Benedict (Benny) Wu, DO, PhD, is the Director of Inpatient Dermatology and Assistant Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Wu’s clinical interests extend to inpatient and complex medical dermatology areas, including connective tissue disorders, autoimmune bullous disorders, immunodermatology, cutaneous presentation of systemic conditions, and cutaneous lymphomas.

After earning his Bachelor of Science in biological sciences from the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Wu attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, earning his Master of Biomedical Sciences. He later attended Rowan University, earning his Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2014 and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in 2016. His postdoctoral training began with an internship in internal medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, followed by a clinical research fellowship at Northwestern University. In 2021, he completed his Dermatology residency at Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Hopkins ZH, Wu BC, Nousari CH. Rituximab versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in Pemphigus Vulgaris. N Engl J Med. 2021;385(11):1055-1056. doi:10.1056/NEJMc2111763

Nousari Y, Wu BC, Tausk F. From the Caravels to the Wards: Scurvy and Schizophrenia [published online ahead of print, 2021 Jun 8]. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2021;S2667-2960(21)00097-5. doi:10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.05.006

Nousari Y, Wu BC, Valenzuela G. Successful use of baricitinib in the treatment of refractory rheumatoid arthritis-associated Sweet syndrome [published online ahead of print, 2021 Apr 29]. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2021;10.1111/ced.14712. doi:10.1111/ced.14712

Erickson, T. R., Murphrey, M. B., Abu-Zayed, H., Wu, B., Ibler, E., Rangel, S. M., & Paller, A. S. (2020). Transepidermal water loss in the orphan forms of ichthyosis. Pediatric dermatology, 37(4), 771–773. https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.14221