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Yi Li

MD

  • Assistant Professor, Radiology

Biography

In 2011, Yi Li obtained her MD from Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, followed by a one-year internship at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. In 2016, she completed a four-year Diagnostic Radiology residency at UCSF. Li was a 2016 recipient of the Margulis Society Outstanding Resident Research Award for her excellence in research during residency. She served as chief fellow in Neuroradiology, completing her neuroradiology fellowship in 2017 and clinical instructorship in 2018. In 2018, Li received the Outstanding Fellow/Instructor Teaching Award from the UCSF radiology residents for her contributions toward UCSF resident education. In July 2018, Li became an Assistant Professor in the Neuroradiology Section. Li’s focus within neuroradiology is pediatric neuroimaging.

Education & Training

  • University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Neuroradiology Fellowship
  • University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Radiology Residency
  • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Publications

  • Trofimova AV, Li Y, Mazaheri P, Krishnan A, Payabvash S, Kappelhof M, Gadde JA. Young Professionals in Neuroradiology: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Mar 07; 45(3):256-261. PubMed
  • Chen JV, Li Y, Tang F, Chaudhari G, Lew C, Lee A, Rauschecker AM, Haskell-Mendoza AP, Wu YW, Calabrese E. Automated neonatal nnU-Net brain MRI extractor trained on a large multi-institutional dataset. Sci Rep. 2024 02 26; 14(1):4583. PubMed
  • Morell AS, Monsell SE, Cornet MC, Wisnowski JL, McKinstry RC, Mathur AM, Li Y, Glass HC, Gonzalez FF, Mayock DE, Benninger KL, Van Meurs KP, Lampland AL, Wu TW, Riley D, Mietzsch U, Chalak L, Flibotte J, Weitkamp JH, Ahmad KA, Yanowitz TD, Baserga M, Merhar S, Rao R, Sokol GM, Comstock BA, Heagerty PJ, Juul SE, Wu YW. Genetic and Congenital Anomalies in Infants With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Feb 20; 154:44-50. PubMed
  • George E, Russ JB, Validrighi A, Early H, Mamlouk MD, Glenn OA, Francisco CM, Waubant E, Lindan C, Li Y. Clinical and Imaging Findings in Children with Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Associated Disease (MOGAD): From Presentation to Relapse. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Feb 07; 45(2):229-235. PubMed
  • Wisnowski JL, Monsell SE, Bluml S, Goodman AM, Li Y, Comstock B, Heagerty P, Juul SE, Wu YW, McKinstry RC, Mathur A, HEAL Consortium. Brain Injury Outcomes after Adjuvant Erythropoietin Neuroprotection for Moderate or Severe Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Report from the HEAL Trial. Dev Neurosci. 2023 Oct 31. PubMed
  • Ellison J, Kim K, Li Y, Mu X, Glenn O, Ozhinsky E, Peyvandi S, Xu D. Estimate of fetal brain temperature using proton resonance frequency thermometry during 3 Tesla fetal magnetic resonance imaging. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2023 Dec 01; 13(12):7987-7995. PubMed
  • Wu YW, Wisnowski JL, Glass HC, Mathur AM, Li Y, Monsell SE, Juul SE, McKinstry RC. Advancing brain MRI as a prognostic indicator in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Pediatr Res. 2024 Feb; 95(3):587-589. PubMed
  • Vesoulis ZA, Trivedi SB, Morris HF, McKinstry RC, Li Y, Mathur AM, Wu YW. Deep Learning to Optimize Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prediction of Motor Outcomes After Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Pediatr Neurol. 2023 Dec; 149:26-31. PubMed
