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David Li

Professor Emeritus
Academic Appointment
Professor Emeritus
Research Focus
Brain and NervesMultiple SclerosisNeurologic Diseases Diagnostic ImagingMRI Scans
Degrees / Designations

MD, FRCPC

Contact Info
david.li@ubc.ca
604-822-7071
david-li-7776a136/

Biography

Dr. David Li is professor emeritus of radiology and associate member in neurology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and also director of the UBC Multiple Sclerosis (MS)/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Research Group. He was formerly head of radiology at the UBC Hospital and interim head of the Department of Radiology at UBC. After obtaining his medical degree and radiology residency at UBC, which included additional training in nuclear medicine at Harvard Medical School and body computed tomography at the University of California in San Francisco, he did postgraduate studies in MRI at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London. His primary research interest is the application of MR techniques in studying patients with multiple sclerosis and the use of MRI endpoints as key outcome measures in clinical trials.

Publications

  • Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) -

    Long-term follow-up of a phase 2 study of oral teriflunomide in relapsing multiple sclerosis: safety and efficacy results up to 8.5 years.

    Confavreux C, Li DK, Freedman MS, Truffinet P, Benzerdjeb H, Wang D, Bar-Or A, Traboulsee AL, Reiman LE, O'Connor PW,
  • Nature reviews. Neurology -

    MRI monitoring of immunomodulation in relapse-onset multiple sclerosis trials.

    Barkhof F, Simon JH, Fazekas F, Rovaris M, Kappos L, de Stefano N, Polman CH, Petkau J, Radue EW, Sormani MP, Li DK, O'Connor P, Montalban X, Miller DH, Filippi M
  • Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI -

    Is the magnetization transfer ratio a marker for myelin in multiple sclerosis?

    Vavasour IM, Laule C, Li DK, Traboulsee AL, MacKay AL
  • Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) -

    Pathological basis of diffusely abnormal white matter: insights from magnetic resonance imaging and histology.

    Laule C, Vavasour IM, Leung E, Li DK, Kozlowski P, Traboulsee AL, Oger J, Mackay AL, Moore GR
  • NeuroImage -

    Myelin water and T(2) relaxation measurements in the healthy cervical spinal cord at 3.0T: repeatability and changes with age.

    MacMillan EL, Mädler B, Fichtner N, Dvorak MF, Li DK, Curt A, MacKay AL
  • Neurology -

    Onset of clinical and MRI efficacy of ocrelizumab in relapsing multiple sclerosis.

    Barkhof F, Kappos L, Wolinsky JS, Li DKB, Bar-Or A, Hartung HP, Belachew S, Han J, Julian L, Sauter A, Napieralski J, Koendgen H, Hauser SL
  • Scientific reports -

    An atlas for human brain myelin content throughout the adult life span.

    Dvorak AV, Swift-LaPointe T, Vavasour IM, Lee LE, Abel S, Russell-Schulz B, Graf C, Wurl A, Liu H, Laule C, Li DKB, Traboulsee A, Tam R, Boyd LA, MacKay AL, Kolind SH
  • The Lancet. Neurology -

    2021 MAGNIMS-CMSC-NAIMS consensus recommendations on the use of MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis.

    Wattjes MP, Ciccarelli O, Reich DS, Banwell B, de Stefano N, Enzinger C, Fazekas F, Filippi M, Frederiksen J, Gasperini C, Hacohen Y, Kappos L, Li DKB, Mankad K, Montalban X, Newsome SD, Oh J, Palace J, Rocca MA, Sastre-Garriga J, Tintoré M, Traboulsee A, Vrenken H, Yousry T, Barkhof F, Rovira À, , ,
  • Scientific reports -

    Comparison of multi echo T₂ relaxation and steady state approaches for myelin imaging in the central nervous system.

    Dvorak AV, Ljungberg E, Vavasour IM, Lee LE, Abel S, Li DKB, Traboulsee A, MacKay AL, Kolind SH
  • Brain : a journal of neurology -

    Deep grey matter injury in multiple sclerosis: a NAIMS consensus statement.

    Ontaneda D, Raza PC, Mahajan KR, Arnold DL, Dwyer MG, Gauthier SA, Greve DN, Harrison DM, Henry RG, Li DKB, Mainero C, Moore W, Narayanan S, Oh J, Patel R, Pelletier D, Rauscher A, Rooney WD, Sicotte NL, Tam R, Reich DS, Azevedo CJ,
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