David Wu, M.D., Ph.D., is a board certified pathologist at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a UW associate professor of Laboratory Medicine and director of the UW fellowship in Molecular Genetic Pathology.
Dr. Wu conducts research on molecular diagnostic approaches to enhance patient care. He enjoys working with patients and their care providers to identify the best, evidenced-based approaches for their medical care. He strives to individualize patient care through integration of a patient’s story with clinical, laboratory, molecular/cytogenetic and pathology data.
Dr. Wu earned his M.D. from Harvard and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Association for Molecular Pathology. Dr. Wu’s clinical and research interests include disease detection, diagnosis, and prognostication, particularly with respect to minimal residual disease in acute leukemias. He is also involved in tumor profiling to identify individualized patient opportunities.