Clinical Focus


  • Internal Medicine
  • Hospital Medicine
  • Point-of-Care Systems
  • Medical Education
  • Patient Safety
  • International Medical Services

Academic Appointments


  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine

Administrative Appointments


  • Inpatient Medicine Service Line Medical Director, Stanford Health Care (2023 - Present)
  • Post-Acute Care Medical Director, Stanford Health Care (2023 - Present)
  • Value Based Care Hospital Medicine Champion, Stanford Health Care (2020 - Present)
  • Unit C3 Medical Director, Stanford Health Care (2018 - 2023)
  • Patient Safety Champion, Stanford Health Care (2016 - 2017)
  • Interim Educators-4-Care (E4C) Faculty, Stanford University School of Medicine (2015 - 2017)
  • Associate Medical Director, Stanford International Medical Services (2014 - 2016)
  • Educators-4-Care Associate, Stanford University School of Medicine (2012 - Present)
  • Hospitalist, Division of Hospital Medicine (2012 - Present)

Honors & Awards


  • David W. Rytand Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanford Health Care (2019)
  • Excellence In Our Workplace Award, Stanford Health Care (2018)
  • Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine (2018)
  • David W. Rytand Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanford Health Care (2013)
  • StartXMed Innovation Challenge Finalist, StartXMed (2013)
  • Chinese American Medical Society Summer Research Scholar, Chinese American Medical Society (2008)
  • Dr. Lester Chen Memorial Scholarship, Chinese American Physician Society (2008)
  • AMSA Medical Education Excellence Award, AMSA (2006)
  • UCSF Summer Research Grant, UCSF (2006)
  • I.L. Chaikoff Memorial Award, UC Berkeley (2004)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Fellow https://www.doximity.com/pub/charles-liao-md/1, Doximity (2013 - Present)
  • Member, Society of Hospital Medicine (2012 - Present)

Professional Education


  • Residency: Stanford University Internal Medicine Residency (2012) CA
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2012)
  • IM Board Certified, ABIM, expiration 12/31/32 (2012)
  • Medical Education: Univ of California San Francisco (2009) CA
  • BA summa cum laude with thesis, University of California, Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology (2004)

Community and International Work


  • Rathmann Family Foundation Medical Education Faculty Fellowship

    Topic

    Limited English proficiency patient-centered care

    Ongoing Project

    No

    Opportunities for Student Involvement

    No

  • Physician Advisor, Clincial High Risk Case Management Rounds

    Ongoing Project

    No

    Opportunities for Student Involvement

    No

  • Associate, Educators for Care (E4C)

    Topic

    Educators for Care (E4C)

    Ongoing Project

    No

    Opportunities for Student Involvement

    No

  • Faculty preceptor, Practice of Medicine

    Topic

    Practice of Medicine

    Ongoing Project

    No

    Opportunities for Student Involvement

    No

Current Research and Scholarly Interests


Educational Curriculum: Working with Professional Interpreters

Projects


  • Mobile Application. www.getrockfish.com. Helping patients find the best nursing facility, Stanford University Medical Center (February 1, 2013 - Present)

    StartX Med project focused on patient centered care.

    Location

    Stanford, CA

  • Video: Working with Professional Interpreters, Stanford University Medical Center (June 1, 2013)

    Medical education project to help trainees at all levels work more effectively with professional medical interpreters.

    Location

    Stanford, CA

All Publications


  • Frequency of limitations statements in original research articles of United States leading medical journals: A meta-research protocol. PloS one Hsu, N. C., Tsai, H. B., Hsu, C. H., Tsai, M. Y., Liao, C., Tokuda, Y. 2024; 19 (11): e0305970

    Abstract

    Limitation declarations are commonly deemed essential to uphold intellectual humility for scientific research, but little has been reported about the limitation statements in published original research articles. This meta-research study aims to investigate the trends of limitation statements among three leading general medical journals in the US.This cross-sectional study will compile a data set of full-length original research articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Annals of Internal Medicine between 2002 and 2022. Limitation statement will be recognized by two investigators, and a predefined set of sensitive keywords is used for sensitivity analysis. Frequency of limitation statements within the main text of research articles and trends for different study designs, including their association with the corresponding reporting guidelines, are the main measurements. We employ the Cochran-Armitage test for trend analysis.The findings of this study will provide an overview of the limitation statements in leading general medical journals in the US. The results may contribute to future research to identify factors that are associated with the presence of limitation statements.

