Brenda Wu, MD

UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School
97 Paterson Street - Second Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 235-6433
Fax: (732) 235-7041

Dr. Wu specializes in Epilepsy and Epilepsy.

Medical School
  • Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Internship
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY
Residency
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY
Fellowship
  • University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT
Board Certification
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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
Research Interests
  • Pre-surgical evaluation of medically refractory epilepsy, epilepsy and depression
Special Interests
  • Medical management of new-onset or chronic seizure disorder
  • Pre-surgical evaluation of medically refractory epilepsy, epilepsy and depression
Gender
  • Female