Spine surgery at Edmonds, Washington

Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Wu Zhuge, MD

Wu Zhuge is an expert in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended Baylor College of Medicine. Zhuge is a published doctor and has 13 publications published. The lastest was: 'SIV-associated nephropathy in rhesus macaques infected with lymphocyte-tropic SIVmac239.' He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

Efficacy of MRI for Assessment of Spinal Trauma: Correlation with Intra-Operative Findings.
Protection against late-onset AIDS in macaques prophylactically immunized with a live simian HIV vaccine was dependent on persistence of the vaccine virus.
Immunization of macaques with live simian human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) vaccines conferred protection against AIDS induced by homologous and heterologous SHIVs a...
Presence of Intact vpu and nef genes in nonpathogenic SHIV is essential for acquisition of pathogenicity of this virus by serial passage in macaques.
Antibodies that neutralize SIV(mac)251 in T lymphocytes cause interruption of the viral life cycle in macrophages by preventing nuclear import of viral DNA.
Passively administered neutralizing serum that protected macaques against infection with parenterally inoculated pathogenic simian-human immunodeficiency virus failed ...
SIV-associated nephropathy in rhesus macaques infected with lymphocyte-tropic SIVmac239.
Failure of SIVmac to be neutralized in macrophage cultures is unique to SIVmac and not observed with neutralization of SHIV or HIV-1.
Simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) containing the nef/long terminal repeat region of the highly virulent SIVsmmPBj14 causes PBj-like activation of cultured res...
A cell-free stock of simian-human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS in pig-tailed macaques has a limited number of amino acid substitutions in both SIVmac and HI...
Characterization of the pathogenic KU-SHIV model of acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome in macaques.
Plasmas from lymphocyte- and macrophage-tropic SIVmac-infected macaques have antibodies with a broader spectrum of virus neutralization activity in macrophage versus l...

Schools

University of Kansas School of Medicine
Baylor College Of Medicine
Univeristy of Kansas Medical Center
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Johnson County Community College

Procedures Preformed

Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
Foot and Ankle Fracture Treatment, Open
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Conditions Treated

Adhesive Capsulitis
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
Ataxia
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Doctors Specialties

Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Choice Plus POS II
Blue Card PPO
Cigna HMO
Cigna PPO
Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
Open Access Plus
First Choice Health PPO
Connect
MultiPlan PPO
PHCS Network PPO
ODS Health Plan
Heritage Plus
Heritage Signature
Personal Option EPO
Preferred Provider Network PPN
Choice Plus POS
Navigate HMO
Navigate POS
Options PPO

Education

Baylor College of Medicine
University of Kansas School of Medicine

Hospital

Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill Campus

Drug Facts

NPI NUMBER		1700047495
NPPES Provider LastName		ZHUGE
NPPES Provider FirstName		WU
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		980267702
NPPES Provider State		WA
Specialty Description		Orthopedic Surgery
Total Claim Count		179.0
Distinct Opioid Count		3.0
Opioid Claim Count		70.0
Percent Opioid Claims		39.11

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Medicare Facts

National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1700047495
Last Name Of The Provider	ZHUGE
First Name Of The Provider	WU
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