  • Calabrese E, Wu Y, Scheffler AW, Wisnowski JL, McKinstry RC, Mathur A, Glass HC, Comstock BA, Heagerty PJ, Gillon S, Juul SE, Hess CP, Li Y. Correlating Quantitative MRI-based Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Metrics with 24-month Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Neonates from the HEAL Trial. Radiology. 2023 09; 308(3):e223262. PubMed
  • George E, Vassar R, Mogga A, Li Y, Norton ME, Gano D, Glenn OA. Spectrum of Fetal Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage in COL4A1/A2-Related Disorders. Pediatr Neurol. 2023 10; 147:63-67. PubMed
  • Li Y, Scheffler A, Barkovich AJ, Chang T, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Abend NS, Lemmon ME, Thomas C, Numis A, Franck LS, Rogers E, Callen A, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA, Glass HC. Neonatal brain MRI and short-term outcomes after acute provoked seizures. J Perinatol. 2023 11; 43(11):1392-1397. PubMed
  • Gillon S, Chan M, Chen J, Guterman EL, Wu X, Glastonbury CM, Li Y. MR Imaging Findings in a Large Population of Autoimmune Encephalitis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2023 07; 44(7):799-806. PubMed
  • Lahue SC, Guterman EL, Mikhail M, Li Y, Cha S, Richie M.. Clinical and Radiographic Characteristics of Nocardia vs Non- Nocardia Brain Abscesses. Neurol Clin Pract. 2023;13(2):e200134. 2023.
  • Lambing H, Gano D, Li Y, Bach AM, Girvan O, Rogers EE, Ferriero DM, Barkovich AJ, Xu D, McCulloch CE, Glass HC. Using Neonatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Predict Gross Motor Disability at Four Years in Term-Born Children With Neonatal Encephalopathy. Pediatr Neurol. 2023 07; 144:50-55. PubMed
  • Chen JV, Zapala MA, Zhou A, Vu N, Meyer L, Smith MD, Kelleher C, Glenn OA, Courtier J, Li Y. Factors and Labor Cost Savings Associated with Successful Pediatric Imaging without Anesthesia: a Single-Institution Study. Acad Radiol. 2023 09; 30(9):1979-1988. PubMed
  • Jaju A, Li Y, Dahmoush H, Gottardo NG, Laughlin S, Mirsky D, Panigrahy A, Sabin ND, Shaw D, Storm PB, Poussaint TY, Patay Z, Bhatia A. Imaging of pediatric brain tumors: A COG Diagnostic Imaging Committee/SPR Oncology Committee/ASPNR White Paper. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 06; 70 Suppl 4:e30147. PubMed
  • Sipes BS, Jakary A, Li Y, Max JE, Yang TT, Tymofiyeva O. Resting state brain subnetwork relates to prosociality and compassion in adolescents. Front Psychol. 2022; 13:1012745. PubMed
  • Chen JV, Chaudhari G, Hess CP, Glenn OA, Sugrue LP, Rauschecker AM, Li Y. Deep Learning to Predict Neonatal and Infant Brain Age from Myelination on Brain MRI Scans. Radiology. 2022 Dec; 305(3):678-687. PubMed
  • Cornet MC, Li Y, Simmons RL, Baker A, Fullerton HJ, Hetts SW, Glass HC. Outcome of Neonates Presenting With Severe Cardiac Failure due to Cerebral Arteriovenous Fistula. Pediatr Neurol. 2022 06; 131:25-29. PubMed
  • Li Y, Wisnowski JL, Chalak L, Mathur AM, McKinstry RC, Licona G, Mayock DE, Chang T, Van Meurs KP, Wu TW, Ahmad KA, Cornet MC, Rao R, Scheffler A, Wu YW. Mild hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE): timing and pattern of MRI brain injury. Pediatr Res. 2022 12; 92(6):1731-1736. PubMed
  • Liu AR, Gano D, Li Y, Diwakar M, Courtier JL, Zapala MA. Rate of head ultrasound abnormalities at one month in very premature and extremely premature infants with normal initial screening ultrasound. Pediatr Radiol. 2022 05; 52(6):1150-1157. PubMed
  • Roberts KH, Barks JDE, Glass HC, Soul JS, Chang T, Wusthoff CJ, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Abend NS, Lemmon ME, Thomas C, Guillet R, Rogers EE, Franck LS, McCaffrey H, Li Y, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA. . Feeding and developmental outcomes after neonatal seizures – a prospective observational study. Annals of the Child Neurology Society. 2022.
