Faculty - Hongyan Li M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Special Interests
Seizure Diagnosis and Treatment
Dizziness and Imbalance
Clinical Neurophysiology
Education
PhD: Neurosciences, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
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
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
Graduate Dean’s Award, Medical College of Ohio Graduate School 04/25/1995
Travel Fellowship, New York Academy of Sciences 05/10/1995
Fellow of American Epilepsy Society, 2017
selected PUBLICATIONS
Papers
Humayun MJ, Panjwani S, Li H. (2018) Vestibulocochlear nerve dysfunction as initial
manifestation of Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia. Neurology.
Godfrey DA, Xu J, Godfrey MA, Li H, Rubin AM. (2004) Effects of unilateral vestibular ganglionectomy on glutaminase activity in the vestibular nerve root and vestibular nuclear complex of the rat. J Neurosci Res, 77:603-12.
Li H, Dokas LA, Godfrey DA, Rubin AM. (2003) Remodeling of synaptic connections in the deafferented vestibular nuclear complex. J Vesti Res, 12:167-183.
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.
Judkins RF, Li H. (1997) The surgical anatomy of the rat middle ear. Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, 117:438-447.
Book Chapters
The 5-Minute Neurology Consult, 2nd Edition, by Eds.: Lynn DJ, Newton HB, and Rae-Grant AD. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Philadelphia, 2012. Spinocerebellar Ataxias (pp.388-389)
The 5-Minute Neurology Consult, 2nd Edition, by Eds.: Lynn DJ, Newton HB, and Rae-Grant AD. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2012. Sturge-Weber Syndrome (pp. 392-393)
The 5-Minute Neurology Consult, 2nd Edition, by Eds.: Lynn DJ, Newton HB, and Rae-Grant AD. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2012. Whipple’s Disease (pp. 438-439)
Li H. Chapter 2. Diagnosis of Vestibular Migraine. In: Wetmore SJ and Rubin AM. Editors. Vestibular Migraine. p. 11-22. New York: Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Vestibular compensation and rehabilitation
Balance control and vertigo
Neural plasticity
Brain trauma and seizures
Seizure semiology
Epileptogenesis
Clinical neurophysiology