Dr. Charles Liu did his undergraduate education in Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan and his PhD in Chemical/Bioengineering at Rice University before attending medical school at the Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his neurosurgery training at the USC-Affiliated Hospitals. He developed an interest in epilepsy surgery through interactions with his principal neurosurgery mentor Michael Apuzzo, who encouraged him to see the tutelage of Johannes Schramm in Bonn, Germany. He has played a principal role in the establishment and growth of the four adult epilepsy centers in the USC Epilepsy Care Consortium, as well as in establishing the integration of the adult and pediatric epilepsy programs at USC and establishing a partnership between the programs in Central California. He is the founding “Secretary” of USC Epilepsy Care Consortium.