Dr. Shun-mei Liu was born in China, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and came to America in 1988 as an International Society of Nephrology (ISN) fellow at the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology at Montefiore Einstein. As a medical research scientist, she has dedicated her research to obesity, diabetes, and related fields such as molecular genetics and neuroendocrinology. She has co-authored about 40 peer-reviewed articles with Dr. Adrian Spitzer, Dr. John Russell, and Dr. Streamson Chua.
Dr. Liu is certified by US Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).