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
- A novel ITGA2B double cytosine frameshift variant (c.1986_1987insCC) leads to Glanzmann's thrombasthenia in a cat , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE (2024)
- Case report: Disseminated intravascular coagulation in a dog following treatment with melarsomine for Dirofilaria immitis , Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2023)
- Circulating neutrophil extracellular traps in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiogenic arterial thromboembolism , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2023)
- Evaluation of autoantibodies to desmoglein-2 in dogs with and without cardiac disease , Scientific Reports (2023)
- Evaluation of thrombin generation in dogs administered clopidogrel , Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2023)
- Naturally occurring canine laminopathy leading to a dilated and fibrosing cardiomyopathy in the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever , Scientific Reports (2023)
- Preventing Cardiogenic Thromboembolism in Cats: Literature Gaps, Rational Recommendations, and Future Therapies , Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice (2023)
- Synergistic inhibitory effects of clopidogrel and rivaroxaban on platelet function and platelet‐dependent thrombin generation in cats , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2023)
- 2022 Update of the Consensus on the Rational Use of Antithrombotics and Thrombolytics in Veterinary Critical Care (CURATIVE) Domain 1‐ Defining populations at risk , Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (2022)
- Clinical, Diagnostic, and Imaging Findings in Three Juvenile Dogs With Paraspinal Hyperesthesia or Myelopathy as a Consequence of Hemophilia A: A Case Report , Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2022)