Hao Wu, MD, PhD
Biography
Hao Wu, MD, PhD, is an anatomic pathologist who evaluates tissues, cells, and organs to help identify a variety of conditions. She provides specialized assessments in pediatric and placental pathology, as well as bone and soft tissue pathology, and performs autopsy evaluations to offer comprehensive insights for patient care.
Dr. Wu completed her medical training from Xi’an Medical University in China and earned her doctoral degree from Boston University. She pursued residency at Albany Medical Center and Boston Medical Center, followed by fellowship training in pediatric pathology at Boston Children’s Hospital and cytopathology at Boston Medical Center. She is an associate professor of pathology at Yale School of Medicine.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Pathology
Education & Training
- Pediatric Pathology FellowBoston Children's Hospital (2014)
- Cytopathology FellowBoston Medical Center (2013)
- ResidentBoston Medical Center (2012)
- ResidentAlbany Medical Center (2009)
- PhDBoston University (2007)
- MDXi'an Medical University (1999)
Additional Information
- Jiao J, Lindskog D, Laskin W, Wu H. Metastatic Breast Cancer to a Dedifferentiated Solitary Fibrous Tumor Arising from a PTEN Hamartoma of Soft Tissue. International Journal Of Surgical Pathology 2025, 10668969251343903. PMID: 40452397, DOI: 10.1177/10668969251343903.
- Wu H, Sukhanova M, Tang H, Lu X, Zhong M, Deshpande H, Pollack S, Laskin W, Alexiev B. Use of Mitotic Activity and the Size of Any Dedifferentiated Component for Risk Assessment in MDM2-Amplified Liposarcoma. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2024, 149: 422-430. PMID: 39164013, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2024-0098-oa.
- Wu H, Laskin W. Myxoinflammatory Fibroblastic Sarcoma. Surgical Pathology Clinics 2023, 17: 83-96. PMID: 38278610, DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2023.07.003.
- Wu H, Tugal O, Perez-Atayde AR. Hemolysis in Early Infancy: Still a Cause of Cholestatic Neonatal Giant Cell Hepatitis. The American Journal Of Surgical Pathology 2022, 46: 801-808. PMID: 34856569, DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001841.
- Wu H, Zhu L, Kinnear D, Triggs N, Quintanilla NM, Himes R. Clinical, Laboratory, and Histologic Correlates of Serum Antinuclear Antibody in Hispanic Pediatric Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2022 PMID: 35311933, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqac028.
- Zaheer S, Han L, Wu H. Testicular Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor - a Rare Entity that May Have Mildly Elevated Serum Alpha Fetal Protein in Infants. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2022, 10935266221075164. PMID: 35156876, DOI: 10.1177/10935266221075164.
- Wu H, Ye Q, Razzano D, Tugal O, Rosenblum J, Weigel T, Zhong M. Primary Lung Cribriform Adenocarcinoma With Squamoid Morules Harboring Somatic CTNNB1 Mutation in a Never-Smoked Healthy Adolescent. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2020, 23: 472-475. PMID: 32924814, DOI: 10.1177/1093526620957219.
- Wu H, Fuller MY, Pogoriler J. Granulomatous Appendicitis in the Pediatric Population. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2020, 23: 215-221. PMID: 31619135, DOI: 10.1177/1093526619881545.
- Wu H, Vu M, Dhingra S, Ackah R, Goss JA, Rana A, Quintanilla N, Patel K, Leung DH. Obliterative Portal Venopathy Without Cirrhosis Is Prevalent in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease With Portal Hypertension. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology : The Official Clinical Practice Journal Of The American Gastroenterological Association 2019, 17: 2134-2136. PMID: 30404037, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.10.046.
- Wu H, Ferguson W, Castro E, Kearney D, Finegold M, Patel K. Extrahepatic Nonreticuloendothelial Siderosis Is Not Specific to Gestational Alloimmune Liver Disease. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2019, 22: 356-364. PMID: 30722724, DOI: 10.1177/1093526619826429.
