Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Dr. Liu is as an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Director of the Sleep Surgery Fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He holds a courtesy appointment with the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and precepts for the oculoplastic surgery fellowship. He is a Stanford Biodesign faculty fellow.
After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in Biology, Dr. Liu received medical and dental degrees from UCSF. He was a former Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Research Scholar. After oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at UCSF, he completed the Stanford sleep surgery fellowship in 2014 with the Department of Otolaryngology and sleep surgery pioneer Dr. Robert Riley. Dr. Liu practices the full scope of sleep apnea surgery including nasal, palate, tongue base, upper airway stimulation (hypoglossal), genioglossus advancement, maxillary expansion (DOME), and maxillomandibular advancement (MMA).
Dr. Liu has updated the comprehensive sleep surgery protocol pioneered at Stanford. Dr. Liu's active areas of research include adult maxillary expansion and its effect on nasal breathing, optimization of MMA outcome, and integration of surgical and medical treatment for OSA. He has given keynote talks nationally and internationally at preeminent conferences across specialties. He has published over 100 scientific articles and medical texts, with original scientific work on sleep surgery.
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Friday, October 1, 2021
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM CDT
Friday, October 1, 2021
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM CDT