Xiaoxian (Bill) Li, MD, PhD
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RolePathology
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Specialty
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Research Program
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Practicing Since2011
Background
Xiaoxian (Bill) Li, MD, PhD, is Professor and serves as Director of Breast Pathology and Director of Immunohistochemistry Laboratory in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of Emory University School of Medicine. Board certified in clinical and anatomic pathology, Dr. Li specializes in breast pathology.
Dr. Li is a member of the Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. He serves as co-chair of the Faculty Affair Committee for the Emory University School of Medicine Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders affinity group. At the national level, he currently serves in multiple national committees for various organizations including College of American Pathologists, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Food and Drug Administration and I-SPY Trial Pathology Working Group.
Dr. Li is a standing member of an American Cancer Society Grant Review Committee, and an ad hoc grant reviewer for National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Department of Defense, American Cancer Society grants and Breast Cancer Now, England.
Dr. Li has mentored numerous PhD and Master's students, residents, fellows and visiting scholars and has been frequently invited to give lectures at national/international conferences including the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology and College of American Pathologists annual meetings.
Dr. Li received his Medical Degree from Beijing Medical University in Beijing, China. He obtained his PhD from The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. He completed his postdoctoral training as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Pharmacology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and then as a Research Associate in the Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He completed his anatomic pathology/clinical pathology residency training at The Methodist Hospital in Houston and an oncological pathology fellowship and a breast pathology fellowship at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Li's research interests focus on all aspects of breast diseases from benign to malignant neoplasms, particularly developing predictive markers in breast cancer and studying the mechanisms underlying tumor initiation, progression and metastasis.
Lab Website
Dr. Li has published numerous peer reviewed publications, review articles and book chapters. Two of his first authored and co-first authored papers on breast cancer stem cells (PMID: 18445819; 19666588) have been cited more than 1,000 times respectively per Web of Science.
Dr. Li serves as Section Editor of Breast Pathology for Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the official journal of CAP. He also serves on the editorial board of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Clinical Breast Cancer and Human Pathology.
Titles & Roles
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Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineEmory University School of Medicine
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Director of Breast PathologyEmory University Hospital
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Director of Immunohistochemistry LaboratoryEmory University Hospital
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Co-Director, Anatomic Pathology Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineEmory University School of Medicine
Education & Training
Education
- Fellowship, Pathology, 2013MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Fellowship, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology, 2012MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Residency, Pathology, 2011The Methodist Hospital
- Medical Education, MD, 1997Beijing Medical University
Board Certifications
- Anatomic PathologyAmerican Board of Pathology, 2013
Research
Publications
Title/Journal Authors Publication Date Journal of clinical pathology
