Chai-Fei Li

Chai-Fei Li

Associate Professor

Surgical & Radiological Sciences

Office
1310 E Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Neurology (ACVIM-Neurology)
California Veterinary License
Education
1999, BA, Skyline College, San Mateo, CA
2001, BA, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2013, DVM, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA
Active Research Grants
Co-Investigator, Impact of erector spinae plane block on opioid consumption in dogs undergoing hemilaminectomy, Amandeep Chohan (Principal Investigator), CCAH
Principal Investigator, Cultivating Team Science Awards "Extracellular Vesicle Theranostics in the Central Nervous System", (Principal Investigator), School of Medicine, UC Davis
Co-Investigator, Developing the English bulldog as a naturally occurring model of spina bifida, Aijun Wang (Principal Investigator), Shriner's
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2023 Li CF, Sturges BK: Chapter 85: Intracranial hypertension, Silverstein D, Hopper K, (ed), Handbook of Small Animal Critical Care Medicine (3e), Philadelphia. .
2023 Li CF, Vernau K: Chapter 84: Seizures and Status Epilepticus, Silverstein D, Hopper K, (ed), Handbook of Small Animal Critical Care Medicine (3e), Philadelphia. .
2019 Li CF, Sturges B: Diagnosis and treatment of atlantoaxial subluxation, Bonagura JD, Twedt DC, (ed), Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XVI, 2nd Edition, . .
Research Focus
Neurology/Neurosurgery
Specialty Focus

Neurosurgeries, neuro-oncology, and seizure disorders

Ten Recent Publications

2023
Toedebusch RG, Wei NW, Simafranca KT, Furth-Jacobus JA, Brust-Mascher I, Stewart S, Dickinson PJ, Woolard K, Li CF, Vernau K, Meyers FJ, Toedebusch CM
Intra- and Intertumoral Microglia/Macrophage Infiltration and Their Associated Molecular Signature Is Highly Variable in Canine Oligodendroglioma: A Preliminary Evaluation

2023
Murthy VM, Phillips K, Knipe M, Giuffrida M, Li CF^
Horner syndrome as a physiological biomarker of disease in canine cervical myelopathy.

2023
Bianchi C, Marcellin-Little DJ, Dickinson PJ, Garcia TC, Li C-F, Batcher K, Bannasch DL
FGF4L2 retrogene copy number is associated with intervertebral disc calcification and vertebral geometry in Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.

2021
Dear JD, Reagan KL, Hulsebosch SE, Li CF, Munro MJL, Byrne BA, Affolter VK, Wiederhold N, Cañete-Gibas C, Sykes JE
Disseminated Rasamsonia argillacea species complex infections in 8 dogs

2021
Murthy VD, Li CF, Hicks J, Kroll J, Giuffrida M, Dickinson P, Toedebusch CM
Serum phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain as a diagnostic biomarker for progressive myelomalacia in dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation.

2021
Toedebusch RG, Grodzki AC, Dickinson PJ, Woolard K, Vinson NM, Sturges B, Snyder J, Li CF, Nagasaka OM, Consales BM, Vernau K, Knipe M, Murthy V, Lein PJ, Toedebusch CM
Glioma-associated microglia/macrophages augment tumorigenicity in canine astrocytoma, a naturally occurring model of human glioma

2020
Murthy VD, Liepnieks ML, Roy MA, Woolard KD, Sturges BK, Li CF^
Diagnosis and clinical outcome following surgical resection of an intracranial grade III anaplastic gemistocytic astrocytoma in a cat

2017
Meichner K, Li CF, Harrell K, Neel JA, Tarigo JL
Pathology in Practice

2015
Hughes-Fulford M, Chang TT, Martinez EM, Li CF
Spaceflight alters expression of microRNA during T-cell activation

2012
Chang TT, Walther I, Li CF, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Galleri G, Meloni MA, Pippia P, Cogoli A, Hughes-Fulford M
The Rel/NF-?B pathway and transcription of immediate early genes in T cell activation are inhibited by microgravity