Chair
Professor
For Patient Appointments Call 402-552-6007
Clinic Practice Location:
Poynter Hall 42nd and Dewey, SW corner, 3rd floor
Academic Office:
985575 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-5575
Phone 402-552-6002
Education:
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor MI
Doctor of Medicine, 2004
University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor MI
Resident, 2007
Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
Fellowship, 2009
University of Colorado Business School, Denver, CO
Executive MBA in Health Administration, 2019
Dr. Liu CV
Hospital Appointments:
The Nebraska Medical Center
Biographical Sketch:
Howard Liu, MD, MBA, is a nationally recognized psychiatrist, educator, workforce expert, social media innovator, and equity advocate at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He serves as the Chair of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry, a Professor with Tenure in the UNMC College of Medicine, and as the Immediate Past President of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP). Previous roles include state workforce director, psychiatry clerkship director and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Faculty Development. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and a member of the American College of Psychiatry.
As chair of psychiatry, Dr. Liu was instrumental in the creation of a new UNMC adult psychiatry residency program and the launch of the Nebraska’s first Adult Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES). Dr. Liu is an innovative teacher who co-chairs the World Psychiatric Association’s Working Group on Medical Students and is a recipient of the Creativity in Psychiatric Education Award from the American College of Psychiatrists. He is an expert on the professional use of social media in healthcare and leads the social media committee for the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry (AACDP) and the social media subcommittee for the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Council on Communications. Nationally and internationally, Dr. Liu has presented over 94 peer-reviewed abstracts and is a frequent invited speaker on topics such as professionalism and social media, allyship in gender equity, medical education, and workforce development.
You can follow Dr. Liu on Twitter: @DrHowardLiu
Email: hyliu@unmc.edu