  • Liao EN, Li Y, Fung A, Lawless L, Czechowicz J, Ho M, Luu K, Meyer L, Mohamad NI, Nadaraja GS, Taketa E, Virbalas J, Weinstein JE, Tsai T, Chan DK. Predictors of successful natural sleep MRI for sensorineural hearing loss in infants. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology,. 2022.
  • Lee BL, Gano D, Rogers EE, Xu D, Cox S, James Barkovich A, Li Y, Ferriero DM, Glass HC. Long-term cognitive outcomes in term newborns with watershed injury caused by neonatal encephalopathy. Pediatr Res. 2022 08; 92(2):505-512. PubMed
  • Li Y, Mashhood A, Mamlouk MD, Lindan CE, Feldstein VA, Glenn OA. Prenatal Diagnosis of Third and Fourth Branchial Apparatus Anomalies: Case Series and Comparison with Lymphatic Malformation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2021 11; 42(11):2094-2100. PubMed
  • Li Y, Sloan E, Bollen A, Solomon D, Theodosopoulos P, Cha S. Systemic and Craniospinal Rosai Dorfman Disease with Intraparenchymal, Intramedullary and Leptomeningeal Disease. Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res. 2021 Oct 01; 15(4):260-264. PubMed
  • Garcia JH, Morshed RA, Winkler EA, Li Y, Fox CK, Fullerton HJ, Rutledge C, Beniwal AS, Lawton MT, Abla AA, Gupta N, Hetts SW. Pediatric moyamoya MRI score: an imaging-based scale to predict outcomes in surgically treated pediatric patients with moyamoya. Neurosurg Focus. 2021 09; 51(3):E8. PubMed
  • Li Y, Thompson WK, Reuter C, Nillo R, Jernigan T, Dale A, Sugrue LP, ABCD Consortium, Brown J, Dougherty RF, Rauschecker A, Rudie J, Barch DM, Calhoun V, Hagler D, Hatton S, Tanabe J, Marshall A, Sher KJ, Heeringa S, Hermosillo R, Banich MT, Squeglia L, Bjork J, Zucker R, Neale M, Herting M, Sheth C, Huber R, Reeves G, Hettema JM, Howlett KD, Cloak C, Baskin-Sommers A, Rapuano K, Gonzalez R, Karcher N, Laird A, Baker F, James R, Sowell E, Dick A, Hawes S, Sutherland M, Bagot K, Bodurka J, Breslin F, Morris A, Paulus M, Gray K, Hoffman E, Weiss S, Rajapakse N, Glantz M, Nagel B, Ewing SF, Goldstone A, Pfefferbaum A, Prouty D, Rosenberg M, Bookheimer S, Tapert S, Infante M, Jacobus J, Giedd J, Shilling P, Wade N, Uban K, Haist F, Heyser C, Palmer C, Kuperman J, Hewitt J, Cottler L, Isaiah A, Chang L, Edwards S, Ernst T, Heitzeg M, Puttler L, Sripada C, Iacono W, Luciana M, Clark D, Luna B, Schirda C, Foxe J, Freedman E, Mason M, McGlade E, Renshaw P, Yurgelun-Todd D, Albaugh M, Allgaier N, Chaarani B, Potter A, Ivanova M, Lisdahl K, Do E, Maes H, Bogdan R, Anokhin A, Dosenbach N, Glaser P, Heath A, Casey BJ, Gee D, Garavan HP, Dowling G, Brown S. Rates of Incidental Findings in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children. JAMA Neurol. 2021 05 01; 78(5):578-587. PubMed
  • Li Y, Chetty S, Feldstein VA, Glenn OA. Bilateral Choroid Plexus Papillomas Diagnosed by Prenatal Ultrasound and MRI. Cureus. 2021 Mar 06; 13(3):e13737. PubMed
  • Glass HC, Li Y, Gardner M, Barkovich AJ, Novak I, McCulloch CE, Rogers EE. Early Identification of Cerebral Palsy Using Neonatal MRI and General Movements Assessment in a Cohort of High-Risk Term Neonates. Pediatr Neurol. 2021 05; 118:20-25. PubMed
  • Gillon S, Junn J, Sloan EA, Gupta N, Reddy A, Li Y. Intracranial temporal bone angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2021; 1(1):1-4.
  • Lindan CE, Mankad K, Ram D, Kociolek LK, Silvera VM, Boddaert N, Stivaros SM, Palasis S, ASPNR PECOBIG Collaborator Group. Neuroimaging manifestations in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multinational, multicentre collaborative study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 03; 5(3):167-177. PubMed
  • Glass HC, Grinspan ZM, Li Y, McNamara NA, Chang T, Chu CJ, Massey SL, Abend NS, Lemmon ME, Thomas C, McCulloch CE, Shellhaas RA, Neonatal Seizure Registry Study Group. Risk for infantile spasms after acute symptomatic neonatal seizures. Epilepsia. 2020 12; 61(12):2774-2784. PubMed
  • Russ JB, Timbie CM, Li Y, Gonzalez-Giraldo E. Clinical Reasoning: An 11-year-old girl with focal seizures, fevers, and unilateral, enhancing cortical lesions. Neurology. 2020 12 08; 95(23):e3153-e3159. PubMed
  • Wu X, Li Y, Glastonbury CM, Cha S. Involvement of the Olfactory Apparatus by Gliomas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 04; 41(4):712-717. PubMed
  • Aboian MS, Tong E, Solomon DA, Kline C, Gautam A, Vardapetyan A, Tamrazi B, Li Y, Jordan CD, Felton E, Weinberg B, Braunstein S, Mueller S, Cha S. Diffusion Characteristics of Pediatric Diffuse Midline Gliomas with Histone H3-K27M Mutation Using Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Histogram Analysis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 11; 40(11):1804-1810. PubMed
  • Sloan EA, Cooney T, Oberheim Bush NA, Buerki R, Taylor J, Clarke JL, Torkildson J, Kline C, Reddy A, Mueller S, Banerjee A, Butowski N, Chang S, Mummaneni PV, Chou D, Tan L, Theodosopoulos P, McDermott M, Berger M, Raffel C, Gupta N, Sun PP, Li Y, Shah V, Cha S, Braunstein S, Raleigh DR, Samuel D, Scharnhorst D, Fata C, Guo H, Moes G, Kim JYH, Koschmann C, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Devine P, Grenert JP, Lee JC, Pekmezci M, Phillips JJ, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Perry A, Solomon DA. Recurrent non-canonical histone H3 mutations in spinal cord diffuse gliomas. Acta Neuropathol. 2019 11; 138(5):877-881. PubMed
  • Hagler DJ, Hatton S, Cornejo MD, Makowski C, Fair DA, Dick AS, Sutherland MT, Casey BJ, Barch DM, Harms MP, Watts R, Bjork JM, Garavan HP, Hilmer L, Pung CJ, Sicat CS, Kuperman J, Bartsch H, Xue F, Heitzeg MM, Laird AR, Trinh TT, Gonzalez R, Tapert SF, Riedel MC, Squeglia LM, Hyde LW, Rosenberg MD, Earl EA, Howlett KD, Baker FC, Soules M, Diaz J, de Leon OR, Thompson WK, Neale MC, Herting M, Sowell ER, Alvarez RP, Hawes SW, Sanchez M, Bodurka J, Breslin FJ, Morris AS, Paulus MP, Simmons WK, Polimeni JR, van der Kouwe A, Nencka AS, Gray KM, Pierpaoli C, Matochik JA, Noronha A, Aklin WM, Conway K, Glantz M, Hoffman E, Little R, Lopez M, Pariyadath V, Weiss SR, Wolff-Hughes DL, DelCarmen-Wiggins R, Feldstein Ewing SW, Miranda-Dominguez O, Nagel BJ, Perrone AJ, Sturgeon DT, Goldstone A, Pfefferbaum A, Pohl KM, Prouty D, Uban K, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M, Galvan A, Bagot K, Giedd J, Infante MA, Jacobus J, Patrick K, Shilling PD, Desikan R, Li Y, Sugrue L, Banich MT, Friedman N, Hewitt JK, Hopfer C, Sakai J, Tanabe J, Cottler LB, Nixon SJ, Chang L, Cloak C, Ernst T, Reeves G, Kennedy DN, Heeringa S, Peltier S, Schulenberg J, Sripada C, Zucker RA, Iacono WG, Luciana M, Calabro FJ, Clark DB, Lewis DA, Luna B, Schirda C, Brima T, Foxe JJ, Freedman EG, Mruzek DW, Mason MJ, Huber R, McGlade E, Prescot A, Renshaw PF, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Allgaier NA, Dumas JA, Ivanova M, Potter A, Florsheim P, Larson C, Lisdahl K, Charness ME, Fuemmeler B, Hettema JM, Maes HH, Steinberg J, Anokhin AP, Glaser P, Heath AC, Madden PA, Baskin-Sommers A, Constable RT, Grant SJ, Dowling GJ, Brown SA, Jernigan TL, Dale AM. Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Neuroimage. 2019 11 15; 202:116091. PubMed
  • Chapman MC, Soares BP, Li Y, Shum DJ, Glenn OA, Glastonbury CM, Courtier JL. Congenital Oral Masses: An Anatomic Approach to Diagnosis. Radiographics. 2019 Jul-Aug; 39(4):1143-1160. PubMed
  • Li Y, Li Z, Ammanuel S, Gillan D, Shah V. Efficacy of using a 3D printed lumbosacral spine phantom in improving trainee proficiency and confidence in CT-guided spine procedures. 3D Print Med. 2018 Oct 10; 4(1):7. PubMed
  • Li Y, Barkovich MJ, Karch CM, Nillo RM, Fan CC, Broce IJ, Tan CH, Cuneo D, Hess CP, Dillon WP, Glenn OA, Glastonbury CM, Olney N, Yokoyama JS, Bonham LW, Miller B, Kao A, Schmansky N, Fischl B, Andreassen OA, Jernigan T, Dale A, Barkovich AJ, Desikan RS, Sugrue LP. Regionally specific TSC1 and TSC2 gene expression in tuberous sclerosis complex. Sci Rep. 2018 09 06; 8(1):13373. PubMed
  • Barkovich MJ, Tan CH, Nillo RM, Li Y, Xu D, Glastonbury CM, Glenn OA, Dillon WP, Hess CP, Mueller S, Kline C, Dale AM, Jernigan TL, Sugrue LP, Barkovich AJ, Desikan RS. Abnormal Morphology of Select Cortical and Subcortical Regions in Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Radiology. 2018 11; 289(2):499-508. PubMed
  • Barkovich MJ, Li Y, Desikan RS, Barkovich AJ, Xu D. Challenges in pediatric neuroimaging. Neuroimage. 2019 01 15; 185:793-801. PubMed
  • Bonham LW, Karch CM, Fan CC, Tan C, Geier EG, Wang Y, Wen N, Broce IJ, Li Y, Barkovich MJ, Ferrari R, Hardy J, Momeni P, Höglinger G, MĂĽller U, Hess CP, Sugrue LP, Dillon WP, Schellenberg GD, Miller BL, Andreassen OA, Dale AM, Barkovich AJ, Yokoyama JS, Desikan RS, International FTD-Genomics Consortium (IFGC), International Parkinson’s Disease Genetics Consortium (IPDGC), International Genomics of Alzheimer’s Project (IGAP). CXCR4 involvement in neurodegenerative diseases. Transl Psychiatry. 2018 04 11; 8(1):73. PubMed
  • Aboian MS, Kline CN, Li Y, Solomon DA, Felton E, Banerjee A, Braunstein SE, Mueller S, Dillon WP, Cha S. Early detection of recurrent medulloblastoma: the critical role of diffusion-weighted imaging. Neurooncol Pract. 2018 Nov; 5(4):234-240. PubMed
