- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
ELLEN LI MD, PHD
(IBD) INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
ABDOMINAL PAIN (CHRONIC W/UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY)
ACID REFLUX (GERD)
BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS
COLON CANCER
COLONOSCOPY
COLORECTAL CANCER (COLON AND RECTAL CANCER)
CROHN'S COLITIS (CROHN'S DISEASE)
DIARRHEA (CHRONIC)
DIARRHEAL DISEASE
ENDOSCOPY
ESOPHAGEAL
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES
FAMILIAL COLON CANCER
GALLBLADDER DISEASE (GALLSTONES)
GASTRIC CANCER (STOMACH CANCER)
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)
GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS
GASTROINTESTINAL ONCOLOGY
GENERAL GASTROENTEROLOGY
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
OBESITY
ULCERATIVE COLITIS
1199NBF
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
BEECH STREET
CIGNA GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
HEALTHFIRST
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
MULTIPLAN PHCS
MULTIPLAN SAVILITY
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN
NO FAULT
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN (NYSHIP)
UNITED HEALTHCARE
UNITED OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKERS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- Washington University School of Medicine, MO (1980)
- Residency:
- Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA (1983)
- Fellowship:
-
Gastroenterology, Washington University, MO (1986)
Academic & Other
- Teaching Activity:
- Gastroenterology
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 2011
1973, Phi Beta Kapa, Stanford University
1974-1978, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Fellowship for Women in Science
1975, Antoinette Frances Dame Prize in Physiology and Biophysics
1975, Gill Prize in Anatomy
1978-1980, United States Public Health Service Medical Scientist Training Award
1980, Alpha Omega Alpha, Washinigton University School of Medicine
1985-1991, Lucille P. Markey Scholar
1992-1997, NIH Research Career Development Award
1995-2000, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Toxicology Scholar Award
Editorial responsibilities include Gastroenterology and AJP -- Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Cell Biology and Infection and Immunity
Research
Dr. Li's research interests center on the role of the gut microbiome on digestive diseases. Her clinical interest focuses on inflammatory bowel diseases and colon cancer.
- Clinical Practice Began:
- 1986


Selected Publications
1. Unkart JT, Anderson L, Li E , Miller C, Yan Y, Gu CC, Stone CD, Hunt S, Dietz DW. Risk factors for surgical recurrence after ileocolic resection of Crohn's disease. Dis Colon Rectum. 2008; 51:1211-6. PMC2580671
2. Cadwell K, Liu J, Brown SL, Miyoshi H, Loh J, Lennerz J, Kishi C, Carrero JA, Hunt S, Stone C, Brunt EM, Sleckman B, Li E, Mizushima N, Stappenbeck TS, Virgin HW 4th. A key role for autophagy and the autophagy gene Atg16l1 in murine and human intestinal Paneth cells. Nature. 2008; 456: 259-63. PMCID: 2695978.
3. Weinstock LB, Bosworth BP, Scherl EJ, Li E, Iroku U, Munsell MA, Mullen GE, Walters AS. Crohn's disease is associated with restless legs syndrome. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010;16: 275-9. PMC Journal - In Process.
4. Hamm CM, Reimers MA, McCullough CK, Gorbe EB, Lu J, Gu CC, Li E, Dieckgraefe BK, Gong Q, Stappenbeck TS, Stone CD, Dietz DW, Hunt SR. NOD2 status and human ileal gene expression. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010;16:1649-57. PMC Journal - In Process.
5. Frank DN, Robertson CE, Hamm CM, Kpadeh Z, Zhang T, Chen H, Zhu W, Sartor RB, Boedeker EC, Harpaz N, Pace NR, Li E. Disease phenotype and genotype are associated with shifts in intestinal-associated microbiota in inflammatory bowel diseases. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2011; 17:179-84
6. Chen H, Lee A, Bowcock A, Zhu W, Li E, Ciorba M, Hunt S. Influence of Crohn's disease alleles and smoking on disease location. Dis Colon Rectum. 2011; 54:1020-5
7. Frank DN, Zhu W, Sartor RB, Li E. Investigating the biological and clinical significance of human dysbiosis. Trends Microbiol. 2011; 19:427-34
8. Li E, Hamm CM, Gulati AS, Sartor RB, Chen H, Wu X, Zhang T, Rohlf FJ, Zhu W, Gu C, Robertson CE, Pace NR, Boedeker EC, Harpaz N, Yuan J, Weinstock GM, Sodergren E, Frank DN. Inflammatory bowel diseases phenotype, C. difficile and NOD2 genotype are associated with shifts in human ileum associated microbial composition. PLoS One, accepted for publication.
9. McDonald KG, Leach MR,Brooke KWM, Wang C, Wheeler LW, Hanly EK, Rowley CW, Levin MS, Wagner M, Li E, Newberry RD. Epithelial expression of the cytosolic retinoid chaperone Cellular Retinol Binding Protein II is essential for in vivo imprinting of local gut dendritic cells by lumenal retinoids. Am J Pathol., accepted for publication.
10. Zhang T, DeSimone RA, Jiao X, Rohlf FJ, Zhu W, Gong Q, Hunt SR, Dassopoulos T, Newberry RD, Sodergren E, Weinstock G, Robertson CE, Frank DN, Li E. Host genes related to Paneth cells and xenobiotic metabolism are associated with shifts in human ileum-associated microbial composition. PLoS One, accepted for publication.
Personal Statement
Dr. Li was Professor of Medicine and Director of a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) sponsored Digestive Diseasess Research Core Center at Washington University prior to moving to Stony Brook. She is also a member of numerous professional societies including:
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- American Gastoenterological Association
- American Federation for Clinical Research
- American Society for Clinical Investigators
- Association of American Physicians