Specialty Areas: Mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, PTSD, co-morbid medical illness, trauma and resilience, grief and bereavement, cross-cultural and adoption issues, and prevention.
K. Ron-Li Liaw, M.D., is the Director of the Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service at the NYU Langone Medical Center and a clinical assistant professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine. Her areas of expertise include mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, children's responses to acute and chronic stress, trauma and resilience, co-morbid medical illness, as well as cross-cultural and global mental health.
Dr. Liaw received her undergraduate degree in anthropology from Rice University and her M.D. from the Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her adult psychiatry training at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, where she served as chief resident. She also completed a research fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Mind/Body Institute as well as a clinical fellowship in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Dr. Liaw completed her child and adolescent psychiatry residency at the NYU Child Study Center.
Dr. Liaw has served as the assistant unit chief of the Adolescent Inpatient Unit at Bellevue Hospital, where she was co-director of staff education and the adolescent addictions workgroup. She is the professor for two undergraduate courses at the NYU College of Arts and Science as part of CAMS -- Looking Back on Growing Up, a child development course through the use of cinema, and Global Perspectives on Child and Adolescent Mental Health. She is also the NYC Wellness Consultant for Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp serving children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
Dr. Liaw has received numerous teaching and clinical awards from the American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Harvard Medical School. She was the recipient of the Laughlin Fellowship, given annually by the American College of Psychiatrists to the 10 residents from the USA and Canada who are most likely to make a significant contribution to the field of psychiatry.