  • Leelakanok N, Phelps AS, Zapala MA, Kato K, Ohliger M, Li Y, Courtier J. Assessing 3D T2 FSE sequence for identification of the normal appendix: working toward a single-sequence MR appendicitis protocol. Emerg Radiol. 2017 Dec; 24(6):653-660. PubMed
  • Poynton CB, Lee MM, Li Y, Laszik Z, Worters PW, Mackenzie JD, Courtier J. Intravoxel incoherent motion analysis of renal allograft diffusion with clinical and histopathological correlation in pediatric kidney transplant patients: A preliminary cross-sectional observational study. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Sep; 21(6). PubMed
  • Li Y, Ali S, Clarke J, Cha S. Bevacizumab in Recurrent Glioma: Patterns of Treatment Failure and Implications. Brain Tumor Res Treat. 2017 Apr; 5(1):1-9. PubMed
  • Li Y, Lee MM, Worters PW, MacKenzie JD, Laszik Z, Courtier JL. Pilot Study of Renal Diffusion Tensor Imaging as a Correlate to Histopathology in Pediatric Renal Allografts. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Jun; 208(6):1358-1364. PubMed
  • Li Y, Mongan J, Behr SC, Sud S, Coakley FV, Simko J, Westphalen AC. Beyond Prostate Adenocarcinoma: Expanding the Differential Diagnosis in Prostate Pathologic Conditions. Radiographics. 2016 Jul-Aug; 36(4):1055-75. PubMed
  • Li Y, Phelps A, Zapala MA, MacKenzie JD, MacKenzie TC, Courtier J. Magnetic resonance imaging of MĂĽllerian duct anomalies in children. Pediatr Radiol. 2016 May; 46(6):796-805. PubMed
  • Starkey J, Li Y, Tihan T, Cha S. Clinical Series: Five Simple MR Imaging Features to Identify Tumor Mimics. Neurographics. 2016; 6(4):229-236.
  • Li Y, Estroff JA, Khwaja O, Mehta TS, Poussaint TY, Robson CD, Feldman HA, Ware J, Levine D. Callosal dysgenesis in fetuses with ventriculomegaly: levels of agreement between imaging modalities and postnatal outcome. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Nov; 40(5):522-9. PubMed
  • Li Y, Estroff JA, Mehta TS, Robertson RL, Robson CD, Poussaint TY, Feldman HA, Ware J, Levine D. Ultrasound and MRI of fetuses with ventriculomegaly: can cortical development be used to predict postnatal outcome? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jun; 196(6):1457-67. PubMed
  • Pier DB, Levine D, Kataoka ML, Estroff JA, Werdich XQ, Ware J, Beeghly M, Poussaint TY, Duplessis A, Li Y, Feldman HA. Magnetic resonance volumetric assessments of brains in fetuses with ventriculomegaly correlated to outcomes. J Ultrasound Med. 2011 May; 30(5):595-603. PubMed
  • Li Y, Sansgiri RK, Estroff JA, Mehta TS, Poussaint TY, Robertson RL, Robson CD, Feldman HA, Barnewolt C, Levine D. Outcome of fetuses with cerebral ventriculomegaly and septum pellucidum leaflet abnormalities. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jan; 196(1):W83-92. PubMed
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