Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Tumor Immunology
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases

Contact Information:
The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-2875
Phone: 860-679-2100, 800-579-7822
Fax: 860-679-4815

Specialties:
Gastrointestinal Cancers
Chronic myeloid leukemia

Board Certifications:
Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology

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.

Biography:
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.

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.