G Turashvili, Y Gao, DA Ai, AM Ewaz, SG Gjeorgjievski, Q Wang, TTA Nguyen, C Zhang, X Li 11/19/2024 Cancer research communications
LA Ridnour, WF Heinz, RYS Cheng, AL Wink, N Kedei, M Pore, F Imtiaz, EL Femino, AL Gonzalez, LL Coutinho, RL Moffat, D Butcher, EF Edmondson, X Li, MC Rangel, RJ Kinders, J Rittscher, S Lipkowitz, STC Wong, SK Anderson, DW McVicar, SA Glynn, TR Billiar, JC Chang, SM Hewitt, S Ambs, SJ Lockett, DA Wink 10/01/2024 Breast cancer research and treatment
L Schwieger, LM Postlewait, Y Liu, S Jou, S Yi, L Peng, X Li 09/01/2024 Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
R Ajabnoor, G Zhang, Y Hu, Y Gao, BS Finkelman, BM Turner, S Yi, A Dhakal, W Audeh, Z Li, X Li, DG Hicks, H Zhang 08/01/2024 Breast cancer research and treatment
SJ Wood, Y Gao, JH Lee, J Chen, Q Wang, JL Meisel, X Li 05/01/2024 Histopathology
A Ly, V Garcia, KRM Blenman, A Ehinger, K Elfer, MG Hanna, X Li, DJE Peeters, R Birmingham, S Dudgeon, E Gardecki, R Gupta, J Lennerz, T Pan, J Saltz, KA Wharton, D Ehinger, B Acs, EMC Dequeker, R Salgado, BD Gallas 05/01/2024 Breast cancer research and treatment
D Ai, G Turashvili, SG Gjeorgjievski, Q Wang, AM Ewaz, Y Gao, T Nguyen, C Zhang, X Li 04/01/2024 Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
K Elfer, E Gardecki, V Garcia, A Ly, E Hytopoulos, S Wen, MG Hanna, DJE Peeters, J Saltz, A Ehinger, SN Dudgeon, X Li, KRM Blenman, W Chen, U Green, R Birmingham, T Pan, JK Lennerz, R Salgado, BD Gallas 04/01/2024 bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Q Zhu, A Balasubramanian, JR Asirvatham, DWB Piyarathna, J Kaur, N Mohamed, L Wu, M Chatterjee, S Wang, N Pourfarrokh, U Rasaily, Y Xu, J Zheng, D Jebakumar, A Rao, SH Chen, Y Li, E Chang, X Li, R Aneja, XH Zhang, A Sreekumar 03/31/2024 The Journal of pathology
CA Jahangir, DB Page, G Broeckx, CA Gonzalez, C Burke, C Murphy, JS Reis-Filho, A Ly, PW Harms, RR Gupta, M Vieth, AI Hida, M Kahila, Z Kos, PJ van Diest, S Verbandt, J Thagaard, R Khiroya, K Abduljabbar, G Acosta Haab, B Acs, S Adams, JS Almeida, I Alvarado-Cabrero, F Azmoudeh-Ardalan, S Badve, NB Baharun, ER Bellolio, V Bheemaraju, KR Blenman, L Botinelly Mendonça Fujimoto, O Burgues, A Chardas, MCU Cheang, F Ciompi, LA Cooper, A Coosemans, G Corredor, FL Dantas Portela, F Deman, S Demaria, SN Dudgeon, M Elghazawy, C Fernandez-Martín, S Fineberg, SB Fox, JM Giltnane, S Gnjatic, PI Gonzalez-Ericsson, A Grigoriadis, N Halama, MG Hanna, A Harbhajanka, SN Hart, J Hartman, S Hewitt, HM Horlings, Z Husain, S Irshad, EA Janssen, TR Kataoka, K Kawaguchi, AI Khramtsov, U Kiraz, P Kirtani, LL Kodach, K Korski, G Akturk, E Scott, A Kovács, AV Laenkholm, C Lang-Schwarz, D Larsimont, JK Lennerz, M Lerousseau, X Li, A Madabhushi, SK Maley, V Manur Narasimhamurthy, DK Marks, ES McDonald, R Mehrotra, S Michiels, D Kharidehal, FUAA Minhas, S Mittal, DA Moore, S Mushtaq, H Nighat, T Papathomas, F Penault-Llorca, RD Perera, CJ Pinard, JC Pinto-Cardenas, G Pruneri, L Pusztai, NM Rajpoot, BL Rapoport, TT Rau, JM Ribeiro, D Rimm, A Vincent-Salomon, J Saltz, S Sayed, E Hytopoulos, S Mahon, KP Siziopikou, C Sotiriou, A Stenzinger, MA Sughayer, D Sur, F Symmans, S Tanaka, T Taxter, S Tejpar, J Teuwen, EA Thompson, T Tramm, WT Tran, J van der Laak, GE Verghese, G Viale, N Wahab, T Walter, Y Waumans, HY Wen, W Yang, Y Yuan, J Bartlett, S Loibl, C Denkert, P Savas, S Loi, E Specht Stovgaard, R Salgado, WM Gallagher, A Rahman 03/01/2024 NOS2 and COX2 Provide Key Spatial Targets that Determine Outcome in ER- Breast Cancer.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
LA Ridnour, WF Heinz, RY Cheng, AL Wink, N Kedei, M Pore, F Imtiaz, EL Femino, AL Gonzalez, L Coutinho, D Butcher, EF Edmondson, MC Rangel, RJ Kinders, S Lipkowitz, ST Wong, SK Anderson, DW McVicar, X Li, SA Glynn, TR Billiar, JC Chang, SM Hewitt, S Ambs, SJ Lockett, DA Wink 12/23/2023 bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
LA Ridnour, RYS Cheng, WF Heinz, M Pore, AL Gonzalez, EL Femino, R Moffat, AL Wink, F Imtiaz, L Coutinho, D Butcher, EF Edmondson, MC Rangel, STC Wong, S Lipkowitz, S Glynn, MP Vitek, DW McVicar, X Li, SK Anderson, N Paolocci, SM Hewitt, S Ambs, TR Billiar, JC Chang, SJ Lockett, DA Wink 12/23/2023 Intraoperative assessment of axillary sentinel lymph nodes by telepathology.
