Brenda Wu, MD
Dr. Wu specializes in Epilepsy and Epilepsy.
| Medical School | - Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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| Internship | - Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY
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| Residency | - Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY
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| Fellowship | - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Yale University, New Haven, CT
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| Board Certification | - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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| Specialty Interests |
- Outpatient laboratory electroencephalogram (EEG) and evoked potentials
- Phase 1 long-term inpatient video EEG monitoring with scalp electrodes to identify epileptic focus or differentiate epileptic events from non-epileptic symptoms
- Phase 2 Wada testing (cerebral angiogram with neuropsychological testing during EEG monitoring) to assess unilateral memory function and language dominance
- Phase 3 video EEG with intracranial electrodes (subdural, grid or depth etc, phase 3) to accurately localize and lateralize epileptic focus for possible surgery
- Electrocorticography (phase 4) in assisting neurosurgeon for epilepsy resective surgery
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| Research Interests |
- Pre-surgical evaluation of medically refractory epilepsy, epilepsy and depression
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| Special Interests |
- Medical management of new-onset or chronic seizure disorder
- Pre-surgical evaluation of medically refractory epilepsy, epilepsy and depression
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