The University of Toledo

Faculty - Hongyan Li M.D., Ph.D.

  

Associate Professor email: hongyan.li@utoledo.edu SPECIAL INTERESTS                                                                       Seizure Diagnosis and Treatment  Dizziness and Imbalance Clinical Neurophysiology

EDUCATION

MD (Medicine) - Qingdao Medical College; PR China

PhD (Neurosciences) - Medical College of Ohio; Toledo

Internship (Medicine) - Medical College of Ohio; Toledo, OH

Residency (Neurology) - Medical College of Ohio; Toledo, OH

Fellowship (Clinical Neurophysiology-Epilepsy) - Cleveland Clinics Foundation; Cleveland, OH

Visiting clinical scholarship (Neuro-otology) - The Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD

CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Board Certifications:

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology –Additional qualification in Clinical Neurophysiology

Medical Licensing:

Ohio
Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Academy of Neurology
American Epilepsy Society
Philadelphia Neurology Academy

AWARDS AND HONORS

Pre doctoral fellowship; Medical College of Ohio Graduate School; 09/1991-11/1994
Graduate Dean’s Award; Medical College of Ohio Graduate School; 04/25/1995
Travel Fellowship; New York Academy of Sciences; 05/10/1995

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Li, H, Godfrey, DA, Rubin, AM (1994) Quantitative distribution of amino acids in the rat vestibular nuclei. J Vesti Res, 4:437-452.

Li, H, Godfrey, DA, Rubin, AM (1995) Comparison of surgeries for removal of primary vestibular inputs: a combined anatomical and behavioral study in rat. Laryngoscope, 105:417-424.

Li, H, Godfrey, TG, Godfrey, DA, Rubin, AM (1996) Quantitative changes of amino acid distributions in the rat vestibular nuclear complex after unilateral vestibular ganglionectomy. J Neurochem, 66:1550-1563.

Li, H, Godfrey, DA, Rubin, AM (1997) Quantitative autoradiography of  [³H]CNQX and [³H]MK-801 binding in rat vestibular nuclear complex before and after unilateral vestibular ganglionectomy. Neurosci, 77:473-484.

Li, H, Godfrey, DA, Rubin, AM (1999) Astrocyte reaction in the rat vestibular nuclei after unilateral removal of Scarpa's ganglion. Ann Oto-Rhino-Laryngol, 108:181-188.

Li, H, Dokas, LA, Godfrey, DA, Rubin, AM (2002/2003) Remodeling of synaptic connections in the deafferented vestibular nuclear complex. J Vesti Res, 12:167-183.

Godfrey, DA, Li, H, Ross, CD, Rubin, AM    Chemical comparisons between central vestibular and auditory systems. In: AJ Beitz and JH Anderson (Ed’s.) Neurochemistry of the Vestibular System, Chapter 16, pp. 347-361, 2000, CRC Press.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Vestibular compensation and rehabilitation
Balance control and vertigo
Neural plasticity
Brain trauma and seizures
Seizure semiology
Epileptogenesis
Clinical neurophysiology