Peter Chang-Chung Wu, MD FACS

Peter Wu, MD, FACS is a dual fellowship-trained surgical oncologist at the VA Puget Sound and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington (UW). He has served in the roles of VISN20 Regional Cancer Committee Chair and Director of the TeleTumor Board Program, VHA National Oncology GI Pathways Committee, Washington State Chair for the Commission on Cancer, the UW Surgery DEI Council and Director of the Harkins Symposium, and UW Medical Student Research Training Program Committee Chair. Dr. Wu’s clinical expertise is in the management and treatment of cancers of the upper and lower GI tract, pancreas, gallbladder, skin and soft tissue, breast, and neuroendocrine tumors. He maintains a translational research laboratory at the VA Puget Sound studying advanced gastrointestinal malignancies and understanding what causes malignant cells to "escape" cell death and enter senescence pathways in response to cancer treatments. He is a principal investigator for a VA Gastrointestinal Tumor Tissue and Blood Repository. His research funding has supported studies to elucidate molecular mechanisms of therapy-induced senescence, characterization of novel tumor-specific senescence biomarkers to detect occult disease and predict treatment response, and reveal key checkpoints that can be targeted to block senescence escape. He has also been the institutional PI responsible for SWOG clinical trials conducted at the VA Puget Sound.

Breast Disease/Cancer

• breast cancer
• sentinel node

Endocrine (Gland)

• adrenal cancers/tumors
• adrenal surgery
• hyperparathyroidism
• pancreatic endocrine tumors
• parathyroid cancer
• parathyroid surgery
• pheochromocytoma
• thyroid nodules/cancer
• thyroid surgery

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• abdominal pain
• appendectomy
• feeding tubes
• gastric cancer
• peptic ulcer disease
• peritonitis
• splenectomy

Head and Neck

• parathyroid surgery
• thyroid surgery

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• bile duct malignancies
• bile duct surgery
• biliary tract disease
• cholecystectomy
• gallbladder cancer
• gallstone disease
• hepatic artery infusion pumps
• hepatobiliary surgery
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• liver biopsy
• liver surgery
• liver/hepatic disease
• pancreatic cancer
• pancreatic cysts
• pancreatitis

Hernia Procedures

• abdominal hernia
• component separation
• epigastric hernia
• femoral hernia
• inguinal hernia
• umbilical hernia
• ventral hernia

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

• cellulitis
• decubitus ulcer
• epidermal cyst
• skin and soft tissue infections
• skin biopsy
• skin gland tumors
• skin grafting
• tissue flaps
• wound infections

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

• anal abscess
• rectal prolapse

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

• anal abscess
• anal cancer
• biopsy of tumors
• colectomy
• colon cancer screening
• colon surgery
• colon/rectal cancer
• colonic polyps
• colonoscopy
• colostomy
• Crohn's disease
• diverticular disease
• esophagogastroduodenoscopy
• gastrointestinal bleeding
• gastrointestinal cancer
• ileostomy
• intestinal failure management
• intussusception
• irritable bowel syndrome
• laparoscopic colon surgery
• Meckel's diverticulum
• small bowel syndrome
• spastic colon
• stomach cancer
• ulcerative colitis

Diagnostic Imaging/procedures

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• fine needle aspiration/biopsy
• laparoscopic surgery
• radiosurgery
• tumor ablation

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

• adrenal tumors
• anal cancer/tumors
• basal cell cancer
• biopsy of tumors
• bone and soft tissue cancer/tumors
• breast cancer
• colon cancer screening
• colon cancer/polyps
• colon/rectal cancer
• endocrine cancer
• esophagus cancer/tumors
• gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
• melanoma
• pancreatic cancer/tumors
• pelvic tumors
• skin cancer
• stomach cancer/tumors
• thyroid cancer/nodules

Thoracic

• esophageal surgery

VA Puget Sound Hlth Care Sys (Seattle) Att University of Washington (Seattle)

Attending

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

Associate Professor

07/2004—Present