Terrence H. Liu, M.D.

Clinical Professor, Surgery

Program Director, UCSF-East Bay Surgery Residency Program

Contact Information

University of California, San Francisco - East Bay

1411 East 31st Street, QIC 22134

Oakland, CA  94602

(510) 437-4267

liut@surgery.ucsf.edu

Education

  • 1977-82, University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Cell Biology and Psychology
  • 1982-86, Baylor College of Medicine, M.D., Medicine
  • 2007-08, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, M.P.H. (Ongoing), Part-time Masters of Public Health Program
     

Residencies

  • 1986-87, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Intern, Surgery
  • 1987-89, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Resident, Surgery
  • 2002-04, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Resident, Surgery
     

Fellowships

  • 2001-02, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellow,Tumor biology
  • 2004-05, University of Minnesota, Fellow, Critical Care Medicine
  • 2005-06, University of Minnesota, Fellow, Critical Care Research

Postdoctoral Training

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery, Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Program Affiliations

Clinical Expertise

  • Gastrointestinal
  • Oncologic
  • Endocrine
  • Critical Care
  • Vascular Access
  • Trauma Surgery

Research Interests

  • Critical Care Surgery
  • Endocrine Surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Surgery
  • Oncologic Surgery
  • Trauma Surgery
  • Vascular Access

Website LInks

 

Biography

Dr. Liu received his undergraduate education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he double majored in Physiology and Psychology. He then completed his medical education at the Baylor College of Medicine, following which he received residency training in General Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center and surgical critical care fellowship training at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his formal clinical training, he received training in basic science laboratory research in the areas of tumor biology and critical care medicine.

Dr. Liu served as the 3rd- and 4th-year Surgery Clerkship Director at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School prior to joining the department at UCSF-East Bay. This background has led him to develop a strong interest in educational program development for medical students and postgraduate trainees. His diverse clinical interests range from gastrointestinal surgery, endocrine surgery, surgical oncology, to trauma/critical care. His recent research emphases have been directed toward clinical outcomes, and undergraduate and graduate medical education. Yearly since 2005, he travels to the Philippines on a medical mission under the auspices of the Northern California Philippino Medical Society.  He is a member and an active participant in a number of local, regional, and national professional organizations.

Selected Publications

  1. Liu TH, Consorti ET, Kawashima A, Ernst RD, Black CT, Greger PH, Fischer RP, Mercer DW. The efficacy of magnetic resonance cholangiography for the evaluation of patients with suspected choledocholithiasis before laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Am J Surg. 178: 480-4, Dec/1999.
  2. Liu TH, Consorti  ET, Kawashima A, Tamm EP, Kwong KL, Gill BS, Sellin JH, Peden EK, Mercer DW. Patient evaluation and management with selective use of magnetic resonance cholangiography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography before laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Ann Surg. 234: 33-40, Jul/2001. 
  3. Liu TH, Consorti ET, Mercer DW. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: technical considerations and outcome. Semin Laparosc Surg. 9: 24-31, Mar/2002. 
  4. Liu TH, Robinson EK, Helmer KS, West SD, Castaneda AA, Chang L, Mercer DW. Does upregulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase play a role in hepatic injury?. Shock. 18: 549-54, Dec/2002. 
  5. Liu TH, Kwong KL, Tamm EP, Gill BS, Brown SD, Mercer DW. Acute pancreatitis in intensive care unit patients: value of clinical and radiologic prognosticators at predicting clinical course and outcome. Crit Care Med. 31: 1026-30, Apr/2003.