Chuang-Kuo Wu, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Clinical Core of the NIH-funded ADC, CNADC
Assistant Professor of Neurology

320, E. Superior Street.
Searle 11-467
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: (312) 695-9627
Background
Fellowship Dementia/Behavioral Neurology Program
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
San Diego VA Healthcare System
Residency Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Internship Boston University School of Medicine
Medical Degree China Medical University (Taiwan)
Clinical
Interests		 Alzheimer’s disease and Vascular Neurology
Research Interests Clinical trials of Alzheimer’s disease. Cell death mechanisms of cholinergic neurons.
Biography Dr. Wu obtained his MD degree at China Medical University, Taiwan and earned the PhD degree of Boston University School of Medicine. Then, he completed an internship and a neurology residency program at the Boston University Medical Center. While trained by the late chairman of Department of Neurology of UCSD, Dr. Leon Thal, Dr. Wu completed a fellowship, held a position of clinical instructor and served as an attending physician at the San Diego VA Medical Center. In 2003, Dr. Wu moved to Brown University and accepted a position of assistant professor of neurology. Since August 2007, he joins the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center (CNADC) of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. At Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Wu provides care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and associated dementia disorders and is the principal investigator of several clinical trials of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Wu is bilingual in Mandarin and English.
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