YanMichaelLiMDPhD, 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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Office
7601 W Sam Houston Pkwy S, Suite 300
Houston, TX 77072
Phone+1 713-396-2969

Fax+1 888-565-2928

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

93 citations
Early- and late-onset inherited erythromelalgia: genotype―phenotype correlation
Chongyang Han, Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj, Zhimiao Lin, Yan Li, Emmanuella M. Eastman
Brain. 2009-07-01
221 citations
Mesenchymal stem cells deliver exogenous miR-21 via exosomes to inhibit nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis and reduce intervertebral disc degeneration.
Xiaofei Cheng, Guoying Zhang, Liang Zhang, Ying Hu, Kai Zhang
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 2018-01-01
138 citations
CD8+ T Cells and Endogenous IL-10 Are Required for Resolution of Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain.
Karen Krukowski, Niels Eijkelkamp, Geoffroy Laumet, C. Erik Hack, Yan Li
The Journal of Neuroscience. 2016-10-26

Journal Articles

Nociceptor Translational Profiling Reveals the Ragulator-Rag GTPase Complex as a Critical Generator of Neuropathic Pain
Yan Li, MD, The Journal of Neuroscience