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Kenneth Liu MD
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Kenneth Liu, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology
Co-Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery
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M.D. Degree:
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University of Southern California 2001
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Residency:
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Neurosurgery, Oregon Health & Science University
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Fellowship:
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Neurointerventional, Oregon Health & Science University
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Clinical Interests:
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Aneurysms, Brain and Spine Vascular Malformations, Stroke, Traumatic
Vascular Lesions, Endovascular Surgery
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Research:
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Cerebrovascular disease, stroke, neuroprotection, aneurysms,
endovascular device and technology development, AVMs, vasospasm and
advanced neuroimaging
Recent Publications from US National Library of Medicine and
PubMed
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Vascular Team:
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Allison Walton, NP, Anita Carswell, RN
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Phone:
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(434) 924-2735, (800) 924-2735
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Email:
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Administrative Assistant Cheryl
Courtney
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Bio:
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Kenneth Liu joined the faculty of the Departments of Neurological
Surgery and Radiology at the University of Virginia in 2010. He is only
one of a few neurosurgeons in Virginia with fellowship training in
neurointerventional surgery, and is the only neurosurgeon in Virginia
versed in both endovascular and skull base techniques.
Kenneth Liu was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and raised in the San
Francisco Bay Area. He obtained a B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology
from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997 with an emphasis
in Neurobiology. He was the only graduate in his class to receive an
Outstanding Service award for his contributions to the Department.
During his time at Berkeley, he was an active competitor in taekwondo
and was nationally ranked at the collegiate level. In 2001, he received
his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine at the University
of Southern California. He completed a residency in neurological
surgery at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR,
in 2008, during which he performed nearly 200 skull base procedures
under the tutelage of Drs. Kim Burchiel and Johnny Delashaw. He was
named Outstanding Consultant of the Year in 2005. During his residency,
he spent two years in the laboratory under the guidance of Dr. Patricia
Hurn investigating the role of the hormonal milieu and its effects on
neuroprotection in ischemia. He was awarded the Basic Science Award for
his work at the Western Neurosurgical Society 2007 annual
meeting.
Following his post-graduate training, he completed a two-year
fellowship in neurointerventional surgery under Drs. Stanley Barnwell
and Gary Nesbit at the Dotter Interventional Institute in Portland, OR,
while maintaining a busy general neurosurgical practice as a member of
the neurosurgical faculty at the Oregon Health & Science
University.
Dr. Liu has an active research interest in cerebrovascular
neurosurgery, particularly in the clinical prevention and attenuation
of vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage and the molecular mechanisms
of neuroprotection in ischemia. He also has a keen interest in device
and technology development in the endovascular arena. He is a strong
proponent of the use of Internet technologies in medical and surgical
education and is considered by many in the neurosurgical community as
one of the leaders in the field. He continues to actively participate
in Internet authoring and technology development.
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