About me
Dr. Stephen Liu, MD, is the division chief of Hematology Oncology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, part of the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute. Dr. Liu is also a faculty member, investigator, and an active researcher through the hospital’s research engine, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer, the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in the region providing access to breakthrough cancer therapies and clinical trials.
Dr. Liu graduated cum laude from Johns Hopkins University before receiving his MD at the University of Maryland. He completed Internal Medicine training at the University of Pennsylvania and completed a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Southern California, after which he received further specialized training in genomic medicine at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). Dr. Liu has been part of the Thoracic Oncology section and the Experimental Therapeutics Program of Georgetown University since 2013. He is a board-certified medical oncologist with expertise in lung cancer and drug development.
Dr. Liu has a research focus on the development of novel therapeutic agents and innovative combinations for the treatment of advanced thoracic malignancies. He leads the Thoracic Oncology section and the Phase I Developmental Therapeutics group. His work has been published in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Lancet Oncology, Cancer Discovery, and Clinical Cancer Research. He is actively involved in post-graduate education and has been awarded multiple teaching awards for his efforts. In addition to leading national and global clinical trials for the treatment of lung cancer, Dr. Liu is also the co-host for the official IASLC (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) podcast, Lung Cancer Considered.
Dr. Liu's philosophy of care
"I subscribe to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital's mission - cura personalis - caring for the whole person - and I am an advocate for my patients. I stress the importance of open communication between physicians and patients and strive to provide my patients with the most advanced care available. I strongly believe that all patients deserve the opportunity to benefit from the latest cancer research advances, including genomic testing which is an essential part of treatment decisions. I am also committed to conducting research that will contribute to our understanding of cancer and helping future patients. Clinical trials are often the best treatment option in lung cancer and we strive to have the most promising agents available for our patients."
Clinical areas of focus
- Biopsy Of Lung Mass
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Pleura Biopsy
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
Procedures I perform
- 12-Step Program
- Abdominal Wall Biopsy
- Akt Inhibitors
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
- Antiangiogenic Therapy
- Antineoplastic Injection
- Arthrocentesis
- Biopsy Of Lung Mass
- Blood Banking
- Blood Transfusion
- Bone Cancer Staging
- Cancer Fertility Preservation
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Cancer Risk Assessment
- Cancer Speech Therapy
- Cancer Survivorship
- Cancer Treatment
- Cancer Treatment Outcomes
- Case Management
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Computed Tomography
- Cough Suppression
- Diagnostic Breast Imaging
- Diagnostic Mammography
- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
- Disease Prevention
- Donor Sperm
- Dopamine Therapy
- Egg Freezing For Transgender Individuals
- Embryo Transfer
- Energy Psychology
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
- Fluid Cytology
- Foster Home Care
- Gastrointestinal Therapy
- Genetic Counseling
- Genomic Testing For Cancer
- Gestational Carrier
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Group Therapy
- Hepatic Artery Infusion
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Immune System Modulator Therapy
- Immunotherapy
- In Vitro Fertilization
- Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- Intravenous (IV) Fluids
- Irreversible Electroporation
- Isolated Limb Perfusion
- Killer Cell Therapy
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Tumor Ablation
- Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Lymphedema Management
- Lymphoma Management
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Menstrual Education
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Microwave Ablation
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Nanoknife
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Ovarian Tissue Freezing
- Pain Management Consultation
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Patient Navigation
- Pediatric Advocacy
- Peer Support Groups
- Percutaneous Tumor Chemoembolization
- Pet Therapy
- Pharmacogenomics
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Pleura Biopsy
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- Radiofrequency Thermoablation
- Removal Of Central Venous Access Device
- Reproductive Endocrinology
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- Soft Tissue Neck Ct Without Contrast
- Sti Treatment
- Symptom Management Consultation
- Testicular Tissue Freezing
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Transarterial Embolization
- Tumor Embolization
- Tumor Immunohistochemistry
- Tumor Marker Testing
- Tumor Registry
- Vaccinations
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Navigate
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Student Resources
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- POS OA
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- First Health PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-POS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- OA Plus
- HighMark
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst NASCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Network OA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Medicare Direct
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Fellowship: LAC-USC Medical Center (2011)
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System (2008)
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine (2005)
Awards
- Heine H. Hansen Small Cell Lung Cancer Award, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, WCLC 2022, Vienna
- Top Doctor Award, Washingtonian Magazine, 2022
- Cura Personalis Fellow, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2020
- Annual Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Medicine. Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2019
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30280641/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33439693/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34118197/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34077268/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34518295/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33646820/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34420859/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36324586/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35715405/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35663414/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35192928/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30988082/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31838007/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33610453/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33723371/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33595888/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33007380/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32539942/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34420859/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33209468/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32450596/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31228626/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31504132/