Renyu Liu

MD, MS, PhD

Dr. Renyu Liu is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care; and Professor of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, a scholar at the Penn Global Health Center. He is a practicing physician at the hospital affiliated to the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). He is a faculty member of the Institute of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics. He is one of the founders and editor-in-chiefs of "Translational Perioperative and Pain Medicine" (www.transpopmed.org), the founder of Stroke 120, Stroke 120 Special Taskforce, Stroke 911, and Stroke 112, He is one of the founders and first secretary general of the Coalition of Special Taskforces for Stroke (CSTS), the founding co-chair of the World Stroke Organization Taskforce for Prehospital Care (WSOTPC) , the founder of Neurokappa Therapeutics. He plotted and produced (including the director role) more than 10 medical education micro-videos or micro-films, of which the stroke of 120 one-minute micro-videos were translated into more than 30 dialects in China. The micro-film "Love and Rescue Around" won the Shanghai Charity Micro-Film Excellent Works Award. The micro-film "Wakeup Stroke 120" won the Humanitarian Award and the Best Short Film Award at the 2021New York City International Film Festival and is selected by the 2022 World Health Organization Health for All Film Festival, and it has been widely reported and attracted attention. The movie poster was selected as the cover of a medical professional magazine. The Stroke 112 micro-video has been translated into multiple languages. Stroke 112 animation for Africa is awarded the Best Health Animation at the 2022 New York City International Film Festival. The docuseries “My Stroke Story” received the best short documentary award at the 2023 New York City International TV Festival.