Physician Profile

Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Li received his medical degree from the Henan Medical University and Peking Union Medical College, and his Ph.D. in immunology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He did his residency training in internal medicine at the Montefiore Medical Center of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed his fellowship in medical oncology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington, Seattle.   

Appointments

• Associate Professor of Medicine and Tumor Immunology, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases

Specialty

• Gastrointestinal Cancers
• Chronic myeloid leukemia

Certification
Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology

Hospital Affiliation
John Dempsey Hospital

Research Interests

• Dr. Li is primarily interested in immunotherapy of cancers, and in the development of novel cancer vaccines against a variety of cancers including leukemia.

Interest Statement
Dr. Li is presently a principal investigator for several heat shock protein-based vaccine trials for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia, cervical cancer, and breast cancer. His laboratory is focused on elucidation of the mechanisms and requirements for the induction and sustaining of effective immune response against cancers.