    View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0305970

    View details for PubMedID 39485763

  • Proportions and trends of critical care trials in leading general medical journals, 1970-2022. Critical care (London, England) Hsu, N. C., Liao, C., Hsu, C. H. 2023; 27 (1): 375

    View details for DOI 10.1186/s13054-023-04666-5

    View details for PubMedID 37773187

    View details for PubMedCentralID 8935253

  • High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Standard Oxygen Therapy and Length of Hospital Stay in Children With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. JAMA Hsu, N. C., Liao, C., Hsu, C. H. 2023; 329 (18): 1610-1611

    View details for DOI 10.1001/jama.2023.4584

    View details for PubMedID 37159038

  • Relationship of multidrug-resistant bacterial colonization and immune status of patients in the ICU. Intensive care medicine Cheng, U. T., Tsai, C. Y., Liao, C., Hsu, N. C. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s00134-023-07003-0

    View details for PubMedID 36853335

    View details for PubMedCentralID 8486643

  • Post-extubation noninvasive ventilation vs high-flow nasal cannula on reintubation in patients at very high risk for extubation failure. Intensive care medicine Hsu, N., Liao, C., Hsu, C. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s00134-022-06963-z

    View details for PubMedID 36598547

  • Painful Panniculitis and Polyarthritis in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases Ku, S. n., Balijepally, R. n., Horomanski, A. n., Fairchild, R. n., Brown, R. A., Liao, C. E. 2020

    View details for DOI 10.1097/RHU.0000000000001408

    View details for PubMedID 32496359

  • Ground-glass opacity heralding invasive lung adenocarcinoma with prodromal dermatomyositis: a case report JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY Beel, A. J., Demos, D. S., Chung, A., Liao, C., Lui, N. S. 2018; 13: 20

    Abstract

    Dermatomyositis, an inflammatory myopathy with cutaneous involvement, is associated with malignancy and often manifests paraneoplastically. While co-occurrence with small cell carcinoma is well attested, primary lung adenocarcinoma, which may present as focal ground-glass opacification on computed tomography of the thorax, is less frequently coincident.We report the case of a 72-year-old female patient with dermatomyositis - treated with a combination of prednisone, methotrexate, and intravenous immunoglobulin - and an indolent, subsolid, non-hypermetabolic pulmonary lesion, which was determined to be invasive primary lung adenocarcinoma. Supporting a paraneoplastic basis, immunosuppressive therapy was discontinued following tumor excision without relapse of signs or symptoms of dermatomyositis.While dermatomyositis prodromal to lung adenocarcinoma is not without precedent, association with an indolent, subsolid lesion has, to the best of our knowledge, not been reported. The case described herein illustrates the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for malignancy in the setting of dermatomyositis.

    View details for PubMedID 29415746

  • Goff Trans-Pancreatic Septotomy Is an Effective and Safe Salvage Technique Following Failed Standard Biliary Cannulation at ERCP Barakat, M. T., Girotra, M., Huang, R. J., Choudhary, A., Liao, C., Kothari, S., Banerjee, S. MOSBY-ELSEVIER. 2017: AB612
  • Radiation exposure to patients during ERCP is significantly higher with low-volume endoscopists. Gastrointestinal endoscopy Liao, C., Thosani, N., Kothari, S., Friedland, S., Chen, A., Banerjee, S. 2015; 81 (2): 391-398 e1

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.gie.2014.08.001

    View details for PubMedID 25293825

  • Delivery of Monthly Patient Radiation Exposure Report Cards to Endoscopists Significantly Reduces Patient Radiation Exposure During ERCP: a Prospective Quality Improvement Study Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Thosani, N. C., Friedland, S., Chen, A. M., Kothari, S., Kochar, R., Liao, C. 2014; 79 (5)
  • Prospective Evaluation of Predictors of Increased Patient Radiation During ERCP: the Stanford ERCP Radiation Safety (Sers) Study Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Thosani, N. C., Chen, A. M., Friedland, S., Kothari, S., Kochar, R., Liao, C., Banerjee, S., et al 2014; 79 (5)
  • Patient Radiation Exposure During ERCP Can Be Successfully Reduced by Education of Endoscopists: Prospective Evaluation of the Impact of an Educational Program Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Kochar, R., Kothari, S., Friedland, S., Chen, A. M., Liao, C., Banerjee, S. 2013; 77 (5)
  • Iron Accumulation During Cellular Senescence in Human Fibroblasts in vitro Antioxidants & Redox Signaling David Killilea, Hani Atamna, Charles Liao, Bruce Ames 2003; 5 (5)
  • Goff Trans-panreatic Septotomy is an Effective and Safe Biliary cannulation Technique American College of Gastroenterology 2011 Conference abstract/poster Charles Liao, Subhas Banerjee
  • Addressing Chronic Hepatitis B in the Asian Pacific Islander Community: A student-designed, community-based, multi-disciplinary curriculum. American Medical Student Association 2006 abstract/poster Susie Ng, Yile Ding, Jason Hom, Charles Liao
  • Radiation Exposure to patients during ERCP is significantly higher with Low Volume Endoscopists Digestive Disease Week 2012 oral presentation Charles Liao, Shivangi Kothari, Subhas Banerjee
  • Chapter: Liver Disease Lange: Pathophysiology of Disease: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine. 2009 Ed. Mandana Khalili, Charles Liao
  • In Hot Water: Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome. Society of General Internal Medicine 2010 abstract/poster Charles Liao, Megan Ramsey, Preetha Basaviah
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Screening Practices in Hepatitis B-Infected Asian Americans. AANCART May 2008 abstract/poster Mandana Khalili, Albert Yu, Charles Liao