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Xiangxia Liu, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical

Surgery | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Medical Degree: Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences
  • Plastic Surgery Residency: Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences
  • Fellowship in Plastic Surgery: Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital
  • Fellowships in Craniofacial Surgery, Burn Surgery, and Microsurgery: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Plastic Surgery

Peer Reviewed Publications

Grande, Payton Kathryn; Hill, David; McElfresh, Jenessa; Velamuri, Ram; Liu, Xiangxia 2025. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Biodegradable Temporizing Matrix Application for Complex Wound Reconstruction. Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 46 1, 82-89

Kruchevsky, Dani; Todor, Lorraine; Shaina, Huda; Brockway, Patrick; Liu, Xiangxia; Hassouba, Mahmoud; Hill, David M 2025. Reduction in Fire-Related Admissions to a Large, Regional Burn Center after Prevention and Risk Mitigation Interventions. Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, ,

Liu, Qiwen; Chen, Zuxiao; Guo, Kaihua; Wei, Lina; Li, Zongyan; Fu, Xiaoyan; Wang, Chao; Liu, Xiangxia; Li, Haiyan 2025. Endoscopic Anatomy of the Breast Fascia System: Peripheral-to-Central Approach. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 13 11, e7315

Liu, Xiangxia; Chen, Yuxi; Guan, Wenqing; Jiang, Pingping; Yan, Lihui; Fan, Miao; Zhou, Qi 2025. The Mediation of AI Trust on AI Uncertainties and AI Competence Among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of advanced nursing, ,

Hill, David M; Yang, Bing; Laizure, S Casey; Boucher, Bradley; Swanson, Joseph M; Wood, G Christopher; Hickerson, William L; Liu, Xiangxia; Velamuri, Sai R 2024. Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Intravenous Push Cefepime in Burn Patients with Augmented Renal Clearance. Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 45 1, 151-157

Kuang, Rui; Zhang, Yi; Wu, Guanggeng; Zhu, Zhaowei; Xu, Shuqia; Liu, Xiangxia; Xu, Yangbin; Luo, Yunxiang 2024. Long Non-coding RNAs Influence Aging Process of Sciatic Nerves in SD Rats. Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening, 27 14, 2140-2150

Xie, Wenjuan; Wang, Honglian; Sun, Qian; Wang, Yuanyuan; Wang, Yang; Chen, Hui; Liu, Xiangxia 2024. Knowledge and attitude toward proton radiotherapy among oncology patients: a multi-center, cross-sectional study. Future oncology (London, England), 20 30, 2271-2277

Yang, Jifan; Zhu, Zhaowei; Xu, Yangbin; Xu, Shuqia; Zhang, Yujing; Liu, Zheng; Liu, Xiangxia; Shi, Jun; Han, Bing 2024. Gene Profiling of Circular RNAs in Keloid-prone Individuals and ceRNA Network Construction During Wound Healing. Aesthetic plastic surgery, 48 21, 4534-4545

Hill, David M; Rath, Abigail J; Boam, Tina; Fletchall, Sandra; Sabbatini, Sarah; Geib, Teresa; Krebs, Mamie; Funk, David; Greer, Catherine; Mincey, Megan; Wayne, Mary; Dadireddy, Kalyan; Liu, Xiangxia; Velamuri, Sai R 2023. A Regional Analysis of Potentially Preventable Injuries Sustained From Burning Garbage and Yard Waste. Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 44 5, 1013-1016

Huang, Haoran; Liu, Xiangxia; Li, Zuoqing; Lin, Junjie; Yang, Hai; Xu, Zhe 2023. Ectopic scrotum and penoscrotal transposition: Case report and literature review. Frontiers in pediatrics, 11 , 1015384

Wong, Chau Wei; Xu, Yangbin; Liu, Xiangxia; Xu, Shuqia; Zhang, Yi; Zhu, Zhaowei; He, Bo 2023. Correction: Effect of Induction Time on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Induced Schwann‑Like Cells from Adipose‑Derived Stem Cells. Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 43 5, 2385-2386

Xia, Longjie; Lai, Jianqin; Liu, Xiangxia; Kong, Fanbiao; Qiu, Shenghui; Hu, Huiqiong; Zhu, Shaoliang; Cao, Jie 2023. Epidemiological and survival outcomes of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast: a SEER data analysis. Translational cancer research, 12 8, 1951-1962

Xia, Longjie; Qiu, Shenghui; Kong, Fan-Biao; Lai, Jianqin; Huang, Huixian; Hu, Huiqiong; Liu, Xiangxia; Ye, Zi; Cao, Jie 2023. Epidemiology and nomogram for predicting the cancer-specific survival of ovarian granulosa cell tumor: A seer database study. Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction, 52 6, 102601

Djuanda, David; He, Bo; Liu, Xiangxia; Xu, Shuqia; Zhang, Yi; Xu, Yangbin; Zhu, Zhaowei 2021. Comprehensive Analysis of Age-related Changes in Lipid Metabolism and Myelin Sheath Formation in Sciatic Nerves. Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN, 71 11, 2310-2323

