Wengui Yu, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Neurological Surgery, Neurology and Neurotherapeutics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-4551

wengui.yu@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipUniversity of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Neurocritical Care (2004)
ResidencyUniversity of Missouri School of Medicine, Neurology (2002)
InternshipUniversity of Missouri School of Medicine, Medicine (1999)
Medical SchoolJiangxi Medical College (1983)

Research Interests

Endovascular therapy for symptomatic intracranial stenosis
Outcome of coma and traumatic brain injury

Publications

Featured
Endovascular recanalization of basilar artery occlusion 80 days after symptom onset.

Yu, W., Kostanian, V., Fisher, MJ. , Stroke , 2007; (38):1387-1389

Featured
Carotid artery dissection and MCA stroke following methamphetamine use.

McIntosh, A., Hungs, M., Kostanian, V., Yu, W. , Neurology , 2006; (67):2259-2260

Featured
Long-term outcome of endovascular stenting for symptomatic basilar artery stenosis.

Yu, W., Smith, W.S., Singh, S., Ko, N., Cullen, S.P., Halback, V., Higashida, R.T. , Neurology , 2005; (64):1055-1057

Featured
Endovascular embolectomy of acute basilar artery occlusion.

Yu, W., Binder, D., Foster-Barber, A., Malek, R., Smith, W.S., Higashida, R.T. , Neurology , 2003; (61):1421-1423

Basilar artery dissection treated by neuroform stenting: fungal stent infection

Raychaudhuri, R., Yu, W., Hatanpaa, K., Cavouti, D., Pride, GL., White, J. , Surgical Neurology , 2009; (71(4)):477-480

Facial steal syndrome: identification and endovascular management.

Kostanian, V., Mathews, MS., Westhout, FD., Yu, W. , The Neuroradiology Journal , 2007; (20(1)):85-88

Stroke care delivery before vs. after JCAHO stroke center.

Stradling, D., Yu, W., Langdorf, M., Tsai, F., Kostanian, V., Hasso, AN., Welbourne, SJ., Schooley, Y., Fisher, MJ., Cramer, SC. , Neurology , 2007; (68):469-470

Endovascular recanalization of basilar artery occlusion 80 days after symptom onset.

Yu, W., Kostanian, V., Fisher, MJ. , Stroke , 2007; (38):1387-1389

Carotid artery dissection and MCA stroke following methamphetamine use.

McIntosh, A., Hungs, M., Kostanian, V, Yu, W. , Neurology , 2006; (67):2259-2260

Honors/Awards

Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award

College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine (2006)

Faculty Teaching Award

Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine (2005)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Neurology

American Heart Association

American Neurocrtical Care Society

American Stroke Association