Sheng Li, MD
Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at McGovern Medical School
Sheng Li, MD, PhD is Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at McGovern Medical School. Dr Li received his medical degree from Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China. He obtained his PhD degree in Kinesiology from The Pennsylvania State University, and subsequently completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in Neurorehabilitation at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago with a focus on spasticity management and stroke rehabilitation.
Dr Li is board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Medicine. His primary clinical focus is spasticity management and neurorehabilitation, mainly after stroke and traumatic brain injury. Dr. Li is the Director of Neurorehabilitation Research Laboratory at TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center. His main research focus is sensory and motor recovery after neurological impairments, including pathophysiology and management of spasticity, motor control and motor recovery after stroke, and neuropathic pain. He has invented a technique – breathing-controlled electrical stimulation (BreEStim) as a non-pharmacological intervention for management of spasticity and neuropathic pain.
His research has been continuously supported by federal grants (NIDILRR, NIH, including an NIH R01 grant), foundation grants (Mission Connect, a program of TIRR Foundation) and industrial research grants. He has authored/co-authored more than 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and is the 2017 recipient of the prestigious Early Career Award from the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP).
教育和培训
MD
Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China
PhD
Kinesiology,Pennsylvania State University, PA
Post-doctoral Fellowship inNeurorehabilitation
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago