– Dr. James K. Liu

Dr. Liu received his undergraduate degree in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from UCLA, graduating with Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors. He then earned his MD from New York Medical College with Alpha Omega Alpha honors, graduating 2nd in his class. After completing his neurosurgery residency at the University of Utah, Dr. Liu was awarded the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Dandy Clinical Fellowship and pursued advanced fellowship training in Skull Base, Cerebrovascular Surgery & Neuro-Oncology at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.

Dr. Liu began his practice of Neurosurgery as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Northwestern University before being recruited to Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, where he was promoted to full Professor of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ENT), and built an internationally recognized multi-disciplinary skull base and pituitary center of excellence as the Director of Cerebrovascular, Skull Base, and Pituitary Surgery at the Rutgers Neurological Institute of New Jersey. He is a board certified diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery and has joined the Neurosurgeons of New Jersey as the Director of the Skull Base Institute of New Jersey, where he has established a thriving and robust pituitary and skull base surgery service at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.

Dr. Liu’s research focuses on the development of innovative skull base and endoscopic techniques, quantitative surgical neuroanatomy, artificial intelligence and machine learning in skull base surgery, automated performance metrics, microsurgical and microvascular anastomosis skills training, virtual surgical simulation, and clinical outcomes after skull base and cerebrovascular surgery.

Dr. Liu is a member of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery and Society of University Neurosurgeons, and a founding member of the Yaşargil Microneurosurgery Academy. He has served on the Board of Directors in the North American Skull Base Society and on the medical advisory board of the Acoustic Neuroma Association of New Jersey. He is currently the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Meningioma Society.

• Aetna
• Aetna Meritain & Assure
• Aetna Signature (1199 & GEHA)
• Aetna Whole Health
• Clover Medicare – Case by Case exception
• Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (Blue Card/Suitcase/PPO)
• Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ (commercial)
• Horizon Braven Health (PPO, HMO-POS)
• Braven Medicare Choice PPO
• Braven Medicare Freedom PPO
• Braven Medicare Group HMO-POS
• Braven Medicare Access group HMO-POS
• Medicare (Part A and Part B)
• No Fault (New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accidents Only)
• Omnia (tier 1)
• Oxford Garden State Health Plan
• Oxford Health Plan
• UHC under Empire/NYSHIP plan
• United HealthCare (commercial, including All Savers) UMR
• Worker’s Comp- NJ Only

• Pituitary tumors including Cushing’s disease, acromegaly, and craniopharyngioma.
• Skull base tumors including acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, and paragangliomas.
• Brain and spinal cord tumors including gliomas (astrocytomas), ependymomas, schwannomas, pineal region tumors.
• Cerebrovascular diseases including aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), cavernous malformations, moyamoya, carotid stenosis/occlusion, dural AV fistulas.
• Trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm.
• Craniovertebral junction disorders including Chiari malformation, basilar invagination.

• Pituitary tumors
• Acoustic neuromas
• Meningiomas
• Craniopharyngiomas
• Chordomas and chondrosarcomas
• Paragangliomas
• Brain and spinal cord tumors
• Colloid cysts
• Trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm
• Brain aneurysms, AVMs, cavernous malformations, dural AV fistulas
• Moyamoya disease
• Carotid stenosis/occlusion
• Chiari malformation

• Endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery (EEA)
• Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery (extended EEA)
• Keyhole microneurosurgery
• Orbital surgery
• Facial nerve preservation
• Endoscopic-assisted microvascular decompression (MVD)
• Aneurysm clipping
• Combined Direct (STA-MCA) and Indirect Bypass for Moyamoya
• Carotid endarterectomy (CEA)
• Cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery

• UCSF
• UCLA
• Harvard Brigham Skull Base/Cerebrovascular Symposium
• Barrow Neurological Institute
• Mayo Clinic
• Cleveland Clinic Brain Tumor Symposium
• Washington University
• Brown University
• Northwestern University
• University of Chicago
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Allegheny Health Network
• Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein
• Northwell North Shore University Hospital
• University of Utah
• University of Colorado
• University of Cincinnati
• Mayfield Clinic, Keller Lectureship
• Houston Methodist Medical Center
• Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College
• Upstate Medical Center
• University of Vermont
• Oregon Health & Science University
• Swedish Neuroscience Institute
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center