Yan Michael Li MD PhD, FAANS, FCNS (He/Him)
Brain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Neurotrauma
Board Certified Fellowship Trained Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, Complex and Minimal Invasive Spine Program, Comprehensive Brain & Spine Tumor Program. Tel:18007138519; Email:Dr.Yanli@gmail.com
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7601 W Sam Houston Pkwy S, Suite 300Houston, TX 77072
Phone+1 713-396-2969
Fax+1 888-565-2928
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Education & Training
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonFellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 2013 - 2014
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2006 - 2013
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical SchoolPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2005 - 2006- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterPh.D, Cancer Biology and Gene Therapy, 1999 - 2004
Peking Union Medical CollegeClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2013 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2009 - 2023
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Synergistic Modulating of Mitochondrial Transfer and Immune Microenvironment to Attenuate Discogenic Pain.Xinzhou Wang, Zhenyu Guo, Linjie Chen, Jing Sun, Kenny Yat Hong Kwan
Advanced Science. 2025-03-27 - Injectable Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Combating Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and Ferroptosis.Zhenyu Guo, Xinzhou Wang, Jing Sun, QiZhu Chen, Linjie Chen
Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2025-03-13 - KMT2A regulates the autophagy-GATA4 axis through METTL3-mediated mA modification of ATG4a to promote NPCs senescence and IVDD progression.Ouqiang Wu, Yuxin Jin, Zhiguang Zhang, Hao Zhou, Wenbin Xu
Bone Research. 2024-11-21
Journal Articles
- Nociceptor Translational Profiling Reveals the Ragulator-Rag GTPase Complex as a Critical Generator of Neuropathic PainYan Li, MD, The Journal of Neuroscience
Press Mentions
Spine Surgeon Leader to Know: Dr. Yan Michael Li of the University of Rochester Medical CenterApril 25th, 2018
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Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
External Links
- Pubmedhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/10a7-y3Lftj/bibliography/public/
- Websitehttp://www.SpineandNeurosurgery.com
- Research Gatehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yan_Michael_Li
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