Lawrence Liu

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Medicine, Liver Diseases

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lawrence.liu@mountsinai.org

Specialty

Certifications

Transplant Hepatology
Gastroenterology

Clinical Focus

Education

MD, University of the East
B.S., University of the Philippines
M.D., University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center
Philippine General Hospital
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Internal Medicine
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Internal Medicine
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
General and Transplant Hepatology
Internship, Internal Medicine
St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital
Residency, Internal Medicine
St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital
Fellowship, Gastroenterology
St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital
Fellowship, Hepatology
Mount Sinai Hospital

Biography

Dr. Liu's areas of clinical interest include living donor liver transplantation, outcomes of liver transplantation, complications of cirrhosis, and chronic hepatitis B infection.

Dr. Liu earned his B.S. in Biology at the University of the Philippines and an M.D. at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center. He completed his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and fellowships in gastroenterology and general/transplant hepatology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and The Mount Sinai Medical Center, respectively. Prior to his return to Mount Sinai this year as an attending, Dr. Liu had been the Assistant Training Director at both the Department of Medicine and the Division of Gastroenterology at Cebu Doctors' University Hospital (Philippines).

Dr. Liu is fluent in Fujian (Fookien), Tagalog, and Cebuano.

Research

Liver Transplantation
Live Donor Liver Transplantation
Treatment of Acute and Chronic Liver Diseases

Publications

Liu LU, Schiano TD, Min AD, Kim-Schluger L, Schwartz ME, Emre S, Fishbein TM, Bodenheimer HC Jr, Miller CM. Syngeneic living-donor liver transplantation without the use of immunosuppression. Gastroenterology 2002 Oct; 123(4): 1341-5.

Liu LU, Abittan CS, Schiano TD, Jaffe DL, Fishbein TM. Endoscopic diagnosis of bleeding Meckel's diverticulum in a multivisceral transplant recipient. Am J Transplant 2003 Jan; 3(1): 82-4.

Liu LU, Schiano TD, Lau N, O'Rourke M, Min AD, Sigal SH, Drooker M, Bodenheimer HC Jr. Survival and recidivism risk in methadone-dependent patients undergoing liver transplantation. Am J Transplant 2003 Oct; 3(10): 1273-7.

Liu LU, Haddadin HA, Bodian CA, Sigal SH, Korman JD, Bodenheimer HC Jr, Schiano TD. Outcome analysis of cirrhotic patients undergoing chest tube placement. Chest 2004 Jul; 126(1): 142-8.

Liu LU, Schiano TD. Adult Live Donor Liver Transplantation. Clin Liver Dis. 2005 Nov; 9(4): 767-86.

Liu LU, Bodian CA, Gondolesi GE, Schwartz ME, Emre S, Roayaie S, Schiano TD. Marked differences in acute cellular rejection rates between living-donor and deceased-donor liver transplant recipients. Transplantation 2005; 80: 1072-1080.

Clinical Trials

Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate v. Emtricitabine for Hep B

Industry Relationships

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.

Dr. Liu did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2012 and/or 2013: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website at http://icahn.mssm.edu/about-us/services-and-resources/faculty-resources/handbooks-and-policies/faculty-handbook. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.

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