Breast cancer research and treatment
G Turashvili, SG Gjeorgjievski, Q Wang, A Ewaz, D Ai, X Li, SS Badve 12/01/2023 The Journal of pathology
S Hart, V Garcia, SN Dudgeon, MG Hanna, X Li, KR Blenman, K Elfer, A Ly, R Salgado, J Saltz, R Gupta, E Hytopoulos, D Larsimont, J Lennerz, BD Gallas 12/01/2023 Rosai-Dorfman disease of the breast: a clinicoradiologic and pathologic study.
Human pathology
Q Wang, K Bradley, M Zhang, S Li, X Li 11/01/2023 The American journal of surgical pathology
G Turashvili, Q Ding, Y Liu, L Peng, M Mrkonjic, H Mejbel, Y Wang, H Zhang, G Zhang, J Wang, S Wei, X Li 11/01/2023 Inflammatory Lesions of the Breast.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
G Turashvili, X Li 10/01/2023 Hot Topics in Breast Pathology.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
G Turashvili, X Li 09/01/2023 Histopathology
G Lewis, N Fong, SG Gjeorgjievski, XB Li, Z Li, S Wei, CD Sturgis, C Wang, M Komforti, H Zhang, E Downs, X Cui, P McIntire, RS Hoda, JJ Rowe, A Sciallis, G Zhang 08/01/2023 Cell death & disease
RYS Cheng, LA Ridnour, AL Wink, AL Gonzalez, EL Femino, H Rittscher, V Somasundaram, WF Heinz, L Coutinho, MC Rangel, EF Edmondson, D Butcher, RJ Kinders, X Li, STC Wong, DW McVicar, SK Anderson, M Pore, SM Hewitt, TR Billiar, SA Glynn, JC Chang, SJ Lockett, S Ambs, DA Wink 05/11/2023 Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
T Khoury, M Rosa, A Nayak, R Karabakhtsian, O Fadare, Z Li, B Turner, Y Fang, A Kumarapeli, X Li, N Numbere, T Villatoro, JG Wang, S Sadeghi, K Attwood, A George, R Bhargava 02/01/2023 Cell death & disease
C Garlapati, S Joshi, S Bhattarai, J Krishnamurthy, RC Turaga, T Nguyen, X Li, R Aneja 01/10/2023 ACS nano
L Zhu, Y Zhao, T Liu, M Chen, WP Qian, B Jiang, BG Barwick, L Zhang, TM Styblo, X Li, L Yang 11/22/2022 Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
K Sun, Y Xu, L Zhang, P Niravath, J Darcourt, T Patel, BS Teh, AM Farach, C Guerrero, S Mathur, MA Sultenfuss, N Gupta, MR Schwartz, SL Haley, S Nair, X Li, TTA Nguyen, JD Butner, J Ensor, JA Mejia, Z Mei, EB Butler, SH Chen, EH Bernicker, JC Chang 10/14/2022 Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
X Li, C Febres-Aldana, H Zhang, X Zhang, I Uraizee, P Tang 08/01/2022 Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
C Yam, N Abuhadra, R Sun, BE Adrada, QQ Ding, JB White, EE Ravenberg, AR Clayborn, V Valero, D Tripathy, S Damodaran, BK Arun, JK Litton, NT Ueno, RK Murthy, B Lim, L Baez, X Li, AU Buzdar, GN Hortobagyi, AM Thompson, EA Mittendorf, GM Rauch, RP Candelaria, L Huo, SL Moulder, JT Chang 07/01/2022 Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.)
