Raymond Liu, MD

About

Raymond Liu, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and the Victor M. Goldberg Endowed Chair in Orthopaedics. He also is an Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Liu sees patients at UH Ahuja Medical Center and UH Westlake, UH Mayfield Village and UH Medina health centers.

Dr. Liu is board certified in orthopedic surgery and has a special interest in limb and hip deformities and pediatric orthopedics. He was appointed to the UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital staff in 2010.

Dr. Liu earned a bachelor’s degree in premedical bioengineering, summa cum laude, from the University of California in San Diego, where he was a Regents Scholar and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at UH Cleveland Medical Center, a fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery as the Lena Sefton Clark Endowed Fellow at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, and a mini-fellowship in limb deformity under the direction of Dror Paley, MD, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Dr. Liu is Past President of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS) and Deputy Editor of Hip and Lower Extremity at the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. He has over 160 Pubmed listed publications and his research has received awards from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, LLRS, Scoliosis Research Society, American Academy of Pediatrics, European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society and International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis. He has three times received the Outstanding Educator of the Year from the CWRU orthopaedic residents, was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society by the CWRU medical students for his teaching, and also received the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from CWRU School of Medicine. His residents and medical students have received nine national research awards under his mentorship.

Dr. Liu is the Victor M. Goldberg Professor of orthopaedics, with a specialization in complex hip and limb deformity. His research interests are focused on better understanding the underlying causes of hip and limb arthritis and other disease in order to develop better treatment strategies. He has published more than 90 papers in peer-reviewed orthopedic journals and has given invited lectures nationally and internationally. Dr. Liu also serves as the President of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society and as Deputy Editor for Hip and Lower Extremity Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.

Dr. Liu is also a member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and American Academy of Pediatrics.

Honors and Achievements

European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Best Basic Science Paper Award, 2011

Outstanding Educator of the Year, Case Western Reserve University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2012

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Annual Meeting Best Paper Award, 3rd place, 2012

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Annual Meeting Best Paper Award, 2nd place, 2013

Outstanding Educator of the Year, Case Western Reserve University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2014

American Academy of Pediatrics, Orthopaedics Subsection, Best Basic Research Paper, 2014

Russell A. Hibbs Basic Research Award, Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting, 2015

Behrooz A. Akbarnia, MD Award for Best Paper, International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis, 2016

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Inductee, 2016: Nominated and Elected by Case Western Reserve University Medical Students

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Annual Meeting Best Paper Award, 2017

Awarded POSNA/Biomet Traveling Fellowship for 2017, in conjunction with APPOS (Asia Pacific Paediatric Orthopaedic Society)

Outstanding Educator of the Year, Case Western Reserve University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2018