Curriculum Vitae
Mengnai Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Academic Positions
Education
License
Memberships
Honors & Awards
Research
Publications & Presentations
Papers Under Review

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

09/2006 - present
    University of Minnesota, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Regions Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Assistant Professor, Pediatric Orthopaedics and Adult Reconstruction.

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EDUCATION:

08/2005-07/2006
Hospital for Special Surgery
Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellow, Dr. Roger Widmann

09/2003-07/2005
Virginia Commonwealth University
Adult Reconstruction Fellow, Dr. William A. Jiranek.

08/2000-05/2005
Virginia Commonwealth University
Ph.D. May 21st, 2005

09/1995-05/2000
Beijing Medical University
Orthopaedic Resident and Chief Resident

09/1990-07/1995
Beijing Medical University
B.M., Medicine, magna cum laude

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LICENSE:

Minnesota License

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MEMBERSHIPS:

American Association of Anatomists
Chinese Orthopaedic Association
Chinese Red Cross

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HONORS  &  AWARDS:

03/2004, Fellow
Joint Arthroplasty Fellow’s Conference, San Francisco, CA

08/2000-08/2002, A.D. Williams Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University

09/1999, Champion of Men’s Single
Beijing Medical Professionals’ Badminton Tournament

07/1998, Best Resident of the year in Beijing Medical University

07/1995, University Honors Student, Magna cum Laude
Beijing Medical University.

09/1990-07/1995, GuangHua Scholarship for five consecutive years
Beijing Medical University

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RESEARCH:

08/2000-05/2005, Ph.D. Dissertation
“Cell Type Expression of RANKL in Periprosthetic Membrane”
Advisor: Assistant Professor Matthew J. Beckman, Ph.D.

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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:

Ramage SC, Li M, Hamlin B, Jiranek WA, Beckman MJ. “RANK Emanates from a Multinuclear Cell Type in the Periprosthetic Membrane.” 52nd Annual Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Society Poster Session, March, 2006

Ramage SC, Li M, Beckman MJ. “Osteoclastogenesis” Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Editor(s): Gary Wnek and Gary Bowlin, Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, NY, (In Press), 2005.

Mengnai Li, Jason Potocki, Nicole H. Urban, William A. Jiranek, Matthew Beckman. “Cell Typing of RANKL Expression in Fibroblasts and Characterizing the RANKL/OPG Ratio in Periprosthetic Osteolysis of Total Joint Revision.” 51st Annual Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Society Podium Session, February, 2005.

Mengnai Li, Nicole H. Urban, William A. Jiranek, Matthew J. Beckman. “Cell Separation and Gene Expression of Periprosthetic Membrane.” Experimental Biology Annual Meeting Poster Session, April, 2004.

Mengnai Li, Christopher Selgrath, and William Jiranek. “Stress Fracture of the Medial Tibial Plateau after Minimally Invasive Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report.” First Annual Arthroplasty Fellows’ Conference, March, 2004

Mengnai Li, William A Jiranek, Matthew J. Beckman. “MACS Analysis in Periprosthetic Osteolytic Membrane.” 81st Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science Podium Session, May, 2003.

Mengnai Li, William A. Jiranek, Matthew J. Beckman. “Real-Time-RT-PCR Analysis of OPG and RANKL Expression in Cultured Fibroblast and Macro-phages Cells: Implications for Linear Periprosthetic Osteolysis.” 49th Annual Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Society Poster Session, February, 2003.

Mengnai Li, Jason Greenhalgh, William A. Jiranek, Matthew J. Beckman. “Real-Time-RT-PCR Analysis of RANK-L and OPG Expression in Cultured Fibroblast and Macrophage Cells: Implications for Osteolysis.”  80th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science Poster Session, May, 2002.

Zhiwei Fang, Xiaodong Yi, Mengnai Li, Tianyue Zhu. “Anterior Approach to the Second Thoracic Vertebral Body for Surgical Treatment (Vertebrectomy, Bone Grafting, and Titanium Alloy Plate Fixation).” International Journal of Clinical Oncology, August 2001, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 205-208.

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PAPERS UNDER REVIEW:

Mengnai Li, William A. Jiranek and Matthew J. Beckman. “Discordance between RANK-ligand and Inflammatory Cytokine Expression in the Interface Membrane around Failed Total Joint Replacement” J. Orthopaedic Research.

Mengnai Li, Jason Potocki, William A. Jiranek, Matthew J. Beckman. “Separation of  Cellular Constituents from Loosened Arthroplasty Interfacial Membranes with Localization of Gene Expression: Evidence for RANKL Expression in Fibroblasts” J. Orthopaedic Research.

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