Penn Medicine Provider
Gastroenterology
Gary D. Wu, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman

About me

  • Associate Chief for Research, Division of Gastroenterology
  • Associate Director, Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Disease
  • Director, Molecular Biology Core
  • Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology
  • Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics

Education and training

  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Minnesota Hospitals
  • Fellowship: University of Michigan Medical Center

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Wu is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Soto Ocaña J, Friedman ES, Keenan O, Bayard NU, Ford E, Tanes C, Munneke MJ, Beavers WN, Skaar EP, Bittinger K, Zemel BS, Wu GD, Zackular JP. Metal availability shapes early life microbial ecology and community succession , mBio: 2024


Ticer TD, Tingler AM, Glover JS, Dooley SA, Kendrick J, Zackular JP, Devkota S, Wu GD, Mahalak K, Engevik A, Engevik MA. Bacterial metabolites influence the autofluorescence of Clostridioides difficile , Front Microbiol, 15: 2024,1459795


Fowler EA, Farias Amorim C, Mostacada K, Yan A, Amorim Sacramento L, Stanco RA, Hales ED, Varkey A, Zong W, Wu GD, de Oliveira CI, Collins PL, Novais FO. Neutrophil-mediated hypoxia drives pathogenic CD8+ T cell responses in cutaneous leishmaniasis , J Clin Invest, 134: 2024,e177992


Firrman J, Friedman ES, Hecht A, Strange WC, Narrowe AB, Mahalak K, Wu GD, Liu L. Preservation of conjugated primary bile acids by oxygenation of the small intestinal microbiota in vitro , mBio, 15: 2024,e0094324


Ananthakrishnan AN, Gerasimidis K, Ho SM, Mayer E, Pollock J, Soni S, Wu GD, Benyacoub J, Ali B, Favreau A, Smith DE, Oh JE, Heller C, Hurtado-Lorenzo A, Moss A, Croitoru K. Challenges in IBD Research 2024: Environmental Triggers , Inflamm Bowel Dis, 30: 2024,S19-S29


Hecht AL, Harling LC, Friedman ES, Tanes C, Lee J, Firrman J, Hao F, Tu V, Liu L, Patterson AD, Bittinger K, Goulian M, Wu GD. Dietary carbohydrates regulate intestinal colonization and dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae , J Clin Invest, 134: 2024,e174726


Zong W, Friedman ES, Allu SR, Firrman J, Tu V, Daniel SG, Bittinger K, Liu L, Vinogradov SA, Wu GD. Disruption of intestinal oxygen balance in acute colitis alters the gut microbiome , Gut Microbes: 2024


Rimal B, Collins SL, Tanes CE, Rocha ER, Granda MA, Solanki S, Hoque NJ, Gentry EC, Koo I, Reilly ER, Hao F, Paudel D, Singh V, Yan T, Kim MS, Bittinger K, Zackular JP, Krausz KW, Desai D, Amin S, Coleman JP, Shah YM, Bisanz JE, Gonzalez FJ, Vanden Heuvel JP, Wu GD, Zemel BS, Dorrestein PC, Weinert EE, Patterson AD. Bile salt hydrolase catalyses formation of amine-conjugated bile acids , Nature: 2024


Conrad MA, Bittinger K, Ren Y, Kachelries K, Vales J, Li H, Wu GD, Bushman FD, Devoto M, Baldassano RN, Kelsen JR. The intestinal microbiome of inflammatory bowel disease across the pediatric age range , Gut Microbes: 2024


Lewis JD, Daniel SG, Li H, Hao F, Patterson AD, Hecht AL, Brensinger CM, Wu GD, Bittinger K; DINE-CD; SPARC IBD Investigators. Surgery for Crohn's Disease Is Associated With a Dysbiotic Microbiome and Metabolome: Results From Two Prospective Cohorts , Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol: 2024


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