Lishya Liauw did her medical school and radiologist training in Leiden, the Netherlands.

As a radiologist she worked in Leiden University Medical Center and Radboud University Medical Center, both in the Netherlands, before moving to Singapore.

In Singapore, she started as a Senior Consultant in the National Neuroscience Institute on the Tan Tock Seng campus, since 2013 she works in the department of Neuroradiology, Singapore General Hospital. Her special interest is in Head and Neck Radiology and Neuroradiology.