Associate 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
Hospital Appointments:
The Nebraska Medical Center
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Howard Liu is an innovative educator, behavioral health workforce expert, and child psychiatrist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He serves as the director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) and as the Director of Faculty Development Programs at UNMC; overseeing career development programs in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, dentistry and allied health. Clinically, Dr. Liu has expertise in pediatric mood disorders and maintains a child psychiatry outpatient practice.
Academically, Dr. Liu is interested in the development of innovative programs applying technology and active learning techniques to challenges in health professions education. He led a team of 11 US and Canadian medical schools which created a free national library of online psychiatry modules which has been accessed over 14,000 times in 19 countries. Dr. Liu co-chairs the Training & Education Committee for the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and serves as the president of the Nebraska Regional Organization for child psychiatry. He is a recipient of numerous awards including the Outstanding Teacher Award from the UNMC Faculty Senate and the Innovations Award from the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP).