Overview
Dr. James K. Liu is the Director of Skull Base Institute of New Jersey, with the Neurosurgeons of New Jersey, and the Department of Neurosurgery at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, RWJ Barnabas Health. Dr. 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, cavernous malformations, moyamoya, and neurovascular compression syndromes (trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm).
Dr. Liu utilizes 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. 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. Dr. Liu is actively involved in teaching hands-on cadaver dissection courses in skull base surgery and has delivered lectures worldwide.
He is a member of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery, Society of University Neurosurgeons, and founding member of the Yaşargil Microneurosurgery Academy and currently holds the position of Secretary-Treasurer of the International Meningioma Society and is on the Medical Advisory Board for the Acoustic Neuroma Association of New Jersey.
Dr. Liu is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prolactinoma. His top areas of expertise are Glomus Tympanum Tumor, Pituitary Tumor, Glomus Jugulare Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.
His clinical research consists of participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
200 S Orange Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Liu has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Kalmon Post is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Post is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prolactinoma. His top areas of expertise are Pituitary Tumor, Nelson Syndrome, Prolactinoma, Cushing's disease, and Balloon Sinuplasty.
Northwell Health Physician Partners Neurosurgery & Spine At Lynbrook
"Mark Eisenberg, MD, joined Northwell Health in 2005 after nine years in private practice. He is now chief of neurosurgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and the founder and director of the Skull Base Center, which is part of the Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The center advances the field through innovative techniques and approaches.After graduating from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Eisenberg completed his residency training in neurosurgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. Following residency, he completed a skull base surgery fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His area of expertise is neurological disease, with a focus on robotic and minimally invasive approaches to skull base and spinal surgery, as well as management and surgical treatment of degenerative spine disorders.""The types of techniques we use at the Skull Base Center take years to hone and practice. Dr. Eisenberg is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prolactinoma. His top areas of expertise are Pituitary Tumor, Meningioma, Prolactinoma, Laminectomy, and Sacral Nerve Stimulation.
Weill Cornell Medicine Brain & Spine Center
Theodore Schwartz is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Schwartz is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prolactinoma. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Craniopharyngioma, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Turbinectomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Glomus Jugulare TumorDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Glomus Jugulare Tumor.
- Glomus Tympanum TumorDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Glomus Tympanum Tumor.
- MeningiomaDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Meningioma.
- Olfactory NeuroblastomaDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Olfactory Neuroblastoma.
- Pituitary TumorDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Pituitary Tumor.
- ProlactinomaDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Prolactinoma.
- Advanced
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- AstrocytomaDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
- Brain TumorDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- EpendymomaDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Ependymoma.
- GlioblastomaDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Glioblastoma.
- Experienced
- AcromegalyDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Acromegaly.
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Brain AneurysmDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.
- Brain HerniationDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Brain Herniation.