About Me

IMG_8478croppedMeagan graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Art Practice and M.A. in Art History. She is currently a Craniofacial Research Fellow in the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadephia and medical student at Thomas Jefferson University. Meagan has interests in medical illustration, portraiture, and figurative art. As a classically trained cellist, she has also won national and international concerto competitions and scholarships, performing in venues including Carnegie Hall and Copley Symphony Hall.

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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, 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Wu M, Ilyas A. Comparison of Outcomes of Scapholunate Ligament Reconstruction Techniques. Journal of Wrist Surgery. 2022. doi:10.1055/s-0042-1757442
  6. 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
  7. Sacks H, Wu M, Carter C, Karamitopoulos M. Para Sport: Effects on Musculoskeletal Function and Injury Patterns. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery Reviews. 2022. doi:10.2106/JBJS.21.01504
  8. Wu M, Ilyas AM. Surgical Exposures of the Distal Radius for Fracture Fixation. SurgiColl. 2023. doi:10.58616/surgicoll.00007
  9. Wu M. Artist’s Statement: The Surgical Stage. Academic Medicine. 2023. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000005114
  10. 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
  11. 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. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000006301
  12. 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
  13. 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. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jcms.2024.01.024
  14. 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
  15. 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. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000009978
  16. 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. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2024.04.046
  17. 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. doi:10.1002/lary.31466
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. Kaneyuki D, Yost CC, Wu M, Pfeil DS, Mehrotra P, Guy TS. Totally Endoscopic and Percutaneously Approached Robotic Mitral Valve Re-repair after the Failure of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2023. doi:10.1510/mmcts.2023.039
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. Yost CC, Rosen JL, Mandel JL, Prochno KW, Wu M, Komlo CM, Guy TS. Endoaortic balloon occlusion versus transthoracic cross-clamp: minimizing the invasiveness of totally endoscopic robotic mitral valve surgery with 8-mm ports. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2023. doi:10.1007/s11701-023-01654-3
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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.
  33. 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
  34. Wu M. Artist’s Statement: Hands Healing Hands: Closure. Academic Medicine. 2019. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000002952
  35. Wu M, Rodriguez ST. Induction. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2017. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000001772