- Luckie TM, Danzig M, Zhou S, Wu H, Cost NG, Karaviti L, Venkatramani R. A Multicenter Retrospective Review of Pediatric Leydig Cell Tumor of the Testis. Journal Of Pediatric Hematology/oncology 2019, 41: 74-76. PMID: 29554024, DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000001124.
- Cortes-Santiago N, Leung DH, Castro E, Finegold M, Wu H, Patel KR. Hepatic Steatosis Is Prevalent Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Children With Cystic Fibrosis. Journal Of Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition 2019, 68: 96-103. PMID: 30234762, DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002154.
- Kodama T, Yi J, Newberg JY, Tien JC, Wu H, Finegold MJ, Kodama M, Wei Z, Tamura T, Takehara T, Johnson RL, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG. Molecular profiling of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-associated hepatocellular carcinoma using SB transposon mutagenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: E10417-E10426. PMID: 30327349, PMCID: PMC6217425, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808968115.
- Coffey A, Patel K, Quintanilla N, Kellermayer R, Wu H. Fundic Gland Polyps in the Pediatric Population: Clinical and Histopathologic Studies. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2017, 20: 482-489. PMID: 28429649, DOI: 10.1177/1093526617706816.
- Wu H, Ferguson W, Castro E, Finegold M, Patel K. Pediatric Mesenchymal Hamartomas of the Liver can Show Both Foregut and Hindgut Phenotype. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2017, 20: 490-497. PMID: 28468559, DOI: 10.1177/1093526617706817.
- Patel KR, Harpavat S, Finegold M, Eldin K, Hicks J, Firan M, Keitel V, Kubitz R, Wu H. Post-transplant Recurrent Bile Salt Export Pump Disease: A Form of Antibody-mediated Graft Dysfunction and Utilization of C4d. Journal Of Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition 2017, 65: 364-369. PMID: 28945205, DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001653.
- Patel K, Kinnear D, Quintanilla NM, Hicks J, Castro E, Curry C, Dormans J, Ashton DJ, Hernandez JA, Wu H. Optimal Diagnostic Yield Achieved With On-site Pathology Evaluation of Fine-Needle Aspiration-Assisted Core Biopsies for Pediatric Osseous Lesions: A Single-Center Experience. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2017, 141: 678-683. PMID: 28301225, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0269-OA.
- Wu H, Chintagumpala M, Hicks J, Nuchtern JG, Okcu MF, Venkatramani R. Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Appendix in Children. Journal Of Pediatric Hematology/oncology 2017, 39: 97-102. PMID: 27306228, DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000598.
- Wu H, Pangas SA, Eldin KW, Patel KR, Hicks J, Dietrich JE, Venkatramani R. Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor of the Ovary: A Clinicopathologic Study. Journal Of Pediatric And Adolescent Gynecology 2017, 30: 138-143. PMID: 27702598, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2016.09.008.
- Patel KR, Bertuch A, Sasa GS, Himes RW, Wu H. Features of Hepatitis in Hepatitis-associated Aplastic Anemia: Clinical and Histopathologic Study. Journal Of Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition 2017, 64: e7-e12. PMID: 28030425, DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001271.
- Wu H, Pimpalwar A, Diwan H, Patel KR. Papillary adnexal neoplasm (aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma) on the ankle of a 15-year-old girl: case report and review of literature from a pediatric perspective. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 2016, 43: 1172-1178. PMID: 27535353, DOI: 10.1111/cup.12804.
- Best-Rocha A, Patel K, Hicks J, Edmonds JL, Paldino MJ, Wu H. Novel Association of Odontogenic Myxoma with Constitutional Chromosomal 1q21 Microduplication: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2016, 19: 139-45. PMID: 26230961, DOI: 10.2350/15-05-1637-CR.1.
- Wu H, Sun Y, Ye H, Yang S, Lee SL, de las Morenas A. Anaplastic thyroid cancer: outcome and the mutation/expression profiles of potential targets. Pathology Oncology Research : POR 2015, 21: 695-701. PMID: 25588542, DOI: 10.1007/s12253-014-9876-5.
