Professor of Urology
Stanford University
Joseph Liao is the Kathryn Simmons Stamey Professor in the Department of Urology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Liao is a board-certified, fellowship-trained urologic surgeon and a physician scientist who is nationally recognized for his contributions in cancer imaging and diagnostics. His clinical practice focuses on care of patients with early-stage bladder and prostate cancer. Dr. Liao graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard College and earned his medical degree from Stanford School of Medicine. He completed his urology residency and fellowship in endourology and minimally invasive surgery at UCLA Medical Center. He joined the faculty in the Department of Urology at Stanford in 2006 and currently serves as the executive vice chair. Dr. Liao’s scholarship focuses on development of precision diagnostics and therapy for major urological diseases including bladder cancer, kidney stone disease, and urinary tract infections. His multidisciplinary laboratory interfaces genomics, imaging science, data science, and clinical medicine. He has served as the principal investigator on several NIH R01’s on molecular imaging, liquid biopsy, and artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted surgery for bladder cancer; as well as development of integrated biosensors for rapid uropathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. He has authored over 200 publications in top journals including Science Translational Medicine, Nature Medicine, Cell, Cancer Cell, PNAS, JAMA Surgery, European Urology, and Journal of Urology. Dr. Liao is committed to the training of next generation of physician scientists and researchers and directs the NIH-funded K12 Urology Research Career Development Program at Stanford. Many of his over 50 students and trainees are leaders and emerging leaders in academia and industry. Dr. Liao is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He is active in major national urology organizations including American Urological Association, Endourology Society, and Society of Urologic Oncology.
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Sunday, April 30, 2023
7:45 AM – 10:30 AM CST
Sunday, April 30, 2023
7:46 AM – 7:50 AM CST
Monday, May 1, 2023
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST