She has never been afraid to go first

Dr. Wu wrote one of the first books to argue that what you eat shows up in your skin. Feed Your Face became a bestseller at a time when most of medicine treated diet and dermatology as unrelated.

She has served as a clinical investigator in trials of injectable and topical treatments that went on to receive FDA approval, and she developed her own skincare line. She has built two companies: WUME, where dermatology and women's health physicians practice together, and Residen, founded in 2023, a health technology company she leads as chief executive, built so that independent physicians can practice without the weight of running a building.

Her curiosity is matched by rigor, experience, and the restraint to know when not to treat.

Teaching and physician advocacy

Dr. Wu serves on Harvard Medical School's Advisory Council on Education. She has taught dermatology at USC, developed a lecture series for UCLA and USC residents on what training leaves out about actually practicing, and mentors medical students, residents and fellow physicians.

She speaks to physicians and to industry on independent practice, physician burnout, regenerative and aesthetic medicine, and midlife health.

Speaking and engagements

In the press

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, ELLE, Forbes, People and The Wall Street Journal, and she is a regular contributor to KTLA Morning News. She has appeared on Good Morning America and CNN.

Media

Outside the office

Dr. Wu rides motorcycles and is a certified Canadian ski instructor. She serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Zoo.