Biography
Hao Wu, MD, PhD, is an anatomic pathologist who evaluates tissues, cells, and organs to help identify a variety of conditions. She provides specialized assessments in pediatric and placental pathology, as well as bone and soft tissue pathology, and performs autopsy evaluations to offer comprehensive insights for patient care.
Dr. Wu completed her medical training from Xi’an Medical University in China and earned her doctoral degree from Boston University. She pursued residency at Albany Medical Center and Boston Medical Center, followed by fellowship training in pediatric pathology at Boston Children’s Hospital and cytopathology at Boston Medical Center. She is an associate professor of pathology at Yale School of Medicine.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Pathology
Education & Training
- Pediatric Pathology FellowBoston Children's Hospital (2014)
- Cytopathology FellowBoston Medical Center (2013)
- ResidentBoston Medical Center (2012)
- ResidentAlbany Medical Center (2009)
- PhDBoston University (2007)
- MDXi'an Medical University (1999)
Additional Information
- Jiao J, Lindskog D, Laskin W, Wu H. Metastatic Breast Cancer to a Dedifferentiated Solitary Fibrous Tumor Arising from a PTEN Hamartoma of Soft Tissue. International Journal Of Surgical Pathology 2025, 10668969251343903. PMID: 40452397, DOI: 10.1177/10668969251343903.
- Wu H, Sukhanova M, Tang H, Lu X, Zhong M, Deshpande H, Pollack S, Laskin W, Alexiev B. Use of Mitotic Activity and the Size of Any Dedifferentiated Component for Risk Assessment in MDM2-Amplified Liposarcoma. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2024, 149: 422-430. PMID: 39164013, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2024-0098-oa.
- Wu H, Laskin W. Myxoinflammatory Fibroblastic Sarcoma. Surgical Pathology Clinics 2023, 17: 83-96. PMID: 38278610, DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2023.07.003.
- Wu H, Tugal O, Perez-Atayde AR. Hemolysis in Early Infancy: Still a Cause of Cholestatic Neonatal Giant Cell Hepatitis. The American Journal Of Surgical Pathology 2022, 46: 801-808. PMID: 34856569, DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001841.
- Wu H, Zhu L, Kinnear D, Triggs N, Quintanilla NM, Himes R. Clinical, Laboratory, and Histologic Correlates of Serum Antinuclear Antibody in Hispanic Pediatric Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2022 PMID: 35311933, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqac028.
- Zaheer S, Han L, Wu H. Testicular Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor - a Rare Entity that May Have Mildly Elevated Serum Alpha Fetal Protein in Infants. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2022, 10935266221075164. PMID: 35156876, DOI: 10.1177/10935266221075164.
- Wu H, Ye Q, Razzano D, Tugal O, Rosenblum J, Weigel T, Zhong M. Primary Lung Cribriform Adenocarcinoma With Squamoid Morules Harboring Somatic CTNNB1 Mutation in a Never-Smoked Healthy Adolescent. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2020, 23: 472-475. PMID: 32924814, DOI: 10.1177/1093526620957219.
- Wu H, Fuller MY, Pogoriler J. Granulomatous Appendicitis in the Pediatric Population. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2020, 23: 215-221. PMID: 31619135, DOI: 10.1177/1093526619881545.
- Wu H, Vu M, Dhingra S, Ackah R, Goss JA, Rana A, Quintanilla N, Patel K, Leung DH. Obliterative Portal Venopathy Without Cirrhosis Is Prevalent in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease With Portal Hypertension. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology : The Official Clinical Practice Journal Of The American Gastroenterological Association 2019, 17: 2134-2136. PMID: 30404037, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.10.046.
- Wu H, Ferguson W, Castro E, Kearney D, Finegold M, Patel K. Extrahepatic Nonreticuloendothelial Siderosis Is Not Specific to Gestational Alloimmune Liver Disease. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2019, 22: 356-364. PMID: 30722724, DOI: 10.1177/1093526619826429.
