Amanda Liu, MD

Assistant Professor
Residency Site Director of Mission Bay and PCMB

Biography

Amanda Liu, MD, received her medical degree at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, RI, in 2018. Following an internship at the Tucson Hospitals Medical Education Program in Arizona, she completed a diagnostic radiology residency at UCSF in 2023 and received the Elmer Ng Outstanding Resident Award. She completed her pediatric radiology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2024.

Dr. Liu is passionate about radiology education. At UCSF, she served as chair of the Resident Curriculum Committee, spearheading the development of a new in-service exam, end-of-rotation quizzes, and monthly site-based case competitions. She also served as a CORE Curriculum class representative and Resident Liaison for Medical Student Education. In her final year of residency, she completed the UCSF GME Health Professions Education Pathway and created a set of pediatric musculoskeletal radiography modules with pre- and post-tests for first-year residents to improve their call preparedness. During her fellowship, she served as the fellow representative on the CHOP Radiology Education Committee and was selected as the fellow representative for the National Pediatric Radiology Fellowship Curriculum Editorial Board of the Society for Pediatric Radiology. She has given multiple lectures to medical students and residents, and as a fellow, she was invited back to UCSF to lecture as the Residents’ Visiting Professor for CORE preparation.

Dr. Liu has conducted research on head ultrasound abnormalities in premature infants and ultrasound of pediatric umbilical disorders. In addition to clinical research, she has an interest in radiology education research. She is currently collaborating with faculty at CHOP on a multi-institutional study implementing a machine learning-based educational application to support precision learning at the PACS workstation.