Lihteh Wu is a founding member of the Pan American Collaborative Retina Study Group. He has been awarded the Senior Honor Award by the ASRS, the Senior Honor Award by the Greek Vitreoretinal Society, the Achievement Award and the Senior Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. In 2018, he was inducted into the Retina Hall of Fame. He was the 2014 Sociedad Panamericana de Retina y Vitreo GLADAOF Lecturer, the 2017 American Journal of Ophthalmology Lecturer at the PAAO meeting and the 2022 Founder’s Lecturer of the Sociedad Panamericana de Retina y Vitreo. He sits on the editorial board of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Retina Cases and Brief Reports, Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases and the International Journal of Retina and Vitreous. He is the former President of the Pan American Retina and Vitreous Society and served as the Vice President of the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology. He has served as a member of the Club Jules Gonin Executive Committee and the Vail Vitrectomy Program Committee. He served two terms as President of the Costa Rican Ophthalmological Association. He served on the Board of Trustees of the AAO. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is a Member of the Club Jules Gonin, Macula Society, Retina Society and the American Society of Retinal Specialists.