Dr. Liu currently serves as the Chair of Back & Trauma Rehabilitation and as the Vice-Chair of Neurorehabilitation at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco, CA. Specializing in the field of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Dr. Liu has worked as a staff physician in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation for St. Mary's since 2002.
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Dr. Liu completed his undergraduate premedical training at the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with honors. Dr. Liu received his Medical Degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and completed his residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Stanford University, with training in the fields of Interventional Spine, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Spinal Cord Rehabilitation, Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Post-Joint Replacement Rehabilitation and General Inpatient/Outpatient Rehabilitation.
Dr. Liu is Board-Certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Fluent in both English and Cantonese, he treats patients both in the inpatient and outpatient settings at St. Mary's Medical Center. In the Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Unit, Dr. Liu serves as an attending physician who coordinates a multidisciplinary team of Stanford University Physical Medicine Resident Physicians, rehabilitation nurses, therapists and neuropsychologists. For each unique patient, Dr. Liu helps create a custom-tailored inpatient rehabilitation program.
In the Outpatient Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic, Dr. Liu provides care for patients who have rehabilitation issues related to sports injuries, musculoskeletal pain, stroke, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. Dr. Liu also performs electrodiagnostic testing (EMG-Nerve Conduction Studies) to help patients assess various conditions including carpal tunnel syndrome and nerve root compression.
