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Peter Wu’s research bridges two seemingly disparate worlds: the precision of surgical oncology and the frontier of multimodal artificial intelligence. In his highly cited work on esophageal cancer treatments, Wu has contributed critical insights into surgical management, including the role of nursing in preoperative preparation and the trajectory of care for patients with high-grade dysplasia following Nissen fundoplication. This work, presented at the 12th OESO World Conference, has garnered 56 citations, reflecting its influence on clinical practice. More recently, Wu has emerged as a leading voice in multimodal representation learning. As the lead author of “MultiBench: Multiscale Benchmarks for Multimodal Representation Learning” (2021, 22 citations), he addresses the challenge of integrating heterogeneous data sources—from text and images to audio and sensor data—for applications in healthcare, robotics, and human-computer interaction. By providing standardized benchmarks, Wu is helping to unify and accelerate progress in this fragmented field. His dual expertise in medicine and machine learning positions him uniquely to drive innovations that are both technically rigorous and clinically impactful.