Kan Liu, MD, PhD, 315 464-4536
Appointed 09/21/09
Current Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Director of Echocardiography, Adult
Hospital Campus
- Downtown
- Community
Clinical Section Affiliations
- Medicine: Cardiology
- Medicine - Community Campus: Cardiology
Research Programs and Affiliations
- Medicine
Clinic/Unit
- Echocardiography, Adult
Upstate University Hospital - Downtown Campus
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Rm. 2603, 750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-5735
- Cardiac Clinic
University Health Care Center
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5th Fl., 90 Presidential Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202
315 464-9335
- Heart Failure Center
University Health Care Center
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5th Fl., 90 Presidential Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202
315 464-9335
- Heart & Vascular Center
Upstate University Hospital - Downtown Campus
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6th Floor, 750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-5735
- Cardiac Catherization, Adult
Upstate University Hospital - Downtown Campus
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Rm. 6401, 750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-4262
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Washington University at St. Louis, 2009, Cardiology
- Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, 2006, Internal Medicine
- Additional Training: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2003, Research Assistant Professor
- Additional Training: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2002, Instructor, Internal Medicine
- PhD: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2001, Internal Medicine and Cellular Biology
- MD: Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, 1992
Clinical Interests
-Cardiology consult
-Invasive cardiology and cardiovascular imaging,
-Coronary artery disease prevention.
Research Interests
-Endothelial dysfunction in coronary artery disease.
-Lipotoxicity/glucotoxicity and endothelial/myocyte dysfunction in diabetes.
-Clinical and genetic analysis of valve diseases/Strain/strain rate imagine in cardiomyopathy.
Specialties & Certification
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
- Echocardiography
- Nuclear Cardiology
- Cardiovascular MRI
Diseases & Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
- Angina
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Arrhythmias
- Ascending Aortic Aneurysm
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- Blood Clots
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiomyopathy
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm
- Heart Disease
- Heart Disease and Women
- Heart Failure
- Heart Infection
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Valve Disease
- Heat Illness
- Murmers
- Myocarditis
- Syncope
Treats
- Adults
Treatments/Services
- Angiogenesis
- Angiography
- Aortic Dissection Treatment
- C-Reactive Protein Testing
- Calcium-Score Screening Heart Scan
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Computed Tomography
- Cardiovascular MRI
- Cardioversion
- Chest Pain Treatment
- Chest X-Ray - Heart
- Echocardiography
- Exercise Stress Echocardiogram
- Exercise Stress Test
- Heart Nuclear Imaging
- Heart Nuclear Stress Testing
- Heart Ultrasounds
- Non-Invasive Testing for Vascular Disease
- Nuclear Adenosine Stress Test
- Nuclear Exercise Stress Test
- Nuclear Imaging
- Women's Health
Associations/Memberships
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT)
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)
- Society of Cardiovascular MRI (SCMR)
- American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Current Hospital Privileges
- Upstate University Hospital
- Crouse Hospital
- VA Medical Center
Languages Spoken (Other Than English)
- Chinese
Publications
Link to PubMed (Opens new window. Close the PubMed window to return to this page.)
Research Abstract
Clinical Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/findadoc/liuk
Faculty Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/faculty/liuk
Faculty Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/faculty/liuk
