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Meagan graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Art Practice and M.A. in Art History. She is currently a medical student at Thomas Jefferson University and spent her research year as a Craniofacial Clinical Research Fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her interests include medical illustration, figurative art, and portraiture. Meagan has also won numerous national and international competitions as a cellist, performing as a soloist in venues including Carnegie Hall, Copley Symphony Hall, and Poway Performing Arts Center.

Questions, comments, or commissions? Email meagann.wu@gmail.com.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Wu M, Massenburg BB, Ng JJ, Romeo DJ, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. The Kaleidoscope of Midface Management in Apert Syndrome: A 23-Year Single Institution Experience. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011415
  2. Wu M, Barnett SL, Massenburg BB, Ng JJ, Romeo DJ, Taylor JA, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP. Early Posterior Vault Distraction Osteogenesis Changes the Syndromic Craniosynostosis Treatment Paradigm: Outcomes of a 23-Year Cohort Study. Child’s Nervous System. 2024. doi:10.1007/s00381-024-06465-x
  3. Wu M, Massenburg BB, Villavisanis DF, Chang AE, Romeo DJ, Ng JJ, Bartlett SP, Swanson JW, Taylor JA. The Evolution of Surgical Approach for Unicoronal Synostosis Correction: Seven-Year Aesthetics of Fronto-orbital Distraction Versus Traditional Advancement. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011844
  4. Wu M, Card EB, Sussman JH, Villavisanis DF, Massenburg BB, Ng JJ, Romeo DJ, Swanson JW, Taylor JA, Low DW. Crowdsourcing the Impact of Illustration in Cleft Surgery Education. The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal. 2024. doi:10.1177/10556656241257101
  5. Wu M, Wagner CS, Villavisanis DF, Ng JJ, Massenburg BB, Romeo DJ, Heuer GG, Bartlett SP, Swanson JW, Taylor JA. Endoscopic-Assisted Versus Open Fronto-orbital Distraction for Unicoronal Craniosynostosis: Morphometric and Technique Considerations. Child’s Nervous System. 2024. doi:10.1007/s00381-024-06662-8
  6. Wu M, Pontell ME, Massenburg BB, Ng JJ, Romeo DJ, Swanson JW, Taylor JA, Bartlett SP. The Expanded Forehead Flap for Multi-Unit Congenital Nevi. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2024. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000005867
  7. Wu M, Vossough A, Massenburg BB, Romeo DJ, Ng JJ, Napoli JA, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Mystery of the Muenke Midface: Spheno-occipital Synchondrosis Fusion and Craniofacial Skeletal Patterns. Child’s Nervous System. 2024. doi:10.1007/s00381-024-06518-1
  8. Wu M, Massenburg BB, Reddy N, Romeo DJ, Ng JJ, Taylor JA, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Lang SS. Long-Term Sequelae of Normocephalic Pansynostosis: A Rare But Insidious Entity. Child’s Nervous System. 2024. doi:10.1007/s00381-024-06379-8
  9. Wu M, Barnett SL, Massenburg BB, Friedman LM, Ng JJ, Romeo DJ, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Clarifying the Relationship Between Orbito-zygomatic and Mandibular Dysmorphology in Treacher Collins Syndrome. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000010881
  10. Romeo DJ, Banala M, Wu M, Ng JJ, Massenburg BB, George A, DeMarchis M, Liao EC, Kalish JM, Taylor JA. A Novel Macroglossia Severity Index for Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome. Annals of Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000006301
  11. Wu M, Massenburg BB, Villavisanis DF, Ng JJ, Romeo DJ, Wagner CW, Bartlett SP, Swanson JW, Taylor JA. Long-Term Photogrammetric Outcomes of Midface Advancement in Apert Syndrome: Are We Nearing Normal? Child’s Nervous System. 2024. doi:10.1007/s00381-024-06611-5
  12. Ng JJ, Saikali LM, Massenburg BB, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Blum JD, Swanson JW, Taylor JA, Kreiger PA, Bartlett, SP. Surgical Management of 2,350 Pediatric Dermoid Cysts. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011813.
