Medical Reviewer

Jennifer L. Wu, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

About Jennifer L. Wu, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Dr. Jennifer Leighdon Wu is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist with her own private practice, Women's Health of Manhattan, in New York City.

Dr. Wu completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, New York.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in Romance Languages and Literature from Harvard University and an M.D. from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Board certification

Dr. Wu is board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Hospital affiliations

Dr. Wu is affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

Other relevant positions

Dr. Wu is a member of the American Medical Association and the New York County Medical Society.

She is the mother of two sons.

Awards

Dr. Wu has been a Castle Connolly Top Doctor from 2017 to the present. She was also selected as one of the 2020 Super Doctors.

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