He, Bo; Pang, Vincent; Liu, Xiangxia; Xu, Shuqia; Zhang, Yi; Djuanda, David; Wu, Guanggeng; Xu, Yangbin; Zhu, Zhaowei 2021. Interactions Among Nerve Regeneration, Angiogenesis, and the Immune Response Immediately After Sciatic Nerve Crush Injury in Sprague-Dawley Rats. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 15 , 717209

Zhang, Yujing; Zhu, Zhaowei; Liu, Xiangxia; Xu, Shuqia; Zhang, Yi; Xu, Yangbin; He, Bo 2021. Integrated analysis of long noncoding RNAs and mRNA expression profiles reveals the potential role of lncRNAs in early stage of post-peripheral nerve injury in Sprague-Dawley rats. Aging, 13 10, 13909-13925

Deng, Yu; Xu, Yangbin; Xu, Shuqia; Zhang, Yujing; Han, Bing; Liu, Zheng; Liu, Xiangxia; Zhu, Zhaowei 2020. Secondary data mining of GEO database for long non-coding RNA and Competing endogenous RNA network in keloid-prone individuals. Aging, 12 24, 25076-25089

He, Bo; Su, Shouwen; Lu, Yunxiang; Wen, Xiaoyue; Duan, Jiekui; Liu, Xiangxia; Zhu, Zhaowei; Liu, Xiaolin 2020. Effects of Cryopreservation and Replantation on Muscles: Application Scope of Limb Cryopreservation. Annals of plastic surgery, 84 5S Suppl 3, S208-S214

Kozusko, Steven D; Hassouba, Mahmoud; Hill, David M; Liu, Xiangxia; Dadireddy, Kalyan; Velamuri, Sai R 2020. Esterified Hyaluronic Acid Matrix in Lower Extremity Reconstruction With Exposed Tendon and Bone: A Retrospective Review. Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 41 4, 828-834

Liu, Xiangxia; Kaminsky, Alexander J; Hill, David M; Velamuri, Sai R 2020. Heterotopic ossification: a preventable case of gossypiboma in spinal cord injury. Journal of wound care, 29 Sup3, S30-S32

Puente-Espel, Jordi; Chang, Jeremy; Liu, Xiangxia; Riccio, Charles A; Konofaos, Petros 2020. Cadaver Nerve Grafts: Past, Present and Future. Annals of plastic surgery, 84 6, 684-688

Wong, Chau Wei; Xu, Yangbin; Liu, Xiangxia; Xu, Shuqia; Zhang, Yi; Zhu, Zhaowei; He, Bo 2020. Effect of Induction Time on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Induced Schwann-Like Cells from Adipose-Derived Stem Cells. Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 40 7, 1105-1116

Xu, Shu-Qia; Jia, Xian-Lei; Choi, Yoonho; Zhu, Zhao-Wei; Xu, Yang-Bin; Velamuri, Ram; Liu, Xiang-Xia 2020. Three-dimensional scanning technique in the congenital microtia reconstruction with tissue expander. Chinese medical journal, 134 7, 842-844

Yang, Lei; Liu, Guangjun; Xiao, Sen; Wang, Luqing; Liu, Xiangxia; Tan, Qi; Li, Zhen 2020. Long Noncoding MT1JP Enhanced the Inhibitory Effects of miR-646 on FGF2 in Osteosarcoma. Cancer biotherapy & radiopharmaceuticals, 35 5, 371-376

Liu, Xiangxia; Langsdon, Sarah; Holloway, Wesley; Xu, Shuqia; Tang, Qing; Xu, Yangbin; Velamuri, Sai Ram; Hickerson, William 2019. The Ethics of Facial Allotransplantation: A Systematic Review. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 7 10, e2425

Liu, Jiang-Hui; Tang, Qing; Liu, Xiang-Xia; Qi, Jian; Zeng, Rui-Xi; Zhu, Zhao-Wei; He, Bo; Xu, Yang-Bin 2018. Analysis of transcriptome sequencing of sciatic nerves in Sprague-Dawley rats of different ages. Neural regeneration research, 13 12, 2182-2190

Jiang, Lili; Yu, Liang; Zhang, Xin; Lei, Fangyong; Wang, Lan; Liu, Xiangxia; Wu, Shu; Zhu, Jinrong; Wu, Geyan; Cao, Lixue; Liu, Aibin; Song, Libing; Li, Jun 2016. miR-892b Silencing Activates NF-κB and Promotes Aggressiveness in Breast Cancer. Cancer research, 76 5, 1101-11

Luan, Anna; Hui, Kenneth J; Remington, Austin C; Liu, Xiangxia; Lee, Gordon K 2016. Effects of A Novel Decision Aid for Breast Reconstruction: A Randomized Prospective Trial. Annals of plastic surgery, 76 Suppl 3 , S249-54