  13. Wu M, Plusch K, Ilyas AM, Rivlin M, Jones CM. Preliminary Outcomes of Scapholunate Ligament Augmentation with Internal Brace Technique. Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jhsg.2023.11.003
  14. Campbell BR, Wu M, Hozack B, Kistler J, Rivlin M, Jones CM. Anatomic Relationship of Hand Intrinsic Tendons at the Metacarpal Head as it Relates to the Diagnosis of Saddle Syndrome: A Cadaveric Study. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2023.06.005
  15. Rocks MC, Wu M, Comunale V, Nicholas RS, Azad A, Hacquebord JH. Investigating the Association Between Pre-Flap Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Surgical Outcomes in Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction: A Systematic Review. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2024. doi:10.1055/a-2434-5798
  16. Wu M, Ilyas AM. Surgical Exposures of the Distal Radius for Fracture Fixation. SurgiColl. 2023. doi:10.58616/surgicoll.00007
  17. Wu M, Ilyas AM. Comparison of Outcomes of Scapholunate Ligament Reconstruction Techniques. Journal of Wrist Surgery. 2022. doi:10.1055/s-0042-1757442
  18. Sacks H, Wu M, Carter C, Karamitopoulos M. Para Sport: Effects on Musculoskeletal Function and Injury Patterns. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 2022. doi:10.2106/JBJS.21.01504
  19. Coyac BR, Wu M, Bahat DJ, Wolf BJ, Helms JA. Biology of sinus floor augmentation with an autograft versus a bone graft substitute in a preclinical in vivo experimental model. Clinical Oral Implants Research. 2021. doi:10.1111/clr.13781
  20. Wu M. Artist’s Statement: The Surgical Stage. Academic Medicine. 2023. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000005114
  21. Wu M. Artist’s Statement: Hands Healing Hands: Closure. Academic Medicine. 2019. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000002952
  22. Wu M, Rodriguez ST. Induction. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2017. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000001772
  23. Ng JJ, Massenburg BB, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Swanson JW, Taylor JA, Bartlett SP. Delayed Postnatal Synostosis without Spheno-occipital Synchondrosis Fusion: A Curious Case of Apert Syndrome. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2024. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000005558
  24. Ng JJ, Cheung L, Massenburg BB, Cho DY, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Swanson JW, Jackson OJ, Low DW, Taylor JA. Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Intermediate Cleft Rhinoplasties. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000011878
  25. Ng JJ, Saikai LM, Zapatero ZD, Massenburg BB, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA, Swanson JW, Lang SS. Vaulting Further: Cranial Vault Expansion for Craniocerebral Disproportion without Primary Craniosynostosis. Child’s Nervous System. 2024. doi:10.1007/s00381-024-06517-2
  26. Romeo DJ, Sussman JH, Massenburg BB, Ng JJ, Wu M, Du S, Bartlett SP, Halverson M, Taylor JA, Swanson JW. Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter on Computed Tomography Scans Reflects Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Patients with Craniosynostosis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011698
  27. Ng JJ, Zhong A, Massenburg BB, Binenbaum G, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Katowitz WR, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Periorbital Outcomes and Vision Risk Stratification in Treacher Collins Syndrome. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011563
  28. Romeo DJ, Wagner CS, Massenburg BB, Reddy N, Wu M, Ng JJ, DeMarchis M, Liao EC, Kalish JM, Taylor JA. Trends in Blood Mosaicism and Clinical Phenotype Score in Patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Evaluated for Tongue Reduction Surgery. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011404
  29. Ng JJ, Banala M, Massenburg BB, Romeo DJ, Wu M, Jackson OJ, Low DW, Bartlett SP, Swanson JW, Taylor JA. Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Primary Rhinoplasty. 2024. The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal. 2024. doi:10.1177/10556656241272736
  30. Romeo DJ, Oral KT, Ng JJ, Wu M, Massenburg BB, Salinero LK, Friedman L, Bartlett SP, Swanson JW, Taylor JA. Mandibular Condyle Volumes are Associated with Facial Asymmetry in Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate. 2024. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jcms.2024.01.024
  31. Romeo DJ, Le T, Massenburg BB, Wu M, Ng JJ, Salinero LK, Liao EC, Rudofker A, Taylor JA, Magee L. Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Reveals High Rates of Suicidality in 602 Patients with Cleft and Craniofacial Conditions. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000010369
  32. Romeo DJ, Oral KT, Massenburg BB, Wu M, Ng JJ, Ryan IA, Bhoj E, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Genetic Heterogeneity, Craniofacial Surgical Burden, and Surgical Techniques in Patients with Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000010348
  33. Romeo DJ, Massenburg BB, Wilson AT, Wu M, George A, Ng JJ, Liao EC, Kalish JM, Taylor JA. Peripheral Reduction with Keyhole Incision for Treating Symptomatic Macroglossia in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2024.  doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000010621
  34. Romeo DJ, Du S, Massenburg BB, Ng JJ, Wu M, Fischer JP, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Clinical Research Fellowship Facilitates Mentorship, Teamwork, and Productivity: Our 11-Year Experience with a Cleft and Craniofacial Research Fellowship. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000009978
  35. Romeo DJ, Lenz T, Akarapimand P, Ng JJ, Wu M, Napoli JA, Swanson JW, Jackson O, Taylor JA, Magee L. Patient Reported Outcomes in Patients with Cleft Lip and/or Palate Help Identify Youth at Risk for Suicidality: A Prospective Study. The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal. 2024. doi:10.1177/10556656241277694
  36. Romeo DJ, Oral KT, Villavisanis DF, Ng JJ, Wu M, Massenburg BB, Taylor JA. Genetics Plays an Increasingly Important Role in the Plastic Surgical Patient Management. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2024.04.046
  37. Romeo DJ, Oral KT, Massenburg BB, Ng JJ, Wu M, Sussman JH, Du S, Bartlett SP, Swanson JW, Taylor JA. Nasal Airway Volumes are More Asymmetric in Skeletally Mature Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate than Controls on 3-Dimensional Analysis. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000010204
  38. Ng JJ, Chang AE, Massenburg BB, Romeo DJ, Wu M, Blum JD, Swanson JW, Taylor JA, Bartlett SP. Long-Term Outcomes of Nonsyndromic Isolated Unilateral Lambdoid Craniosynostosis. Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jcms.2024.08.006
  39. Romeo DJ, Oral KT, Ryan IA, Lenz T, Massenburg BB, Ng JJ, Wu M, Du S, Bartlett SP, Swanson JW, Taylor JA. Condylar Volumetric Asymmetry Predicts Need for Surgical Intervention in Patients with Cleft Lip and/or Palate. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2024.  doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000010670
  40. Romeo DJ, George, AM, Sussman JH, Banala M, Wiemken A, Wu M, Ng JJ, Taylor JA, Schwab RJ, Cielo CM, Kalish, JM. Morphometric measurements of intraoral anatomy in children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: a novel approach. Orphanet journal of rare diseases. 2024. doi:10.1186/s13023-024-03350-3
  41. Punjabi A, Araya S, Amadio G, Webster T, Mutyala S, Wu M, Zhao H, Roth S, Patel S. Chimeric vs. Multiple Free Flaps for Composite Oral Cavity Defects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Laryngoscope. 2024. doi:10.1002/lary.31466
  42. Ng JJ, Chang AE, Villavisanis DF, Shakir S, Massenburg BB, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. A Coddling of the Sagittal Suture: Inequality in Spring-Assisted Expansion. Child’s Nervous System. 2024. doi:10.1007/s00381-024-06531-4
  43. Romeo DJ, Santiago LB, Barrero CE, Massenburg BB, Du S, Ng JJ, Wu M, Swanson JW, Taylor JA, Bartlett SP. Validating the Supraorbital Notch-Nasion-Supraorbital Notch (SNS) Angle as a Marker for Metopic Craniosynostosis Severity. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000010302
