rare case of undiagnosed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous return in an adult. View Abstract
Inadequate venous return as a primary cause for Fontan circulatory limitation. View Abstract
Abnormal spirometry after the Fontan procedure is common and associated with impaired aerobic capacity. View Abstract
Transient elastography may identify Fontan patients with unfavorable hemodynamics and advanced hepatic fibrosis. View Abstract
Outcomes of adolescents and adults undergoing primary Fontan procedure. View Abstract
MELD-XI score and cardiac mortality or transplantation in patients after Fontan surgery. View Abstract
Single ventricle anatomy is associated with increased frequency of nonalcoholic cirrhosis. View Abstract
Liver disease in the patient with Fontan circulation. View Abstract
Images in clinical medicine. Colonic saccular diverticula. View Abstract
Extrapericardial cardiac compression syndrome. View Abstract
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