Kenneth Liu is the Director of Neuroendovascular Surgery at the Bronson Neuroscience Center. As a board-certified neurosurgeon fellowship-trained in both open and endovascular techniques, he is uniquely qualified to consult on patients with cerebrovascular disease, offer an unbiased opinion between open and minimally-invasive surgeries, and provide the safest and most effective treatment options.
He is widely regarded as an international expert in intracranial venous stenting. Dr. Liu was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. 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 University. 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. The University honored him with the Outstanding Consultant of the Year award 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 scientific contributions at the Western Neurosurgical Society 2007 annual meeting. Following his post-graduate training, he completed a two-year fellowship in neurointerventional surgery under Dr. Stanley Barnwell 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. Prior to joining the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Bronson Neuroscience Center, he previously held appointments as an Associate Professor at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, where he also served as the Director of Neurovascular Surgery as well as the Co-Director of the Stroke Center. During his tenure on the East Coast, he was one of the busiest surgeons on the Eastern seaboard, performing nearly a thousand procedures a year and treating patients from all over the world. Dr. Liu has an active research interest in traditional cerebrovascular neurosurgery but has also pioneered investigations into the clinical optimization of intracranial venous outflow and is currently investigating alterations in cerebral hemodynamics in various disease states. He has pioneered minimally-invasive treatments for devastating and difficult to treat conditions, such as intracerebral hemorrhage and idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and often consults on patients internationally. In addition to being the principal investigator on many clinical trials, Dr. Liu also has a keen interest in device and technology development in the endovascular arena and is actively engaged in several device trials as well. In addition to having been funded by the Department of Defense and working with NASA, he is also investigating applications of near infrared spectroscopy in imaging brain perfusion. 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 has published over one hundred peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, has given numerous invited lectures nationally and internationally, and has been elected by the medical community as one of the Best Doctors in America.
