Barbara Liu, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine and Division Director for Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Toronto, Canada
Dr. Liu is a geriatric medicine specialist whose expertise spans senior-friendly care, delirium prevention and management, early mobilization, specialized geriatric services, fall prevention, and optimizing medication use. With medical and specialist training from the University of Toronto and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as fellowship recognition from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, she leads advancements in quality improvement, best practice implementation, and knowledge translation across healthcare teams.
She serves as Executive Director of the Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto, Division Director and Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Affiliate Scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute, while also providing geriatric medicine consultation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
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