Our Team
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Hong Liu, M.D.
Director, International Partnerships
Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicinehualiu@health.ucdavis.edu
916-734-5031Hong Liu, M.D., received his medical degrees from Suzhou Medical College and Nanjing Medical College. After graduating in 1987, he worked as a cardiothoracic surgeon and became an associate professor in 1989. He later trained as a visiting cardiac surgeon at Loma Linda University Medical Center, focusing on heart transplantation and cardiac surgery. From 1990–1995, he conducted research on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury with funding from the American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health. He is now a professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at UC Davis Health, where he specializes in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. He is also National Board of Echocardiography certified in advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography.
His research interests continue to be in myocardial I/R injury; specifically, the roles of anesthetic preconditioning on inflammation and apoptosis, the effect of aging on the myocardial protection against I/R injury, and myocardial gene expressions in anesthetic preconditioning. Liu’s current research focuses on clinical outcome studies, evidence-based medicine, and translational medicine. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, and was appointed director of International Partnerships at UC Davis Health in 2011. He coordinates international academic exchanges and international patient services.
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Andrea Young
Project Policy Analyst and International Program Manager
asyoung@health.ucdavis.edu
916-734-2414Andrea Young is a graduate of the University of California, Davis. She spent the greater part of her career planning, organizing, and executing corporate programs worldwide. She began her career in the San Francisco Bay Area, working with several prominent third-party planning companies.
In 2013, after 14 years of running her own conference and event planning business, she joined UC Davis Health as a Continuing Medical Education Specialist. She operated multiple educational conferences, implemented logistics, secured grant funding, increased vendor participation, and managed accreditation requirements to ensure program compliance.
In 2018, Young transitioned to UC Davis Health's Business Development and International Affiliations Department. She manages inbound and outbound international programs by working with managers, faculty, and other health care professionals to develop and/or streamline observer and exchange programs, implementing training programs, and promoting the services and abilities of UC Davis Health on an international level.