Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
@chenwumd.bsky.social
Professor of Neurosurgery & Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University 🎓 Fellowship trained board certified Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgeon 🧠 Interest in clinical applications of advanced MR imaging. Boston & Philly sports fan ⚾🏈 Weekend pitmaster 🥩
Reposted by Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
🚨 New preprint! Great work lead by @neuroanup.bsky.social: insular traveling waves that shape memory. 🧠🌊
The insula isn’t just along for the ride—it helps direct the flow.
🧵Check out the thread below for more details 👇
#Neuroscience #Memory
The insula isn’t just along for the ride—it helps direct the flow.
🧵Check out the thread below for more details 👇
#Neuroscience #Memory
1/7 New preprint on the role of insular traveling waves in memory and behavior, using depth recordings from neurosurgical patients, with @chenwumd.bsky.social, Sameer Sheth, and Josh Jacobs.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Insular Traveling Waves Link Distributed Neural Dynamics to Human Memory Performance
The insula is a critical brain region that plays a foundational role in adaptive human behaviors, with diverse subregions performing distinct functional roles. However, explaining how these insular su...
www.biorxiv.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚨 New preprint! Great work lead by @neuroanup.bsky.social: insular traveling waves that shape memory. 🧠🌊
The insula isn’t just along for the ride—it helps direct the flow.
🧵Check out the thread below for more details 👇
#Neuroscience #Memory
The insula isn’t just along for the ride—it helps direct the flow.
🧵Check out the thread below for more details 👇
#Neuroscience #Memory
Even with perfect targeting, #DBS electrodes can bend.
On the CNS Journal Club Podcast, Dr. Kim Burchiel interviewed me about my research on how brain tissue mechanics shape electrode paths + deviation.
🎧 www.cns.org/publications...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
#Neurosurgery #Stereotaxy
On the CNS Journal Club Podcast, Dr. Kim Burchiel interviewed me about my research on how brain tissue mechanics shape electrode paths + deviation.
🎧 www.cns.org/publications...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
#Neurosurgery #Stereotaxy
September 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Even with perfect targeting, #DBS electrodes can bend.
On the CNS Journal Club Podcast, Dr. Kim Burchiel interviewed me about my research on how brain tissue mechanics shape electrode paths + deviation.
🎧 www.cns.org/publications...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
#Neurosurgery #Stereotaxy
On the CNS Journal Club Podcast, Dr. Kim Burchiel interviewed me about my research on how brain tissue mechanics shape electrode paths + deviation.
🎧 www.cns.org/publications...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
#Neurosurgery #Stereotaxy
Could brain stimulation help restore movement after #stroke?
The RESTORE DBS trial, led by Dr. André Machado and Cleveland Clinic, is now enrolling at Jefferson!
CNN recently covered this innovative approach: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/...
More details here: restorestrokestudy.com/jefferson
#DBS
The RESTORE DBS trial, led by Dr. André Machado and Cleveland Clinic, is now enrolling at Jefferson!
CNN recently covered this innovative approach: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/...
More details here: restorestrokestudy.com/jefferson
#DBS
RESTORE Stroke Study
RESTORE Stroke Study
restorestrokestudy.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Could brain stimulation help restore movement after #stroke?
The RESTORE DBS trial, led by Dr. André Machado and Cleveland Clinic, is now enrolling at Jefferson!
CNN recently covered this innovative approach: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/...
More details here: restorestrokestudy.com/jefferson
#DBS
The RESTORE DBS trial, led by Dr. André Machado and Cleveland Clinic, is now enrolling at Jefferson!
CNN recently covered this innovative approach: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/...
More details here: restorestrokestudy.com/jefferson
#DBS
Where do you draw the line? 🧠✏️
Literally.
We’re asking epilepsy surgeons to sketch their ATL resection. It takes ~10 min on a desktop computer
👉 redcap.uhhospitals.org/redcap/surve...
So…where do you draw the line?
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
@ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social
#Epilepsy #Neurosurgery
Literally.
