Ronald Li
Bio
After obtaining his DVM from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Dr. Li completed a rotating internship in Toronto, where he developed a keen interest in emergency and critical care medicine. He worked as an emergency clinician for one year before completing a residency and Master’s of Veterinary Medicine in small animal emergency and critical care at the Royal Veterinary College (UK) in 2014. Dr. Li then pursued a PhD in Integrative Pathobiology at the University of California, Davis, where he studied platelet and neutrophil biology. He then stayed on as a tenure track faculty where he worked as a criticalist in the hospital and a principal investigator of the Comparative Platelet and Neutrophil Physiology Laboratory at UC Davis. He is committed to training clinician scientists and bridging the gap between basic science and clinical research to benefit clinical patients.
Affiliations
- American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Education
DVM Ontario Veterinary College University of Guelph 2009
Master of Veterinary Medicine Royal Veterinary College University of London 2014
PhD University of California Davis 2018
Area(s) of Expertise
Dr. Li's research focus is directed towards understanding the cellular basis and pathobiological roles of immunothrombosis, by which neutrophils and platelets interact in cardiovascular diseases and systemic inflammation. His research also includes investigating precision medicine, congenital platelet disorders and novel antiplatelet therapy in cardiovascular diseases.
Clinical interests: Pulmonary hypertension, respiratory failure, sepsis
Publications
- Assessment of Platelet Storage Lesions, Viability, and Function in Canine Platelet Concentrate Units Stored at 4°C for 14 Days , Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (2026)
- Functional toll-like receptor 4 links endotoxin sensing to platelet priming in feline platelets , Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2026)
- Are Procoagulant Platelets an Emerging Therapeutic Target? A General Review with an Emphasis on Their Clinical Significance in Companion Animals , International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2025)
- Evaluation of neutrophil:lymphocyte and platelet:neutrophil ratios and their prognostic utility in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiogenic arterial thromboembolism , Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (2025)
- Evolving FATE: A New Lens on the Pathogenesis and Management of Feline Cardiogenic Arterial Thromboembolism , Animals (2025)
- Ex vivo effects of low dose delayed release rapamycin on agonist-induced platelet aggregation, activation and procoagulant platelet phenotypes in domestic cats , (2025)
- Novel Cardiac Troponin-I Missense Variant (c.593C>T) Is Associated With Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Golden Retrievers , Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine (2025)
- A novel ITGA2B double cytosine frameshift variant (c.1986_1987insCC) leads to Glanzmann's thrombasthenia in a cat , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2024)
- A novel technique to characterize procoagulant platelet formation and evaluate platelet procoagulant tendency in cats by flow cytometry , Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2024)
- Evaluation of clopidogrel response in healthy cats using a novel viscoelastic test and thromboelastography , Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2024)