Hayward Genetics Center - Faculty: Marilyn Li, MD

Faculty Member

Marilyn Li, MD

Assistant Professor
Director of
Cytogenetics and
Molecular Genetics
Laboratory

EDUCATION / TRAINING

1983	Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, China, M.D.
1984 - 1987	Union Hospital of Tongji Medical University, Pediatrics Residency
1986	Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, China, M.Sc., Medical Genetics and Hematology
1993 - 1996	University of Pennsylvania Medical School / Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Fellowship in Clinical Cytogenetics and Clinical Molecular Genetics

CERTIFICATION:

Diplomat of American Board of Medical Genetics
Clinical Cytogenetics and Clinical Molecular Genetics
New York State Department of Health Certificate
Cytogenetics and Genetic Testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1987 - 1989	Attending Pediatrician and Instructor, Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical University
1989 - 1990	Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Neoplastic Diseases, Hahnemann University.
1990 - 1993	Cytogeneticist and Research Associate, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hahnemann University.
1993 - 1996	Fellow in clinical cytogenetic and clinical molecular genetics, ABMG accredited training program at University of Pennsylvania Medical School / the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
1996 - 1997	Assistant director of the amniocentesis laboratory at the Genetics & IVF Institute, Fairfax, VA
1997 - 1998	CO-Director of cytogenetics laboratory at Genetics and IVF Institute
1998 - 2000	Director, Affiliated Genetics, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT Assistant Director, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Utah, School of Medicine
2000 - Present	Assistant professor of Pediatrics Director of Cytogenetics Laboratory and Molecular Diagnosis Laboratory, Hayward Genetics Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

	Active member of the American Society of Human Genetics
	Founding member of the American College of Medical Genetics
1995 - 1998	Middle Atlantic Regional Genetics Services Network: Cytogenetics Committee
1999 - 2000	Mountain States Regional Genetics Services Network: Molecular Genetics Committee Cytogenetics Committee
2000 - Present	Southwest Oncology Group Cytogenetics Committee
	Board of Director of North American Association of Chinese Medical Geneticists

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

M. Li, A. Yang, H. Fei and S. Liu. Chromosome Fragile Sites and Leukemia. Heredity and Disease 4(4):203-207, 1987.
M. Li, and A. Yang. Low Frequency Positive-pressure Ventilation with Extracorporal CO2 Removal in Severe Acute Respiratory Failure. JAMACLE. 6(4):213-218, 1987.
M. Li, A. Yang, H. Fei, S. Liu and M. He. Fragile Sites and Leukemia. Journal of Tongji Medical University 8(1):29-34, 1988.
K. Wydner, M. Li, C. Singer-Granick, L. Sciorra and L. Krueger. X micro chromosome With Additional Chromosome Anomalies Found in Ullrich-Turner Syndrome. Am J Med Genet 56:141-146, 1995.
M.L. Budarf, B.A Konkle, L.B. Ludlow, D. Michaud, M. Li, D.J. Yamashiro, D. McDonald-McGinn, E.H. Zackai, D.A. Driscoll. Identification of a Patient With Bernard-Soulier Syndrome and a Deletion in the DiGeorge Velo-cardio-facial Chromosomal Region in 22q11.1. Hum Mol Genet 4(4):763-766, 1995.
M.Li, E.H. Zackai, N. Niikawa, P. Kaplan and D.A. Driscoll. Kabuki Syndrome is not Caused by a Microdeletion in the DiGeorge.Velocardiofacial Chromosome Region Within 22q11.2. Am J Med Genet. 65:101-103, 1996.
M. Jaquez, D.A. Driscoll, M.Li, B.S. Emanuel, I Hernandez, F Jaquez, N Lembert, J. Ramirez, R. Matalon. Unbalanced 15;22 Translocation in a Patient with Manifestations of DiGeorge and Velocardiofacial Syndrome. Am J Med Genet. 70(1):6-10, 1997.
N.C. Rose, Y.L. Wang, N.B. Roth, M. Li, R.B. Wilson. An Evaluation of the Factor V Leiden Mutation in a Cohort of African-American pregnant Women. Prenat Diagn. 18:315-317, 1998.
M.M. Li, P.N. Howard-Peebles, L.D. Killos, W.S. Stanley. Molecular Characterization of Chromosome Markers Identified at Prenatal Diagnosis and Its Clinical Implication. Prenat Diagn. 20(2):138-43, 2000.