We’re asking epilepsy surgeons to sketch their ATL resection. It takes ~10 min on a desktop computer
👉 redcap.uhhospitals.org/redcap/surve...
So…where do you draw the line?
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
@ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social
#Epilepsy #Neurosurgery
September 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Where do you draw the line? 🧠✏️
Literally.
We’re asking epilepsy surgeons to sketch their ATL resection. It takes ~10 min on a desktop computer
👉 redcap.uhhospitals.org/redcap/surve...
So…where do you draw the line?
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
@ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social
#Epilepsy #Neurosurgery
Literally.
We’re asking epilepsy surgeons to sketch their ATL resection. It takes ~10 min on a desktop computer
👉 redcap.uhhospitals.org/redcap/surve...
So…where do you draw the line?
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
@ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social
#Epilepsy #Neurosurgery
Back from my first @ismrm.bsky.social —great science, thoughtful conversations, and a chance to present our work on how MRE helps explain DBS electrode bending! Grateful to collaborate with teams at UDelaware and Villanova. Definitely not my last ISMRM. And it didn't hurt that it was in Honolulu.
May 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Back from my first @ismrm.bsky.social —great science, thoughtful conversations, and a chance to present our work on how MRE helps explain DBS electrode bending! Grateful to collaborate with teams at UDelaware and Villanova. Definitely not my last ISMRM. And it didn't hurt that it was in Honolulu.
Warmer weather means more of this! IMO spare ribs >>> than baby back ribs
Apple wood smoked spare ribs using the 2:1:0.5 method
Apple wood smoked spare ribs using the 2:1:0.5 method
March 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Warmer weather means more of this! IMO spare ribs >>> than baby back ribs
Apple wood smoked spare ribs using the 2:1:0.5 method
Apple wood smoked spare ribs using the 2:1:0.5 method
Highlights from #AES2024 Temporal Lobe Club 🧠
Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery review: ATL = best seizure control; LITT = balanced risk; Neuromodulation = lower risk, modest outcomes.
🔗 Check out the suummary article here: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
#Epilepsy #Neurosurgery
Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery review: ATL = best seizure control; LITT = balanced risk; Neuromodulation = lower risk, modest outcomes.
🔗 Check out the suummary article here: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
#Epilepsy #Neurosurgery
March 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Highlights from #AES2024 Temporal Lobe Club 🧠
Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery review: ATL = best seizure control; LITT = balanced risk; Neuromodulation = lower risk, modest outcomes.
🔗 Check out the suummary article here: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
#Epilepsy #Neurosurgery
Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery review: ATL = best seizure control; LITT = balanced risk; Neuromodulation = lower risk, modest outcomes.
🔗 Check out the suummary article here: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
#Epilepsy #Neurosurgery
Reposted by Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
What the FDA will likely do is produce *something* - just not a vax that includes strains chosen based on the committee & WHO's reasoned input.
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
1/5
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
1/5
February 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What the FDA will likely do is produce *something* - just not a vax that includes strains chosen based on the committee & WHO's reasoned input.
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
1/5
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
1/5
Intracranial electrode bending is underrecognized but not random—it correlates with brain stiffness interfaces. Our study shows MR elastography can predict deviations, challenging the idea that bending is inevitable.
🔗 Read the full article here: journals.lww.com/onsonline/ab...
#DBS #stereotaxy
🔗 Read the full article here: journals.lww.com/onsonline/ab...
#DBS #stereotaxy
Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Deviations are Associated... : Operative Neurosurgery
tion, an estimated 3% to 8% of patients still require revision surgery to address suboptimal electrode placement. DBS electrode deviation may occur at mechanical tissue interfaces, with denser interna...
journals.lww.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Intracranial electrode bending is underrecognized but not random—it correlates with brain stiffness interfaces. Our study shows MR elastography can predict deviations, challenging the idea that bending is inevitable.
🔗 Read the full article here: journals.lww.com/onsonline/ab...
