Jiachang Liu
Cornell University · Operations Research and Information Engineering
Active 2003–2024
About
Jiachang Liu is an Assistant Research Professor at the Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society at Cornell University. His research interests include creating interpretable and trustworthy machine learning solutions for high-stakes decision making in domains such as healthcare, criminal justice, and finance. He also focuses on designing efficient discrete and continuous optimization techniques to solve related optimization problems, which are usually nonconvex and have a combinatorial nature. Additionally, he is involved in building open-source and user-friendly software packages for the broad data science community. His long-term goal is to enable seamless collaboration and complementarity between humans and machines. Prior to joining Cornell, Jiachang Liu completed his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, where he was advised by Cynthia Rudin.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Anesthesia
- Internal medicine
- Emergency medicine
Selected publications
Anesthesiology · 2022 · 68 citations
- Medicine
- Anesthesia
- Surgery
BACKGROUND: The interscalene nerve block provides analgesia for shoulder surgery. To extend block duration, provide adequate analgesia, and minimize opioid consumption, the use of adjuvants such as dexamethasone as well as the application of perineural liposomal bupivacaine have been proposed. This randomized, double-blinded, noninferiority trial hypothesized that perineural liposomal bupivacaine is noninferior to standard bupivacaine with perineural dexamethasone in respect to average pain scores in the first 72 h after surgery. METHODS: A total of 112 patients undergoing ambulatory shoulder surgery were randomized into two groups. The liposomal bupivacaine group received a 15-ml premixed admixture of 10 ml of 133 mg liposomal bupivacaine and 5 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine (n = 55), while the bupivacaine with dexamethasone group received an admixture of 15 ml of 0.5% standard bupivacaine with 4 mg dexamethasone (n = 56), respectively. The primary outcome was the average numerical rating scale pain scores at rest over 72 h. The mean difference between the two groups was compared against a noninferiority margin of 1.3. Secondary outcomes were analgesic block duration, motor and sensory resolution, opioid consumption, numerical rating scale pain scores at rest and movement on postoperative days 1 to 4 and again on postoperative day 7, patient satisfaction, readiness for postanesthesia care unit discharge, and adverse events. RESULTS: A liposomal bupivacaine group average numerical rating scale pain score over 72 h was not inferior to the bupivacaine with dexamethasone group (mean [SD], 2.4 [1.9] vs. 3.4 [1.9]; mean difference [95% CI], -1.1 [-1.8, -0.4]; P < 0.001 for noninferiority). There was no significant difference in duration of analgesia between the groups (26 [20, 42] h vs. 27 [20, 39] h; P = 0.851). Motor and sensory resolutions were similar in both groups: 27 (21, 48) h versus 27 (19, 40) h (P = 0.436) and 27 [21, 44] h versus 31 (20, 42) h (P = 0.862), respectively. There was no difference in opioid consumption, readiness for postanesthesia care unit discharge, or adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: Interscalene nerve blocks with perineural liposomal bupivacaine provided effective analgesia similar to the perineural standard bupivacaine with dexamethasone. The results show that bupivacaine with dexamethasone can be used interchangeably with liposomal bupivacaine for analgesia after shoulder surgery.
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine · 2021 · 182 citations
- Medicine
- Anesthesia
- Surgery
BACKGROUND: Evidence-based international expert consensus regarding the impact of peripheral nerve block (PNB) use in total hip/knee arthroplasty surgery. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis: randomized controlled and observational studies investigating the impact of PNB utilization on major complications, including mortality, cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal, thromboembolic, neurologic, infectious, and bleeding complications.Medline, PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library including Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, NHS Economic Evaluation Database, were queried from 1946 to August 4, 2020.The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach was used to assess evidence quality and for the development of recommendations. RESULTS: Analysis of 122 studies revealed that PNB use (compared with no use) was associated with lower ORs for (OR with 95% CIs) for numerous complications (total hip and knee arthroplasties (THA/TKA), respectively): cognitive dysfunction (OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.53/OR 0.52, 95% CI 0.34 to 0.80), respiratory failure (OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.74/OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.18 to 0.75), cardiac complications (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.76 to 0.93/OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.86), surgical site infections (OR 0.55 95% CI 0.47 to 0.64/OR 0.86 95% CI 0.80 to 0.91), thromboembolism (OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.58 to 0.96/OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.84 to 0.96) and blood transfusion (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.83 to 0.86/OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.90 to 0.92). CONCLUSIONS: Based on the current body of evidence, the consensus group recommends PNB use in THA/TKA for improved outcomes. RECOMMENDATION: PNB use is recommended for patients undergoing THA and TKA except when contraindications preclude their use. Furthermore, the alignment of provider skills and practice location resources needs to be ensured. Evidence level: moderate; recommendation: strong.
British Journal of Anaesthesia · 2020 · 113 citations
- Medicine
- Emergency medicine
- Internal medicine
Recent grants
NIH · $656k · 2017
NIH · $1.7M · 2017
NIH · $605k · 2011
Frequent coauthors
- 676 shared
Stavros G. Memtsoudis
Hospital for Special Surgery
- 290 shared
Jashvant Poeran
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 232 shared
Haoyan Zhong
Hospital for Special Surgery
- 136 shared
Lauren A. Wilson
- 110 shared
Crispiana Cozowicz
- 90 shared
Alejandro González Della Valle
Hospital for Special Surgery
- 89 shared
Alex Illescas
Hospital for Special Surgery
- 75 shared
David H. Kim
University Medical Center
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