- Luckie TM, Danzig M, Zhou S, Wu H, Cost NG, Karaviti L, Venkatramani R. A Multicenter Retrospective Review of Pediatric Leydig Cell Tumor of the Testis. Journal Of Pediatric Hematology/oncology 2019, 41: 74-76. PMID: 29554024, DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000001124.
- Cortes-Santiago N, Leung DH, Castro E, Finegold M, Wu H, Patel KR. Hepatic Steatosis Is Prevalent Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Children With Cystic Fibrosis. Journal Of Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition 2019, 68: 96-103. PMID: 30234762, DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002154.
- Kodama T, Yi J, Newberg JY, Tien JC, Wu H, Finegold MJ, Kodama M, Wei Z, Tamura T, Takehara T, Johnson RL, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG. Molecular profiling of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-associated hepatocellular carcinoma using SB transposon mutagenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: E10417-E10426. PMID: 30327349, PMCID: PMC6217425, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808968115.
- Coffey A, Patel K, Quintanilla N, Kellermayer R, Wu H. Fundic Gland Polyps in the Pediatric Population: Clinical and Histopathologic Studies. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2017, 20: 482-489. PMID: 28429649, DOI: 10.1177/1093526617706816.
- Wu H, Ferguson W, Castro E, Finegold M, Patel K. Pediatric Mesenchymal Hamartomas of the Liver can Show Both Foregut and Hindgut Phenotype. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2017, 20: 490-497. PMID: 28468559, DOI: 10.1177/1093526617706817.
- Patel KR, Harpavat S, Finegold M, Eldin K, Hicks J, Firan M, Keitel V, Kubitz R, Wu H. Post-transplant Recurrent Bile Salt Export Pump Disease: A Form of Antibody-mediated Graft Dysfunction and Utilization of C4d. Journal Of Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition 2017, 65: 364-369. PMID: 28945205, DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001653.
- Patel K, Kinnear D, Quintanilla NM, Hicks J, Castro E, Curry C, Dormans J, Ashton DJ, Hernandez JA, Wu H. Optimal Diagnostic Yield Achieved With On-site Pathology Evaluation of Fine-Needle Aspiration-Assisted Core Biopsies for Pediatric Osseous Lesions: A Single-Center Experience. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2017, 141: 678-683. PMID: 28301225, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0269-OA.
- Wu H, Chintagumpala M, Hicks J, Nuchtern JG, Okcu MF, Venkatramani R. Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Appendix in Children. Journal Of Pediatric Hematology/oncology 2017, 39: 97-102. PMID: 27306228, DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000598.
- Wu H, Pangas SA, Eldin KW, Patel KR, Hicks J, Dietrich JE, Venkatramani R. Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor of the Ovary: A Clinicopathologic Study. Journal Of Pediatric And Adolescent Gynecology 2017, 30: 138-143. PMID: 27702598, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2016.09.008.
- Patel KR, Bertuch A, Sasa GS, Himes RW, Wu H. Features of Hepatitis in Hepatitis-associated Aplastic Anemia: Clinical and Histopathologic Study. Journal Of Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition 2017, 64: e7-e12. PMID: 28030425, DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001271.
- Wu H, Pimpalwar A, Diwan H, Patel KR. Papillary adnexal neoplasm (aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma) on the ankle of a 15-year-old girl: case report and review of literature from a pediatric perspective. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 2016, 43: 1172-1178. PMID: 27535353, DOI: 10.1111/cup.12804.
- Best-Rocha A, Patel K, Hicks J, Edmonds JL, Paldino MJ, Wu H. Novel Association of Odontogenic Myxoma with Constitutional Chromosomal 1q21 Microduplication: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology : The Official Journal Of The Society For Pediatric Pathology And The Paediatric Pathology Society 2016, 19: 139-45. PMID: 26230961, DOI: 10.2350/15-05-1637-CR.1.
- Wu H, Sun Y, Ye H, Yang S, Lee SL, de las Morenas A. Anaplastic thyroid cancer: outcome and the mutation/expression profiles of potential targets. Pathology Oncology Research : POR 2015, 21: 695-701. PMID: 25588542, DOI: 10.1007/s12253-014-9876-5.