#DBS #stereotaxy
🔗 Read the full article here: journals.lww.com/onsonline/ab...
#DBS #stereotaxy
NIH’s new policy capping indirect cost funding at 15% is a gut punch to academic research. Cutting support for lab upkeep & admin costs means fewer resources for scientists & slower progress. This could seriously hurt innovation...
www.npr.org/sections/sho....
www.npr.org/sections/sho....
NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers
The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disperse for costs such as equipment and administration.
www.npr.org
February 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
NIH’s new policy capping indirect cost funding at 15% is a gut punch to academic research. Cutting support for lab upkeep & admin costs means fewer resources for scientists & slower progress. This could seriously hurt innovation...
www.npr.org/sections/sho....
www.npr.org/sections/sho....
Reposted by Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
How is it that Parkinson's name has been perpetuated in our language, but the man himself has been forgotten? What do you know about the man himself? Nadeem Toodayan and Andy Lees have written a brilliant new article sharing the details and the history not only of the memorial, but of the man.
January 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How is it that Parkinson's name has been perpetuated in our language, but the man himself has been forgotten? What do you know about the man himself? Nadeem Toodayan and Andy Lees have written a brilliant new article sharing the details and the history not only of the memorial, but of the man.
🚨 Upcoming ASSFN Webinar: How to Optimize DBS Targeting 🚨
Join us tomorrow for the first DBS Targeting webinar, where experts will share insights on optimizing deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting to improve patient outcomes.
Register now: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us tomorrow for the first DBS Targeting webinar, where experts will share insights on optimizing deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting to improve patient outcomes.
Register now: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkf–upzIuH9yez2hPXRdg3rzXnQERKELy
January 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🚨 Upcoming ASSFN Webinar: How to Optimize DBS Targeting 🚨
Join us tomorrow for the first DBS Targeting webinar, where experts will share insights on optimizing deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting to improve patient outcomes.
Register now: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us tomorrow for the first DBS Targeting webinar, where experts will share insights on optimizing deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting to improve patient outcomes.
Register now: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
"... alcohol directly contributes to 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 related deaths each year...[but] fewer than half of Americans identified alcohol use as a risk factor for cancer"
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/h...
U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol
Dr. Vivek Murthy’s report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to at least seven malignancies, including breast cancer. But to add warning labels, Congress would have to act.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"... alcohol directly contributes to 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 related deaths each year...[but] fewer than half of Americans identified alcohol use as a risk factor for cancer"
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/h...
Huge prime rib for Christmas dinner🎄🤤
Dry brined overnight, injected with garlic, rosemary, & thyme infused wagyu tallow. Smoked for 4 hours with a rosemary, sage, & thyme 'bouquet garni' tossed in every hour. Finally seared to develop a nice crust before a long rest.
Happy holidays everybody!!!
Dry brined overnight, injected with garlic, rosemary, & thyme infused wagyu tallow. Smoked for 4 hours with a rosemary, sage, & thyme 'bouquet garni' tossed in every hour. Finally seared to develop a nice crust before a long rest.
Happy holidays everybody!!!
December 26, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Huge prime rib for Christmas dinner🎄🤤
Dry brined overnight, injected with garlic, rosemary, & thyme infused wagyu tallow. Smoked for 4 hours with a rosemary, sage, & thyme 'bouquet garni' tossed in every hour. Finally seared to develop a nice crust before a long rest.
Happy holidays everybody!!!
Dry brined overnight, injected with garlic, rosemary, & thyme infused wagyu tallow. Smoked for 4 hours with a rosemary, sage, & thyme 'bouquet garni' tossed in every hour. Finally seared to develop a nice crust before a long rest.
Happy holidays everybody!!!
Reposted by Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
I keep updating the DBS starter pack – and super happy we have already 109 folks on here!
Am I missing somebody?
go.bsky.app/B9A9Cho
Am I missing somebody?
go.bsky.app/B9A9Cho
December 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I keep updating the DBS starter pack – and super happy we have already 109 folks on here!
