Dr. Liu is currently a Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery, Urology and Surgery at USC, the Director of the USC Center for Neurorestoration, the Surgical Director of the USC Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Serves on the Executive Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Rancho Los Amigos.

After receiving his PhD in Bioengineering from Rice University in 1993, Dr. Liu went on to receive his MD from Yale in 1996. As director of the USC Neurorestoration Center, he 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 is a recognized expert in complex intracranial surgery, epilepsy surgery, 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.

As Chair or Neurosurgery at Rancho Los Amigos, 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. He has provided principal leadership in the establishment of the USC Epilepsy Care 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.

With the Impossible to Possible lab, Dr. Liu is exploring neuromodulation and its uses in restoring neurological function in a variety of conditions, namely cerebral palsy.