Daniel T. Wu, MD
Dr. Daniel T. Wu, MD, is an emergency medicine physician with more than two decades of experience caring for patients with urgent and life-threatening illnesses and injuries.
Dr. Wu earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his emergency medicine residency at Cook County Hospital. He joined the Emory University School of Medicine faculty in 2002.
In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Wu is dedicated to training future emergency medicine physicians. He has received national recognition for his teaching, including the National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award.
Dr. Wu is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Board Certifications
American Board of Preventive Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
- Internship: St. Vincent's Hospital Medical Center - New York
- Residency: Cook County Hospital
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
OPEN 24 HOURS
Visiting hours are from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. daily
Publications
- Chronic Hypertension in the ED: Physician Response When Hypertension Is or Is not a Reason for the ED Visit.
Akhetuamhen AI, Moran TP, Wu DT, Smith M, Frankel MR, Rupp J, Wright DW
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2026;33(6):e70371.
PMID: 42363570 - Applying the Cardiff Model for Violence Prevention in the US-An Opportunity for Action Now.
Simon TR, Wu DT, Hargarten SW
JAMA internal medicine. 2026;186(5):501-502.
PMID: 41770578 - Improving Communication in a Large Urban Academic Safety Net Hospital System: Implementation of Secure Messaging.
Chandra S, Oberg M, Hilburn G, Wu DT, Adhyaru BB
Journal of medical systems. 2023;47(1):56.
PMID: 37129751 - The Effect of Nighttime Rental Restrictions on E-Scooter Injuries at a Large Urban Tertiary Care Center.
Anderson B, Rupp JD, Moran TP, Hudak LA, Wu DT
International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021;
PMID: 34639579 - Exploring injury intentionality and mechanism via ICD-10-CM injury codes and self-reported injury in a large, urban emergency department.
Clery MJ, Hudson PJ, Moore JC, Mercer Kollar LM, Wu DT
Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention. 2021;27(S1):i62-i65.
PMID: 33674335 - Concussion Care in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Observational Brief Report.
Koval RR, Zalesky CC, Moran TP, Moore JC, Ratcliff JJ, Wu DT, Wright DW
Annals of emergency medicine. 2020;75(4):483-490.
PMID: 31685254 - Building capacity for injury prevention: a process evaluation of a replication of the Cardiff Violence Prevention Programme in the Southeastern USA.
Mercer Kollar LM, Sumner SA, Bartholow B, Wu DT, Moore JC, Mays EW, Atkins EV, Fraser DA, Flood CE, Shepherd JP
Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention. 2020;26(3):221-228.
PMID: 30992331 - Proportion of Violent Injuries Unreported to Law Enforcement.
Wu DT, Moore JC, Bowen DA, Mercer Kollar LM, Mays EW, Simon TR, Sumner SA
JAMA internal medicine. 2019;179(1):111-112.
PMID: 30419102 - Ability of crime, demographic and business data to forecast areas of increased violence.
Bowen DA, Mercer Kollar LM, Wu DT, Fraser DA, Flood CE, Moore JC, Mays EW, Sumner SA
International journal of injury control and safety promotion. 2018;25(4):443-448.
PMID: 29792563 - Cops and docs: The challenges for ED physicians balancing the police, state laws, and EMTALA.
Malcolm KE, Malcolm JG, Wu DT, Spainhour KA, Race KP
Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management. 2017;37(2):29-35.
PMID: 28877399
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