K Elfer, S Dudgeon, V Garcia, K Blenman, E Hytopoulos, S Wen, X Li, A Ly, B Werness, MS Sheth, M Amgad, R Gupta, J Saltz, MG Hanna, A Ehinger, D Peeters, R Salgado, BD Gallas 07/01/2022 Cell death & disease
JD Butner, P Dogra, C Chung, J Ruiz-Ramírez, S Nizzero, M Plodinec, X Li, PY Pan, SH Chen, V Cristini, B Ozpolat, GA Calin, Z Wang 05/21/2022 Cancers
V Garcia, K Elfer, DJE Peeters, A Ehinger, B Werness, A Ly, X Li, MG Hanna, KRM Blenman, R Salgado, BD Gallas 05/17/2022 Breast cancer research and treatment
TTA Nguyen, LM Postlewait, C Zhang, JL Meisel, R O'Regan, S Badve, K Kalinsky, X Li 04/01/2022 Frontiers in medicine
H Li, J Wang, Z Li, M Dababneh, F Wang, P Zhao, GH Smith, G Teodoro, M Li, J Kong, X Li 01/01/2022 Molecular Classification of Triple Negative Breast Cancer and the Emergence of Targeted Therapies.
Clinical breast cancer
E Sakach, R O'Regan, J Meisel, X Li 12/01/2021 Human pathology
T Shen, L Wei, X Li, AV Parwani, Z Li 10/01/2021 Cell reports methods
K Su, Q Yu, R Shen, SY Sun, CS Moreno, X Li, ZS Qin 08/23/2021 Breast cancer research and treatment
E Koca, PA Niravath, J Ensor, TA Patel, X Li, P Hemati, H Wong, W Qian, T Boone, J Zhao, PV Ramshesh, AL Cohen, A Murthy, S Nair, JG Darcourt, A Belcheva, VG Kaklamani, JCN Chang 07/01/2021 Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
R Bhargava, NN Esposito, SM OʹConnor, Z Li, BM Turner, I Moisini, A Ranade, RP Harris, DV Miller, X Li, H Moosavi, BZ Clark, AM Brufsky, DJ Dabbs 01/01/2021 PloS one
L Huang, R Bommireddy, LE Munoz, RN Guin, C Wei, A Ruggieri, AP Menon, X Li, M Shanmugam, TK Owonikoko, SS Ramalingam, P Selvaraj 01/01/2021 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
Y Guo, CA Arciero, R Jiang, M Behera, L Peng, X Li 12/01/2020 Pathology, research and practice
J Zhao, U Krishnamurti, C Zhang, J Meisel, Z Wei, A Suo, R Aneja, Z Li, X Li 11/01/2020 Breast cancer research and treatment
J Zhao, J Meisel, Y Guo, R Nahta, KL Hsieh, L Peng, Z Wei, R O'Regan, X Li 10/01/2020 Breast cancer research and treatment
Z Ma, CA Arciero, TM Styblo, H Wang, MA Cohen, X Li 10/01/2020 Breast cancer research and treatment
AC Li, J Zhao, C Zhao, Z Ma, R Hartage, Y Zhang, X Li, AV Parwani 04/01/2020 Clinical breast cancer
JL Meisel, J Zhao, A Suo, C Zhang, Z Wei, C Taylor, R Aneja, U Krishnamurti, Z Li, R Nahta, R O'Regan, X Li 02/01/2020 The clinical significance of metastatic breast carcinoma to intramammary lymph node.