Momeni, Arash; Liu, Xiangxia; Januszyk, Michael; Wan, Derrick C; Buncke, Gregory M; Buntic, Rudolf F; Parrett, Brian M 2016. Microsurgical ear replantation-is venous repair necessary?-A systematic review. Microsurgery, 36 4, 345-50

Tan, Zhanyao; Zheng, Haiqing; Liu, Xiangxia; Zhang, Wenhui; Zhu, Jinrong; Wu, Geyan; Cao, Lixue; Song, Junwei; Wu, Shu; Song, Libing; Li, Jun 2016. MicroRNA-1229 overexpression promotes cell proliferation and tumorigenicity and activates Wnt/β-catenin signaling in breast cancer. Oncotarget, 7 17, 24076-87

Liu, Xiangxia; Fan, Yanfang; Huang, Jiexin; Zeng, Ruixi; Cao, Guangling; Chen, Mukai; Chen, Wenna; Tang, Jinming 2015. Can we predict the outcome of 595-nm wavelength pulsed dye laser therapy on capillary vascular malformations from the first beginning: a pilot study of efficacy co-related factors in 686 Chinese patients. Lasers in medical science, 30 3, 1041-6

Wang, Lan; Liu, Jun-Ling; Yu, Liang; Liu, Xiang-Xia; Wu, Hong-Mei; Lei, Fang-Yong; Wu, Shu; Wang, Xi 2015. Downregulated miR-495 [Corrected] Inhibits the G1-S Phase Transition by Targeting Bmi-1 in Breast Cancer. Medicine, 94 21, e718

Long, Jianting; Wang, Sanming; Zhang, Yuanqi; Liu, Xiangxia; Zhang, Hui; Wang, Shenming 2013. The therapeutic effect of vascular endothelial growth factor gene- or heme oxygenase-1 gene-modified endothelial progenitor cells on neovascularization of rat hindlimb ischemia model. Journal of vascular surgery, 58 3, 756-65.e2

Qin, Wangchi; Xu, Yangbin; Liu, Xiangxia; Xu, Shuqia 2012. [Experimental and primary clinical research of core fat graft]. Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery, 26 5, 576-82

Zhang, Hui; Lin, Ying; Xiao, Ying; Wang, San-ming; Liu, Xiang-xia; Wang, Shen-ming 2010. Stable transfection of estrogen receptor-alpha suppresses expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor-C in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Chinese medical journal, 123 15, 1989-94

Liu, Xiang-Xia; Yao, Chen; Zhang, Hui; Wang, San-Ming; Wang, Shen-Ming 2009. [Construction of an expression vector carrying short hairpin RNA targeting hTERT gene and its effects on breast cancer cell telomerase activity and proliferation in vivo]. Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University, 29 11, 2187-90

Zhang, Yi; Guo, Dong; Zeng, Rui-Xi; Long, Bi; Liu, Xiang-Xia; Cheng, Gang 2008. [Histopathology and ultrastructural characteristics of acellular allogenic dermal matrix engrafted with thin split-thickness skin autograft: mid- and long-term results]. Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University, 28 11, 2041-3

Tang, Qing; Su, Ai-yun; Gu, Jian; Cheng, Gang; Liu, Xiang-xia; Yu, Guo-zhong 2006. [Removing breast foreign body resulted from augmentation with polyacrylamide hydrogel injection and silicone prosthesis implantation at one stage]. Zhonghua zheng xing wai ke za zhi = Zhonghua zhengxing waike zazhi = Chinese journal of plastic surgery, 22 3, 183-5

Tang, Qing; Su, Ai-yun; Cheng, Gang; Liu, Xiang-xia; Zhang, Yi; Pang, Shui-fa 2003. [Clinical application of acellular allogenic dermis with autogenous epithelium in wound repair]. Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery, 17 3, 237-9

Chen, Shiju; Deng, Yu; Xu, Yangbin; Xu, Shuqia; Huang, Huixian; Zhang, Yujing; Zhu, Zhaowei; Liu, Xiangxia . Endoscopic Approach With an Innovative Mini-Trocar for Forehead Osteoma Excision. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 35 2, e154-e156

Han, Bing; Xu, Shuqia; Liu, Xiangxia; Shi, Jun; Liu, Zheng; Zhang, Yujing; Deng, Yu; Li, Zequan; Xu, Yangbin; Zhu, Zhaowei . Competing Endogenous RNA Network in Non-Keloid-Prone Individuals During Wound Healing. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 33 1, 29-34

Su, Zhicheng; Liu, Xiangxia; Liu, Zheng; Deng, Yu; Han, Bing; Zhang, Yujing; Zhu, Zhaowei; Xu, Yangbin; Xu, Shuqia . A Study on the Expression of Messenger RNAs and Long Noncoding RNA in Keloid Fibroblasts Based on Gene Expression Omnibus Microarray Data Mining. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 34 2, e145-e149