Biographical Abstract for James C.S. Liu, M.D.

Professional Interests:

• Primary care Internal Medicine
• Performing Arts Medicine
• Electronic medical record selection and implementation
• Clinical practice guideline analysis and operationalization

Teaching and Clinical Work:

• Physician, MIT Medical, Cambridge MA, 2018-present.
• Attending Physician, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Quincy, MA 1999-2007; Somerville, MA 2007-2018.
  • Chief, Department of Internal Medicine, Somerville site, 2014 - 2018.
  • Site Medical Director, Somerville site, 2016 - 2017 (position eliminated).
• Acute Care Physician, Yale University Health Services, 1997-1998.
• Attending Physician, Primary Care Center/Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1997-1999.
• Clinical Fellow, Internal Medicine, Tufts University, 1993-1996.

Education and Training:

• Fellowship (Health-Teaching) Yale-China Association, 1999.
• Fellowship (Medical Informatics) Yale University, 1998.
• Residency (Internal Medicine) New England Medical Center, 1996.
• M.D. University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1993.
• A.B. (Biochemical Sciences) Harvard College, 1989.

Memberships and Qualifications:

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (Member since March 1992)
• Massachusetts Medical Society (Member since July 1993)
• American College of Physicians (Associate since November 1993)
• Performing Arts Medicine Association (Member since January 2008)
• Board-certified, American Board of Internal Medicine (November 1996)
• Licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts.

Honors and Awards:

• Graduated magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1989.
• Junior member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1992.
• Academic Achievement Award (top two academic records in class), UMDNJ-RWJMS, 1993.
• Nominated for Best Paper Award, American Medical Informatics Association Annual Fall Symposium, 1997.
• Solomon Peer Recognition Award, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, 2004.

Publications:

• Liu JCS, Shiffman RN. Critical Tedium: Data Quality Issues in Merging Two Structured Immunization Databases. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp, 1998; 22: 1036.
• Liu JCS, Shiffman RN. Operationalization of clinical practice guidelines using fuzzy logic. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp, 1997; 21: 283-287.
• Kruesi MJP, Leonard HL, Swedo SE, Nadi SN, Hamburger SD, Liu JCS, Rapoport JL. Endogenous opioids, childhood psychopathology, and Quay's interpretation of Jeffrey Gray. In: Routh DK, editor. Disruptive behavior disorders in childhood. New York: Plenum Press; 1994. p. 207-219.
• Golbe LI, Liu JCS, Stern MB, Dranoff J. Premorbid dietary factors in young-onset Parkinson's disease. Presented at the 2nd International Congress of Movement Disorders, Munich, Germany, June 24, 1992.

Other Interests:

• Western art music solo and choral singing, record collecting, old movies, cooking.
• Computers (Macintosh and Windows platforms, Pascal, C, Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, and HTML)

Contact:

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Last updated: October 1, 2020

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