Charles Liu, PhD, MD, FAANS
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Board Certification:
- American Board of Neurological Surgery
Licensure:
- Medical Board of California (current)
Education:
- BSE, Chemical Engineering - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - 1987
- PhD, Chemical/Bioengineering - Rice University, Houston, TX - 1993
- MD - Yale University - 1996
- Residency, Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California-affiliated
hospitals - 2003
Professional Memberships:
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons, member
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons, member
- Society of University Neurosurgeons, member
- Neurosurgical Society of America, member
Work Experience:
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Professor of Neurosurgery at the
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
About Dr. Liu:
Dr. Liu is engaged in a broad spectrum of efforts that brings together
the fields of engineering and medicine to develop systems-level solutions
to challenges that lead to human suffering due to loss of nervous system
function over the life-span. He began his professional career in engineering
seeking to solve medical problems by finding engineering solutions. He
sought an education in medicine to gain a fundamental understanding of
human disease. He then trained in neurosurgery and became a recognized
expert in complex intracranial surgery, epilepsy surgery, spinal neurosurgery,
neurotrauma, and neurorehabilitation. He has also made key contributions
in a large number of internationally visible “first-in-human”
applications of transformative technologies to restore neurological function.
He is currently a full-professor of neurosurgery, neurology, urology,
biomedical engineering, and physical therapy and biokinesiology at the
University of Southern California, where he also serves as the Director
of the USC Neurorestoration Center. He is also the Director of Neurorecovery
Programs at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. He has worked
in close partnership with multiple private and public sector health systems
to craft creative solutions to issues related to access to specialty services
in underserved communities. For example, he has provided principal leadership
in the establishment of the USC Epilepsy Consortium, a unique patient-centered
partnership for epilepsy care that connects over 20% of the National Association
of Epilepsy Centers registered programs in California, including the first
and only adult epilepsy center in Central California at Kern Medical in
Bakersfield. He has made a large number of contributions to the published
literature and delivered numerous key-note lectures nationally and internationally.
He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
and directs a large number of collaborative research projects funded by
federal and nonfederal agencies, including NIH, NSF, DARPA, and PAC-12
Conference. He is also the Head Team Neurosurgeon for the USC Department
of Athletics and is the neurosurgical consultant to the Rose Bowl Game.
In Visalia, Dr. Liu is working in close partnership with Kaweah Delta
Health Care District and neurosurgeons in the Central Valley to provide
greatly-needed acute-care neurosurgery services as well as subspecialty
neurosurgical services to patients in Tulare County and beyond, maximizing
the shared resources of local institutions and those in the Los Angeles Basin.
Patient Testimonial - Amanda Brillhart - Click
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Patient Testimonial - Georg Earley - Click
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Neurosurgery patient, Georg Earley shares how the neurosurgeons at Kaweah
Delta Neurosciences Center not only relieved crippling back pain, but
saved his job, home and family.
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