  44. Corbett J, Rocks M, Wu M, Rodriguez E, Nemir S, Castro J, Gonzalez G, Azad A, Hacquebord J, Diamond S. Tourniquet Use in Extremity-Based Microsurgery. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2023. doi:10.1055/a-2132-9804
  45. Yost CC, Rosen JL, Wu M, Komlo CM, Olson L, Goldhammer JE, Guy TS. Totally endoscopic robotic mitral valve replacement after intraoperative failure of mitral valve repair with bilateral percutaneous cannulation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Techniques. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.xjtc.2023.10.021
  46. Kaneyuki D, Yost CC, Wu M, Pfeil DS, Mehrotra P, Guy TS. Robotic mitral valve re-repair with removal of transcatheter mitral valve repair clips. Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2023. doi:10.1510/mmcts.2023.039
  47. Kaneyuki D, Yost C, Round K, Wu M, Guy S. Endoaortic Balloon Occlusion in Totally Endoscopic and Percutaneous Robotic Cardiac Surgery. Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 2023. doi:10.1177/1556984523115365
  48. Round K, Yost C, Rosen J, Mandel J, Wu M, Olson L, Goldhammer J, Guy S. Robotically assisted mitral valve repair – port-only totally endoscopic approach. Journal of Visualized Surgery. 2023. doi:10.21037/jovs-22-36
  49. Yost CC, Rosen JL, Mandel JL, Prochno KW, Wu M, Komlo CM, Guy TS. Endoaortic balloon occlusion versus transthoracic cross-clamp for totally endoscopic robotic mitral valve surgery: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2023. doi:10.1007/s11701-023-01654-3
  50. Rosen J, Yost C, Prochno K, Komlo C, Mandel J, Wu M, Guy TS. A New Frontier: No Working Port for Robotic Mitral Valve Repair. Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 2023. doi:10.1177/15569845231165311
  51. Massada KE, Wu M, Webster, TK, Panichella J, Coronado MC, Talemal L, Elmer N, Araya S, Brebion R, Baltodano PA, Patel SA. Fibrin Sealants Do Not Reduce the Rate Of Seroma Formation in Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2022. doi:10.1055/s-0042-1748885
  52. Ticha P, Wu M, Bujda M, Sukop A. Novel Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for the Assessment of Patient Satisfaction and Health-Related Quality of Life Following Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 2022. doi:10.1007/s00266-022-02985-6
  53. Ticha P, Wu M, Mestak O, Sukop A. Evaluation of the Number of Follow-up Surgical Procedures and Time Required for Delayed Breast Reconstruction by Clinical Risk Factors, Type of Oncological Therapy, and Reconstruction Approach. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 2022. doi:10.1007/s00266-021-02580-1
  54. Yost CC, Rosen JL, Wu M, Komlo CM, Goldhammer JE, Guy TS. How I perform totally endoscopic robotic mitral valve repair. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2022. doi:10.21037/acs-2022-rmvs-16
  55. Yost CC, Rosen JL, Wu M, Komlo CM, Linganna RE, Guy TS. Endoscopic Robotic Atrial Myxoma Resection with an 8mm Working Port and Percutaneous Cannulation. Cardiothoracic Surgery Network. 2022. doi:10.25373/ctsnet.19287431
  56. Ticha P, Mestak O, Wu M, Sukop A. Early postoperative complications of breast reconstruction by history of radiotherapy and reconstruction approach. European Journal of Plastic Surgery. 2022. doi:10.1007/s00238-021-01918-x
  57. Wong DH, Yost CC, Rosen JL, Wu M, Guy TS. Totally Endoscopic Robot-Assisted Aortic Valve Replacement and Complex Mitral Valve Repair: The Lateral Approach. Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 2022. doi:10.1177/15569845221106939
  58. Pilawski I, Tulu US, Ticha P, Schüpbach P, Traxler H, Xu Q, Pan J, Coyac BR, Yuan X, Tian Y, Liu Y, Chen J, Erdogan Y, Arioka M, Armaro M, Wu M, Brunski JB, Helms JA. Interspecies Comparison of Alveolar Bone Biology, Part I: Morphology and Physiology of Pristine Bone. Journal of Dental Research Clinical & Translational Research. 2021. doi:10.1177/2380084420936979.
  59. Ticha P, Mestak O, Wu M, Bujda M, Sukop A. Patient-Reported Outcomes of Three Different Types of Breast Reconstruction with Correlation to the Clinical Data 5 Years Postoperatively. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 2020. doi:10.1007/s00266-020-01926-5