Born in Taiwan, Dr. Liu moved to the U.S.A. at a young age and grew up in Irvine, California. He completed his B.A. in Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Summa cum Laude and was selected for the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He moved back to California to earn an M.D. at UC San Francisco, complete internship at UC Irvine, and finish residency at the Doheny Eye Institute/USC. He then completed a fellowship in Cornea, Anterior Segment, and Refractive Surgery at UC Irvine. Along the way, Dr. Liu has conducted and published many research projects. He specializes in cataract surgery, corneal disease and transplant, and LASIK. He also speaks Mandarin and Spanish.