Am I missing somebody?
go.bsky.app/B9A9Cho
Am I missing somebody?
go.bsky.app/B9A9Cho
😳
December 20, 2024 at 9:04 PM
😳
Reposted by Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
Fact: #DeepBrainStimulation can't improve every Parkinson's symptom. Here's some info on what DBS can and can't help.
👉 Discover more expert info in our interview: https://t.co/enDba26zhm
#DemystifyingDBS
In partnership with @AbbottNews, @bostonsci and @Medtronic #parkinson #parkinsons
👉 Discover more expert info in our interview: https://t.co/enDba26zhm
#DemystifyingDBS
In partnership with @AbbottNews, @bostonsci and @Medtronic #parkinson #parkinsons
December 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Fact: #DeepBrainStimulation can't improve every Parkinson's symptom. Here's some info on what DBS can and can't help.
👉 Discover more expert info in our interview: https://t.co/enDba26zhm
#DemystifyingDBS
In partnership with @AbbottNews, @bostonsci and @Medtronic #parkinson #parkinsons
👉 Discover more expert info in our interview: https://t.co/enDba26zhm
#DemystifyingDBS
In partnership with @AbbottNews, @bostonsci and @Medtronic #parkinson #parkinsons
"...for each 10 min increase in time engaged in strength training per week, the mean telomere length was about 6.7 base pairs longer, on average, compared with non-lifters...equivalent to almost 4 years less biological aging for adults participating in about 90 min of strength training per week."
Telomere Length and Biological Aging: The Role of Strength Training in 4814 US Men and Women
Telomere length is an index of cellular aging. Healthy lifestyles are associated with reduced oxidative stress and longer telomeres, whereas unhealthy behaviors are related to shorter telomeres and gr...
www.mdpi.com
December 14, 2024 at 6:08 PM
"...for each 10 min increase in time engaged in strength training per week, the mean telomere length was about 6.7 base pairs longer, on average, compared with non-lifters...equivalent to almost 4 years less biological aging for adults participating in about 90 min of strength training per week."
Reposted by Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
A key part of researching #DeepBrainStimulation for Parkinson's is finding out the benefits. Here are 5️⃣ examples from DBS experts.
👉 Discover lots more expert info in our interview: https://buff.ly/3MMrS8M
🧵 1/7
#DemystifyingDBS
In partnership with @AbbottNews, @bostonsci and @Medtronic
👉 Discover lots more expert info in our interview: https://buff.ly/3MMrS8M
🧵 1/7
#DemystifyingDBS
In partnership with @AbbottNews, @bostonsci and @Medtronic
December 13, 2024 at 12:59 PM
A key part of researching #DeepBrainStimulation for Parkinson's is finding out the benefits. Here are 5️⃣ examples from DBS experts.
👉 Discover lots more expert info in our interview: https://buff.ly/3MMrS8M
🧵 1/7
#DemystifyingDBS
In partnership with @AbbottNews, @bostonsci and @Medtronic
👉 Discover lots more expert info in our interview: https://buff.ly/3MMrS8M
🧵 1/7
#DemystifyingDBS
In partnership with @AbbottNews, @bostonsci and @Medtronic
Reposted by Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
Very cool demonstration of what Renishaw does with robotics outside of #Neurosurgery at #AES2024
December 9, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Very cool demonstration of what Renishaw does with robotics outside of #Neurosurgery at #AES2024
Excited for the #neurosurgery symposium at #AES2024!
December 8, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Excited for the #neurosurgery symposium at #AES2024!
My Co-Director Dr. Andrew Zillgitt kicks things off for the #AES-#ASSFN joint #Epilepsy Surgical Course at the American Epilepsy Society #AES2024 annual meeting in #LA
December 6, 2024 at 9:52 PM
My Co-Director Dr. Andrew Zillgitt kicks things off for the #AES-#ASSFN joint #Epilepsy Surgical Course at the American Epilepsy Society #AES2024 annual meeting in #LA