Katherine Liu, MD

Medical School:
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis

Residency:
University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago

Board Certification: 1985

Recertification: 1994

Areas of Special Expertise:
Surgery of the gastrointestinal tract
Surgery of the liver, pancreas and biliary tree
Surgical oncology
Surgical nutrition and intermediary metabolism

Special Procedures Performed:
D2 resection of gastric cancer
Segmental liver resection
Laparoscopic diaphragmatic hernia repair

Research Activities:
Pancreaitis
Gastric cancer
Abdominal and retroperitoneal sarcoma

Honors:
1970- Scholarship in Physics, Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, Republic of China
1974- Dean's List of Honor Students, Washington University, St. Louis
1975- Samson F. Wennerman Prize in Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
1990- Jerry & Thelma Stergios Award for Excellence in Surgical Research, University of Illinois at Chicago