Dr. James Liu is an international leader in skull base surgery, advancing treatments for complex tumors in the brain, skull base, and spinal cord, including pituitary tumors, acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, chordomas, and paragangliomas. His expertise extends to cerebrovascular microsurgery, addressing conditions like brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, dural AV fistulas, cavernous malformations, moyamoya, carotid stenosis, and neurovascular compression syndromes (trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm).
Dr. Liu is a compassionate and skilled board-certified neurosurgeon, who utilizes the latest advanced technology and innovative cutting-edge techniques, including minimally invasive endoscopic endonasal surgery (“EEA”), keyhole microneurosurgery, and awake craniotomy with brain mapping, to treat complex tumors and neurovascular diseases of the brain and spinal cord. Dr. Liu is an international expert and highly sought-after Visiting Professor, with over 500 invited lectures …worldwide. As the creator of the “The Art of Brain Surgery: Masterclass” Youtube series and a prolific author of over 300 published journal articles and 30 textbook chapters, Dr. Liu is dedicated to advancing the field of neurosurgery through education and research, where he has taught many hands-on skull base cadaveric dissection courses around the globe.
Awards & Recognition
Alpha Omega Alpha, New York Medical College
Dr. David Harrison Scholarship, New York Medical College (award for graduating 2nd in class)
Summa Cum Laude, UCLA
Phi Beta Kappa, UCLA
Dandy Clinical Fellowship, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Healthgrades Choice Provider in Neurosurgery
Honored Guest, Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery, 2024
Keller Lecturer, Mayfield Clinic, 2022
Honored Guest, Neurosurgical Society of Alabama, 2021
Distinguished International Guest, Keynote Lecture, Taiwan Skull Base Society, 2021
Physician Excellence in Health Care Award, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, 2019
Honored Guest, Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society, 2019
Honored Guest, Chinese Neurosurgical Society, 2019
Honored Guest, Skull Base Society of India, 2019
Honored Guest, Yonsei WFNS-Korean Skull Base Society Dissection Course, 2019
Golden Apple Award Winner, Excellence in Teaching, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2019
Honored Guest, Taiwan Society for Skull Base Surgery, 2018
Honored Guest, Japanese Congress for Brain Tumor Surgery, 2018
Honored Guest, Korean Society of Endoscopic Neurosurgery, 2017
Honored Guest, Beijing Sanbo Microneurosurgical Symposium, 2016
Honored Guest, Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgery, 2016

• University Hospital

Neurosurgeons of New Jersey

200 S Orange Ave Ste 265

Livingston

NJ

07039

USA

(973) 577-4274

https://www.neurosurgeonsofnewjersey.com/james-k-liu/

• Neurological Surgery

• Skull Base & Pituitary Surgery
• Spine Surgery
• Cerebrovascular Microsurgery

• Brain Tumors
• Spine Tumors
• Facial Pain
• Cerebrovascular
• Pituitary Tumors
• Neurovascular Compression Syndromes
• Moyamoya
• Carotid Stenosis
• Cavernous Malformations
• Arteriovenous Malformations
• Brain Aneurysms
• Meningiomas
• Chordomas
• Paragangliomas