Zhu Wylie, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.S.

Sentara Neurosurgery Specialists

Dr. Zhu earned his medical degree at Shanghai Medical University in Shanghai, China, in 1989. He went on to the University of Cincinnati - College of Medicine, in Cincinnati, OH, where he completed two neurosurgery fellowships in 1996 and earned a Ph.D. in 1997. Dr. Zhu relocated to SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, and completed his general surgery internship in 1998, a complex spine surgery programin 2004, and his neurosurgery residency in 2004 (serving as chief resident during 2003-2004). As a neurosurgeon, Dr. Zhu focuses on diagnosing and treating disorders affecting the brain, spinal column, and nervous system. His clinical skills include adult general neurosurgery, brain tumors, minimally invasive spine surgeries, endoscopic cranial surgeries (pituitary tumors, intraventricular lesions), stereotactic radiosurgery(gamma knife, Novalis) and neuromodulation. Along with this, Dr. Zhu has been involved with extensive research that has led him to be published on gamma knife radiosurgery and in situ genesis of the neuronal cell after focal brain injury. Dr. Zhu is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the North American Spine Society, the North American Neuromodulation Society, and the Minnesota Neurosurgical Association.

Board Certifications

• American Board of Neurological Surgery - Neurosurgery