Bo Wu, M.D.

Biography

Bo Wu, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in psychiatric emergency care.

Dr. Wu earned her medical degree at West China University of Medical Sciences, where she also received a master’s degree in nephrology. Later, she completed a residency in psychiatry at the John Peter Smith Health System in Texas. In addition, she received advanced training in research of neurological disorders through a fellowship in microbiology and immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, followed by a fellowship in neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2014.

Dr. Wu is the Medical Director of the Psychiatric Emergency Center at Parkland Health & Hospital System. At UT Southwestern, she serves on the Peer Review Committee for the Department of Psychiatry.

The author of research articles, proceedings of meetings, and lectures, Dr. Wu contributed to the book Current Protocols in Immunology.

Dr. Wu is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.