Dr. Lien earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Brown University in 1980 and her Doctor of Medicine degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1985. Following an interniship in Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, she did her residency in Anesthesiology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Lien joined the Faculty in Anesthesiology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in 1989. In the Department, she is the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Chair of the Education Committee and Director of the Fellowship in Neuroanesthesiology. Dr. Lien has been the Chair of the Section on Anesthesiology and Resuscitation of The New York Academy of Medicine since 2002. She is on the Academic Anesthesia Committee and the Subcommittee on Resident Research of the NYSSA. She has been on the ASA Committee on Geriatric Anesthesiology and presently serves on the ASA Scientific Advisory Committee. She has been the Chair of the ASA Subcommittee on Neuromuscular Transmission since 1999.
Dr. Lien has been an ABA Examiner since 1994 and is a Senior Editor for the Joint Council on In-Training Examinations.
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