Serena Liu, MD
Assistant Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Dr. Liu is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a specialist in Complex Family Planning. She provides full reproductive care with a specialized training in contraception and abortion care. Her research interests include patient experience, progestins, and cervical preparation.

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She earned her medical degree at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, completed her OBGYN residency training at Albany Medical Center, and graduated from fellowship in Complex Family Planning at Stanford University.

Education & Training

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• Fellowship Complex Family Planning Stanford University 07/2023
• Residency Obstetrics and Gynecology Albany Medical Center 06/2021
• MD Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons 05/2017

Publications (8)

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• Adolescent reproductive health in a post-Dobbs landscape: a review.
  Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology 2024 Doyle AA, Liu SM, Tyson NA
• Comparing transcervical balloon with osmotic dilators for cervical preparation prior to procedural abortion: A noninferiority randomized trial.
  Contraception 2024 Liu SM, Henkel A, Meza P, Shorter JM, Cahill E, Blumenthal PD, Shaw KA
• Cervical preparation for second-trimester procedural abortion.
  Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology 2023 Fraz F, Liu SM, Shaw KA
• Discovery of an Ectopic Pregnancy after Attempted Self-Managed Abortion.
  The New England journal of medicine 2023 Beshar I, Liu SM, Shaw KA, Henkel A
• Progestins of today and tomorrow.
  Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology 2022 Liu S, Kciuk O, Frank M, Tyson N
• Pain management in outpatient surgical abortion.
  Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology 2021 Liu SM, Shaw KA
• A single-blinded randomized controlled trial evaluating pain and opioid use after dilator placement for second-trimester abortion.
  Contraception 2020 Liu SM, Flink-Bochacki R
• Etonogestrel concentrations among contraceptive implant users in Botswana using and not using dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy.
  Contraception 2020 Bishop IJ, Gertz AM, Simon B, Tawe L, Lechiile K, Liu S, Teodoro N, Mussa A, Avalos A, Malima S, Maotwe T, Mokganya L, Westhoff CL, Morroni C