Renyu Liu, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
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About me

  • Director, Innovative product, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
  • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care in Neurology

I am a physician scientirst who focus on improving patient outcomes through outstanding patient care and research in the perioperative and pain medicine arena. I work on opioid and opioid receptor pharmacology. Our team developed multiple novel technologies for opioid related issues. We are also developing a compound for stroke rescue purpose. Our team developed novel strategies for stroke awareness in non-English speaking population, especially for people in Low and Middle Income Countries.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Xuzhou Medical College
  • Residency: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Ji F, Wang Z, Ma N, Riley J, Armstead WA, Liu R Herkinorin dilates cerebral vessels via kappa opioid receptor and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signalling in a piglet model , Brain Res, 1490: 2013,95-100

Perez-Aguilar JM, Saven JG, Liu R Human µ opioid receptor models with evaluation of the accuracy using the crystal structure of the murine µ opioid receptor. , J Anesth Clin Res , 3(218): 2012,doi:10.4172/2155-6148.1000218

Bu W, Liu R, Cheung-Lau JC, Dmochowski IJ, Loll PJ, Eckenhoff RG Ferritin couples iron and fatty acid metabolism , FASEB J, 26(6): 2012,2394-23400

Liu R, Bu W, Xi J, Mortazavi SR, Cheung-Lau J, Dmochowski IJ, Loll PJ Beyond the detergent effect: A binding site for sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in mammalian apoferritin , Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 68(5): 2012,497-504

Liu R, Perez-Aguilar JM, Liang D, Saven JG Binding site and affinity prediction of general anesthetics to protein targets using docking , Anesth Analg, 114(5): 2012,947-955

Liu R, Garcia PS, Fleisher LA Interest in anesthesia as reflected by keyword searches using common search engines , J Anesth Clin Res, 3(1): 2012,192. DOI: 10.4172/2155- 6148.1000192

Oakley S, Vedula S, Bu W, Xi J, Liu R, Eckenhoff RG, Loll PJ Recognition of anesthetic barbiturates by a protein binding site: A high resolution structural analysis , PLoS One, 7(2): 2012,e32070

Wang Z, Ma N, Rily J, Armstead WA, Liu R Salvinorin A administration after global cerebral hypoxia/ischemia preserves cerebrovascular autoregulation via kappa opioid receptor in piglets , PLoS One, 7(7): 2012,e41724

Yan Z, Tanner JW, Lin D, Chalian AA, Savino JS, Fleisher LA, Liu R Airway trauma in an academic cardiac electrophysiology laboratory center with high patient volume , Anesth Analg, 116(1): 2013,112-117

Su D, Reiley J, Armstead W, Liu R Salvinorin A dilates pial artery by activating NOS, opioid receptor and the KATP channel , Anesthesiology: 2010,A713

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