Lena Liu, MD
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Neurology




Dr. Lena Liu is a neurologist at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine.

Dr. Liu's clinical interests include women's neurology and headache. Dr. Liu focuses on issues specific to women with neurological disease. She manages and treats neurologic disorders as they relate to all stages of women’s lives, including menstruation, pregnancy, menopause, and aging. In May of 2025, she published a textbook on women's neurology as one of the chief editors. She is also interested in medical education.

Dr. Liu received her bachelor's degree from Cornell University and her medical degree from Hofstra University School of Medicine, where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. She completed residency in neurology and fellowship in women's neurology at Mass General Brigham.

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  1. Liu L, Catherine C. Women's Neurology. Oxford University Press. 2025.
  2. Voinescu PE, Lemus Esquivel HN, Liu L, Allien S, Pennell P. Pregnancy Seizure Outcomes for Epilepsy Patients with Catamenial Seizure Exacerbation (P8-1.011). Neurology. 2023; 100(17):2807. View Publication
  3. Harrison DS, Naclerio M, Swider K, Garrubba C, Yu AT, Busler A, Liu L, Doughty C. Education Research: Neurologic Education in Physician Assistant Programs. Neurol Educ. 2023 Mar; 2(1):e200029.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39411114; DOI: 10.1212/NE9.0000000000200029;
     
  4. Nagappan S, Liu L, Fetcho R, Nguyen J, Nishimura N, Radwanski RE, Lieberman S, Baird-Daniel E, Ma H, Zhao M, Schaffer CB, Schwartz TH. In Vivo Femtosecond Laser Subsurface Cortical Microtransections Attenuate Acute Rat Focal Seizures. Cereb Cortex. 2019 Jul 22; 29(8):3415-3426. PMID: 30192931; DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy210;
     
  5. Li T, Liu L, Zhang L, Liu N. Role of G-protein-coupled receptor-related genes in insecticide resistance of the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus. Sci Rep. 2014 Sep 29; 4:6474. PMID: 25262705; DOI: 10.1038/srep06474;
     

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Bar chart showing 5 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2014 and 2019 and 2022 and 2023 and 2025

YearPublications
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20191
20221
20231
20251


2018 Cornell University: Zuckerman Prize for Excellence (1st Place) in Student Biological Engineering Research
2018 Hofstra University: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
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