Yuen-Jong Liu MD

Aesthetic/Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, Breast Reconstruction, Hand, Plastic & Reconstructive Microsurgery

Plastic and Hand Surgeon

722 Post RoadDarien, CT 06820
Phone+1 203-656-9999
Fax+1 203-655-0099

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Summary

I am a plastic and hand surgeon based in Darien, CT, and serve all of Fairfield County in Western Connecticut. I am board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. I completed hand and microsurgery fellowship at Yale University, plastic surgery residency at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and general surgery residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. I graduated with a M.D. from Yale Medical School and a B.A. from Harvard University in computer science and biochemical sciences.

Clinical Expertise

Hand surgery, Computational biology, Plastic surgery

Education & Training

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Hand Surgery (Plastic Surgery), 2017 - 2018
University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 2014 - 2017
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2009 - 2014
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2009
Harvard UniversityB.A., Computer Science and Biochemical Sciences, Summa Cum Laude, 2000 - 2004

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Certifications & Licensure

CT State Medical License 2017 - 2026
NC State Medical License 2014 - 2018
MA State Medical License 2009 - 2014
American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

1st Place in the For-Profit Track Harvard Entrepreneurial Contest, 2004
Gustaf E. Lindskog International Travel Award Yale Surgical Society, 2008
Completion of Microvascular Training Course Yale Section of Plastic Surgery, 2008

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Patient-Reported Outcomes of Breast Reconstruction: Does the Quality of Decisions Matter?
Shibani R Chettri, Michael P Pignone, Allison M Deal, Karen R Sepucha, Lillian B Blizard
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023-03-01
ASO Visual Abstract: Patient-Reported Outcomes of Breast Reconstruction: Does the Quality of Decisions Matter?
Shibani R Chettri, Michael P Pignone, Allison M Deal, Karen R Sepucha, Lillian B Blizard
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023-03-01
11 citations
Differential Pulley Release in Trigger Finger: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial:
Robin T. Wu, Marc E. Walker, Connor J. Peck, Yuen-Jong Liu, Peter T. Hetzler
Hand. 2021-03-01

Journal Articles

Aesthetic Breast Shape Preferences Among Plastic Surgeons
Broer PN, Juran S, Walker ME, Ng R, Weichman K, Tanna N, Liu YJ, Shah A, Patel A, Persing JA, Thomson JG, Ann Plast Surg, 5/14/2014
The impact of geographic, ethnic, and demographic dynamics on the perception of beauty.
Broer PN, Juran S, Liu YJ, Weichman K, Tanna N, Walker ME, Ng R, Persing JA., J Craniofac Surg, 3/25/2014
Nasal aesthetics: a cross-cultural analysis.
Broer PN, Buonocore S, Morillas A, Liu J, Tanna N, Walker M, Ng R, Persing JA, Plast Reconstr Surg, 12/2012

Lectures

The Impact of Mild Intra-Operative Hypothermia on Free Flap Transfers.
Residents’ Research Day Section of Plastic Surgery, Yale University
Surface Area Measurement of the Female Breast.
Residents’ Research Day Section of Plastic Surgery, Yale University
Providing Surgical Care to the Poor and Disadvantaged.
Grand Rounds Department of Surgery, Yale University

Other

Aesthetics of the Female Breast: Correlation of Pluralistic Evaluations with Volume and Surface Area.
Liu, Y.-J
http://www.liusurgery.org/pdfread.cgi?file=md_thesis
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
An Oligonucleotide Microarray-Based Method for Determining Nucleosome Positioning in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Liu, Y.-J.
http://www.liusurgery.org/pdfread.cgi?file=ba_thesis
Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts