Current Affiliations

•  Attending Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
•  Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
• Chair, Communications Committee, International Headache Society
•  Secretary-General, Taiwan Headache Society
•  The Journal of Headache and Pain ,Junior Editor

Education

   MD          Doctor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

Professional Experience

•  Chief Resident, Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
•  Resident Physician, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
•  Medical Officer, Republic of China Navy

Clinical Expertise and Research Interests

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache disorders: migraine, cluster headache, low cerebrospinal fluid pressure headache, thunderclap headache, trigeminal neuralgia, etc.
• Chronic pain management: fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain
• Neuroimaging and clinical research in headache disorders

Honours and Awards

• Outstanding PBL Instructor, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University
• 2019          Travel Grant, International Headache Academy (iHEAD), Dublin, Ireland
• 2016          Resident Research Travel Scholarship, American Academy of Neurology
• 2013          Best Teaching Resident, Taipei Veterans General Hospital 

1. Wu JW, Hseu SS, Fuh JL, Lirng JF, Wang YF, Chen WT, Chen SP, Wang SJ. Factors predicting response to the first epidural blood patch in spontaneous intracranial hypotension.Brain 2017; 140:344-352. (Impact Factor: 13.501; Rank: 3/50 in Neurology)
2. Wu JW, Chen ST, Wang YF, et al. Pre-cluster symptoms in a Taiwanese cohort of cluster headache: symptom profiles and clinical predictions. J Headache Pain 2024;25:174.
3.     Wu JW, Chen ST, Wang YF, Lai KL, Chen TY, Chen SP, Chen WT, Wang SJ. Sphenopalatine ganglion volumetry in episodic cluster headache: from symptom laterality to cranial autonomic symptoms. J Headache Pain. 2023;24:2.(SCI, IF=8.588, 20/212, CLINICAL NEUROLOGY) *Contributed equally
4.  Wu JW, Wang SJ. Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies. Neurol Clin. 2024;42(2):473-486.
5.  Lin W, Wu JW, Stern JI, Robertson CE, Chiang CC. Lacrimal Neuralgia: A Case Report and Comprehensive Review of the
   Literature. Curr Pain Headache Rep 2024 Sep;28(9):929-939.
6.  Liaw YC, Wang YF, Chen WT, Chen SP, Wu JW, Chen ST, Lai KL, Fuh JL, Wang SJ. Sex-related differences in cluster headache: A hospital-based study in Taiwan. Cephalalgia. 2022 Dec;42(14):1532-1542.
7. Lin PT, Wang YF, Hseu SS, Fuh JL, Lirng JF, Wu JW, Chen ST, Chen SP, Chen WT, Wang SJ. The SIH-EBP Score: A grading
   scale to predict the response to the first epidural blood patch in spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Cephalalgia. 2023;43(3):3331024221147488.
8. Chen ST, Wu JW. CGRP-targeted Therapy for Episodic and Chronic Cluster Headache. Current Pain and Headache Reports
   2022;26:667-675.
9.  Chen ST, Wu JW, Wang YF, Lirng JF, Hseu SS, Wang SJ. The time sequence of brain MRI findings in spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Cephalalgia. 2022;42:12-19. * Contributed equally.
10. Wu JW, Yang CP, Treatment Guideline Subcommittee of the Taiwan Headache Society. 2022 Taiwan Guidelines for Preventive Treatment of Migraine. Acta Neurol Taiwan. 2022;31(3):164-202.
11. Wu JW, Lai PY, Chen YL, et al. The Use of Neuroimaging for Predicting Sumatriptan Treatment Response in Patients with Migraine. Front Neurol. 2022;13:798695.
12. Wu JW, Cheng HM, Huang SS, Liang JF, Huang CC, Yang LY, Shulruf B, Yang YY, Chen CH, Hou MC, Sheu WH. Comparison of OSCE Performance Between 6- and 7-Year Medical School Curricula in Taiwan. BMC Med Educ. 2022;22(1):15.
13. Liaw YC, Wang YF, Chen WT, Chen SP, Wu JW, Chen ST, Lai KL, Fuh JL, Wang SJ. Sex-related differences in cluster headache: A hospital-based study in Taiwan. Cephalalgia. 2022;42:1532-1542.
14. Wu JW, Cheng HM, Huang SS, Liang JF, Huang CC, Yang LY, Shulruf B, Yang YY, Chen CH, Hou MC, Sheu WH. Medical school grades may predict future clinical competence. J Chin Med Assoc. 2022;85:909-914
15. Wu JW, Wang YF, Hseu SS, Chen ST, Chen YL, Wu YT, Chen SP, Lirng JF, Wang SJ. Brain volume changes in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Revisiting the Monro-Kellie doctrine. Cephalalgia. 2021;41:58-68
16. Wang SJ, Wu JW. Reversion from chronic migraine to episodic migraine: A new outcome measure. Cephalalgia. 2021;41:3-5.
17. Wu JW, Wang SJ. Is Lower Glucose Level a Risk Factor for Post-Dural Puncture Headache? Headache. 2020;60:1886-1887.
18. Chen ST, Wu JW. A new era for migraine: The role of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the trigeminovascular system. Progress in Brain Research 2020;255:123-142.
19. Wu JW, Wang YF, Fuh JL, Lirng JF, Chen SP, Hseu SS, Wang SJ. Correlations among brain and spinal MRI findings in spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Cephalalgia. 2018;38:1998-2005.
20. Chien SC, Wu JW, Su YJ. An Unusual Mutation in Myotonia Congenita. Am J Med Sci. 2022;363(6):e53-e55.
21. Wu JW, Wang PN, Lirng JF, Hsu RW, Chen WT. Extrapontine Myelinolysis in a patient with Primary Adrenal Insufficiency. Acta Neurol Taiwan. 2014;23:146-152.

