Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, Suma Cum Laude, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1999
• MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2003
• MSCI, Washington University, 2012

Training

• Pediatric Residency, Saint Louis University School of Medicine - Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, 2003 - 2006
• Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine - St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2006 - 2009

Licensure and Board Certification

• MO, , 2008
• Certified in General Pediatrics , 2009
• Certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine , 2012
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program , 2015

Honors

• Arthur E. McElfresh Memorial Award - outstanding achievement in the study of Pediatrics, 2003
• Resident QA/QI research project - first place award, 2006
• Midwest SPR Travel Grant, 2008
• PAS Young Investigator's Travel Award, 2009
• Department of Pediatrics Educational Loan Rebate Program Award, 2009 - 2010
• Post-doctoral Career Development Program Award (K30), 2009 - 2011
• NICHD Loan Repayment Program Award & Renewal, 2010 - 2014
• Washington University Career Development Award (KL2), 2011 - 2013
• Scholar Abstract Award, Translational Science Conference, Washington, DC, 2012

Recent Publications view all (9)

Publication Co-Authors

Nathalie El Ters

Shamik Trivedi

Zachary A. Vesoulis, M.D.

Amit M Mathur, M.D., M.R.C.P.

Rakesh Rao, M.D.

Christopher Lust

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Steve M. Liao, M.D., MSCI

1. Vesoulis ZA, Lust CE, Liao SM, Trivedi SB, Mathur AM. Early hyperoxia burden detected by cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy is superior to pulse oximetry for prediction of severe retinopathy of prematurity. J Perinatol. 2016. PMID:27559717 
2. Vesoulis ZA, Ters NE, Foster A, Trivedi SB, Liao SM, Mathur AM. Response to dopamine in prematurity: a biomarker for brain injury? J Perinatol. 2016;36(6):453-8. PMCID:PMC4882223  PMID:26890555 
3. Vesoulis ZA, Liao SM, Trivedi SB, Ters NE, Mathur AM. A novel method for assessing cerebral autoregulation in preterm infants using transfer function analysis. Pediatr Res. 2016;79(3):453-9. PMCID:PMC4821724  PMID:26571222 
4. Liao SM, Rao R, Mathur AM. Head Position Change Is Not Associated with Acute Changes in Bilateral Cerebral Oxygenation in Stable Preterm Infants during the First 3 Days of Life. Am J Perinatol. 2015;32(7):645-52. doi:10.1055/s-0034-1390348  PMID:25282608 
5. Ferradal SL, Liao SM, Eggebrecht AT, Shimony JS, Inder TE, Culver JP, Smyser CD. Functional Imaging of the Developing Brain at the Bedside Using Diffuse Optical Tomography. Cereb Cortex. 2015. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhu320  PMID:25595183 
6. Reynolds LC, Pineda RG, Mathur A, Vavasseur C, Shah DK, Liao S, Inder T. Cerebral maturation on amplitude-integrated electroencephalography and perinatal exposures in preterm infants. Acta Paediatr. 2014;103(3):e96-e100. doi:10.1111/apa.12485  PMCID:PMC3945948  PMID:24354724 
7. Liao SM, Ferradal SL, Inder TE, Culver JP. High-density diffuse optical tomography of term infant visual cortex in the nursery J Biomed Optics . 2012. 
8. White BR, Liao SM, Ferradal SL, Inder TE, Culver JP. Bedside optical imaging of occipital resting-state functional connectivity in neonates. Neuroimage. 2012;59(3):2529-38. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.08.094  PMCID:PMC3598616  PMID:21925609 
9. Liao SM, Gregg NM, White BR, Zeff BW, Bjerkaas KA, Inder TE, Culver JP. Elucidating the neonatal hemodynamic response to brain activity: A high-density NIRS study J Biomed Optics. 2010;15(2):026010-1-9.