James Liao Named Chair of Medicine at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
James Liao, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Dr. Liao joins the...
James Liao, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Dr. Liao joins the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson from the University of Chicago, where he was chief of the Section of Cardiology, the Harold Hines Jr. professor of medicine, and director of the UChicago Medicine Cardiovascular Research Program and Physician Scientist Development Program. He also helped launch and formerly served as medical director of the university’s Heart and Vascular Center.
Dr. Liao graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in physical chemistry and earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, followed by research and cardiovascular medicine fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Prior to his roles at the University of Chicago, he was a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of vascular medicine research at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
“We are excited for Dr. Liao to join the College of Medicine – Tucson. His clinical skills will complement the excellent patient care provided at Banner – University Medicine. As an accomplished investigator and lauded educator, Dr. Liao will no doubt benefit the research and training activities in the Department of Medicine and its many divisions and centers,” said Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA, dean of the college.
The Department of Medicine is the College of Medicine – Tucson’s largest, with multiple specialty centers and 13 divisions that include a wide range of internal medicine subspecialties. The department has 250 faculty members and annually trains more than 200 residents and fellows.
WittKieffer’s Jeff Schroetlin, Tricia Porter and Kerry Quealy led this search.
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