Spencer D. Liu, MD, FSCAI, is an assistant professor of medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and a dual-trained interventional and advanced heart failure cardiologist. He completed his medical training at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, followed by fellowship training in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at Tufts Medical Center.  

Dr. Liu’s clinical and research work focuses on the management of complex coronary artery disease and cardiogenic shock, with particular expertise in mechanical circulatory support. Since joining Northwell Health–Staten Island University Hospital, he has expanded the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program, including the development of a pilot extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) initiative, and has served as a principal investigator in pivotal clinical device trials.