Ongoing Research Projects

1. Post-COVID headache and Long COVID: A clinical and neuroimaging study
2. Cluster headache: phenotyping by functional neuroimaging
3. AI-assisted MRI myelography interpretation in spontaneous intracranial hypotension
4. Assessing CGRP-targeted migraine therapy using patient-reported outcome measures

International Academic Presentations

2025             American Academy of Neurology, 77th Annual Meeting (Hot Topics in Headache)

2024             American Headache Society, Annual Scientific Meeting

2023             International Headache Congress (IHC2023) [Selected as conference highlights]

2023             American Academy of Neurology, 75th Annual Meeting (Emergent Sciences and Top Headache Research)

2022             American Headache Society, Annual Scientific Meeting

2022             American Academy of Neurology, 74th Annual Meeting

2021             International Headache Society & European Headache Federation Joint Congress (IHS & EHF Joint Congress), 2021                                             [Selected as conference highlights]

2020             Migraine Trust Virtual Symposium

2019             Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 105th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting

2019             American Academy of Neurology, 71th Annual Meeting (three presentations)

2018             XXI Symposium Neuroradiologicum

2017             Congress of the International Headache Society (IHC 2017)

2017             American Academy of Neurology, 69th Annual Meeting

2016             American Academy of Neurology, 68th Annual Meeting (duopresentations)

2014             Asia Pacific Stroke Conference

Domestic Academic Presentations

2025             Taiwan International Conference of Neurology & Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Neurological Society

2025             Taiwan Headache Society Master Academy

2024             Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Headache Society

2024             Continuing Education Program, Education Committee, Taiwan Neurological Society

2024              Taiwan Headache Society Master Academy

2023              Central Taiwan Summer Headache Reading Group

2023              Chronic Migraine Management Course, Taiwan Headache Society

2023              Taiwan Headache Society Master Academy

2022              Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Neurological Society

2022              Taiwan Headache Society Spring Reading Groups (Southern and Central), Summer Central Reading Group

2022              Taiwan Headache Society Master Academy

2021              Advanced Forum, Taiwan Society of Neuroradiology

2021              Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Headache Society

2020              Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Stroke Society

2020              Central Taiwan Headache Symposium, Taiwan Headache Society

2019              Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Headache Society

2018              Northern-Central Taiwan Symposium, Taiwan Headache Society

2016              Northern Taiwan Reading Group, Taiwan Headache Society