The breast journal
T Khoury, Y Fang, R Karabakhtsian, M Mokhtar Desouki, A Nayak, M Hanna, S Sanati, X Peng, L Yan, X Li, O Fadare, C Ambrosone, N Jabbour, C Gaudioso 02/01/2020 Breast cancer research : BCR
TA Patel, JE Ensor, SL Creamer, T Boone, AA Rodriguez, PA Niravath, JG Darcourt, JL Meisel, X Li, J Zhao, JG Kuhn, RR Rosato, W Qian, A Belcheva, MR Schwartz, VG Kaklamani, JC Chang 09/02/2019 Clinical breast cancer
E Paplomata, A Zelnak, CA Santa-Maria, Y Liu, K Gogineni, X Li, CS Moreno, Z Chen, V Kaklamani, RM O'Regan 06/01/2019 American journal of clinical pathology
F Schneider, Y Jin, K Van Smaalen, EH Gulbahce, RE Factor, X Li 04/02/2019 The breast journal
C Neely, S You, PM Mendoza, R Aneja, AA Sahin, X Li 11/01/2018 Clinical breast cancer
J Meisel, C Zhang, C Neely, P Mendoza, S You, T Han, Y Liu, AA Sahin, R O'Regan, X Li 10/01/2018 American journal of clinical pathology
Y Hou, DL Zynger, X Li, Z Li 08/01/2017 Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Has a Worse Prognosis in Male Than in Female Patients.
Clinical breast cancer
X Li, J Yang, U Krishnamurti, L Huo, KC Ward, R O'Regan, L Peng 08/01/2017 Human pathology
X Li, B Wei, C Sonmez, Z Li, L Peng 08/01/2017 Role of RPL39 in Metaplastic Breast Cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
B Dave, DD Gonzalez, ZB Liu, X Li, H Wong, S Granados, NE Ezzedine, DH Sieglaff, JE Ensor, KD Miller, M Radovich, A KarinaEtrovic, SS Gross, O Elemento, GB Mills, MZ Gilcrease, JC Chang 06/01/2017 American journal of clinical pathology
X Li, CS Wetherilt, U Krishnamurti, J Yang, Y Ma, TM Styblo, JL Meisel, L Peng, MT Siddiqui, C Cohen, R Aneja 10/01/2016 Genes & development
M Jennis, CP Kung, S Basu, A Budina-Kolomets, JI Leu, S Khaku, JP Scott, KQ Cai, MR Campbell, DK Porter, X Wang, DA Bell, X Li, DS Garlick, Q Liu, M Hollstein, DL George, ME Murphy 04/15/2016 Gynecologic oncology reports
CH Han, X Li, N Khanna 01/01/2016 International journal of clinical and experimental pathology
X Li, MR Schwartz, J Ro, CR Hamilton, AG Ayala, LD Truong, QJ Zhai 01/01/2014 Awards
- #3 the most cited papers in Clinical Breast Cancer since 2018 (PMID: 30846407), 2022
- Emory Millipub Club Award, Emory University School of Medicine, 2018, 2022
- Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Science Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, 2019
- Fellow Research Award ($10,000), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2012-2013
- Poster Presentation Competition 2rd Place, 89th Texas Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting, Galveston, TX, 2010
- Poster Presentation Competition 3rd Place, 88th Texas Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 2009
- Podium Presentation Competition 2nd Place, 87th Texas Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2008
- Department of Defense Breast Cancer Training Grant, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2002-2004
- Eugenie Clark Summer Research Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2001
- College of Life Sciences Travel Award, University of Maryland, 2000 & 2001
- Jacob K. Goldhabor Travel Award, University of Maryland, 2000
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