Guest Profile: Dr. Davis Liu

URL: http://www.davisliumd.com/

Davis Liu, MD, is a respected family physician, a healthcare educator and writer, and the author of Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely: Making Intelligent Choices in America’s Healthcare System (Stetho Publishing, $24.95)

Dr. Liu is a board-certified family physician who has been practicing with the Permanente Medical Group in Northern California since 2000. Dr. Liu received his medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his residency training at the Glendale Adventist Family Practice Residency Program.

Dr. Liu’s background in business enlivened his interest in the financial aspects of medicine and healthcare policy. He is passionate about teaching consumers how to make informed healthcare choices that not only benefit their health, but are financially smart as well. His opinion pieces have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee, and he pens frequent reviews for Medical Software Reviews newsletter.

As the only physician in his family, Dr. Liu has been reminded many times that his insider knowledge about medicine, new procedures, unnecessary tests, second opinions, and health insurance tricks and traps has spared his loved ones from poor health outcomes and unnecessary expense. He wrote this book in the hopes that it will be, for many healthcare consumers, the next best thing to having a physician-insider in the family.