Stephen Y. Liu, MD

He/Him
Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Orthopaedics Exton
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About me

  • Associate Director, Orthopaedic Residency Program
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Liu specializes in hand, wrist, and elbow surgery. His clinical interests include traumatic and degenerative disorders of the wrist, and hand. His research interests involve carpal tunnel syndrome and distal radius fractures. He was recognized in the 2025 Mainline Region Top Doctors in Orthopedics: Hand & Wrist surgery.

My education and training

  • Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

1828 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
excellent dr/patient interaction
Anonymous
May 2026
dr. liu was thorough in assessing my issue.
Anonymous
May 2026
very thorough in his explanation of treatment
Anonymous
May 2026
he's good at what he does.

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Liu is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Serra Lopez, VM; Koressel, J; Liu SY; Stenberg D Atraumatic Index Finger Rupture as Presenting Sign of Capitate Osteonecrosis: A report of 2 Cases. , JBJS Case Connector, 12(1): 2022,doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.21.00403

Schmidt CC, Madonna TJ, Vaudreuil N, Brown BT, Liu SY, Delserro S, Smolinski MP, Styron J, Smolinski PJ, Miller MC The Effect of Tendon Rotation on Distal Biceps Repair , JSES Open Access, 3(3): 2019,225-231

Gandhi, RA., Winterton, M., Liu, SY Management of Failed Cubital Tunnel Release , Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation, 28: 2019,153-167

Buterbaugh KL, Liu SY, Krajewski A, Buterbaugh GA, Imbriglia JE Safety of Outpatient Shoulder Surgery at a Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in Patients Aged 65 Years and Older , Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev, 2(1): 2018,e075

Voleti PB, Liu SY, Donegan DJ, Baldwin KD, Mehta S Is Fracture Stability a Surrogate for Poor General Health in Elderly with Intertrochanteric Fractures? , Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil, 6(3): 2015,192-6

Hsu JE, Liu SY, Lee GC Can We Trust Studies by Authors with Financial Conflicts? Using the Decline of Metal-on-Metal to Investigate , J Arthroplasty, 27(8): 2012,41-45