Biographical summary
Li Li, M.D., Ph.D., is a board-certified pathologist (Anatomic & Clinic Pathology) with expertise in renal pathology.
Dr. Li attended medical school at Xiangya Medical School of Central South University in China, and graduate school in Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine. She obtained her Pathology residency training at the University of Virginia and Drexel University College of Medicine, and subspecialty training in Renal/Genitourinary (GU) pathology at Mount Sinai hospital of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
Dr. Li's clinical practice focuses on diagnosis of kidney diseases (native and transplant), and benign and malignant conditions of the GU tract (kidney, bladder, prostate, adrenal, testis, ureter, urethra, and penis).
Her research interests include: translational and clinicopathologic studies involving both native and transplant kidney biopsies and GU tract tumors with particular interests in kidney, prostate and adrenal glands.
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2019
Fellowship - Renal/GU Pathology (PGY5)Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 2018
Chief Resident - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (PGY4) Hahnemann University Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine
- 2017
Residency - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (PGY2-3) Hahnemann University Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine
- 2014
Residency - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (PGY1)University of Virginia
- 2002
Ph.D. - Immunology and RheumatologyShanghai Second Medical University
- 1999
MastersHunan Medical University
- 1996
MDHunan Medical University
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2026
Anatomic & Clinical PathologyAmerican Board of Pathology
Awards and honors
- 2026
Teamwork recognition by Histology Tech Jess George HTL(ASCP) in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) on 06/05/2026. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- 2023
Stowell- Orbison/Surgical Pathology/Autopsy Award Poster Session. New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Poster#88).United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)
- 2017
Chief ResidentHahnemann University Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine
- 2016
Stowell-Orbison/Surgical Pathology/Autopsy Award Poster Session. New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Poster#151). United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 105th Annual Meeting
- 2016
Resident Subspecialty Grant Award ($2,000) for Renal Pathology Rotation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. American Society for Clinical Pathology
- 2013
Resident Travel Grant ($1,000).American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
- 2011
Young Investigator Travel Grant ($1,500)American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
- 2009
NIH RO1 DK62324: Leukocyte Trafficking in Acute Renal Failure (Total $ 1,820,327) (PI: Mark D. Okusa, MD; Co-PI: Li Li, MD, PhD).National Institutes of Health
- 2008
National Scientist Development Grant, total $308,000.American Heart Association
- 2006
Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Young Investigator, 3rd placeNational Foundation of Nephrology
- 2006
National Nephrology Young Investigator's Forum, 3rd PlaceNational Nephrology Foundation
- 2005
Genzyme (Genzyme Renal Innovations Program): Adenosine 2A Agonists in Renal Protection from Type 1 Diabetes (PI: Mark D. Okusa, MD); Co-PI: Li Li, MD, PhD).Genzyme
- 2003
Leukocyte Trafficking in Acute Renal Failure (Total $1,620,397, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 1-2005-1075 (PI: Mark D. Okusa, MD; Co-PI: Li Li, MD, PhD) Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Professional memberships
- 2026 - present
MemberAira Matrix Team
- 2026 - present
Surgical Pathology ACGME Committee MemberDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- 2023 - present
MemberPennsylvania Association of Pathologists
- 2022 - 2023
Program CoordinatorThe Pathology Society of Philadelphia
- 2022 - 2024
MemberGlomCon
- 2021 - 2023
MemberResidency Clinical Competency Committee, Department of Pathology, Thomas Jefferson University
- 2021
MemberGenitourinary Pathology Subcommittee, Chinese American Pathologists Association
- 2021
MemberChinese American Pathologists Association
- 2021 - present
MemberGenitourinary Pathology Society
- 2021 - present
MemberInternational Society of Urological Pathology
- 2019 - present
MemberAmerican Society of Nephrology
- 2018 - present
MemberChinese American Pathologists Association
- 2018 - present
MemberRenal Pathology Society
- 2016 - 2018
MemberPennsylvania Association of Pathologists
- 2016 - present
MemberUnited States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
- 2015 - 2018
MemberAmerican Society of Clinical Pathology
- 2013
MemberUniversity of Virginia
- 2013
Abstract ReviewerAnnual Meeting, American Society of Nephrology
- 2013 - present
MemberCollege of American Pathologists
- 2010
MemberDr. Shyr-Te Ju Scholarship award program, University of Virginia
- 2009 - 2013
MemberAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2008 - 2013
MemberAmerican Association of Immunologists
- 2007 - 2013
MemberAmerican Society of Nephrology
Publications