DR. TAO LI, M.D., PH.D

MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Dr. Li received his medical degree from Peking University Health Science Center in Beijing, China, and subsequently completed his residency in Orthopedic spine surgery at the same institute. After moving to the United States, he gained his Ph.D. degree in Cell Biology from Brigham Young University. He also taught Cell Biology lab and Human Anatomy lab at BYU before he resumed medical practice. He was retrained at the Surgical residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York for one year, and then completed his PM&R residency in New York in 2008. After residency, Dr. Li completed a fellowship in interventional spine and pain management at the Utah Center for Pain Management and Research Center.

Dr. Li also has been focusing on minimally invasive spinal procedures, such as fluoroscopy-guided epidural injections, spinal nerve injections, spinal radiofrequency, spinal cord stimulator, discogram, all joint injections, etc. He is specialized in treating back pain, neck pain, radiating arm/leg pain, headaches, as well as joint and tendon pain. He also performs EMG and nerve conduction study for patients with neuropathic problems.

Dr. Li has helped some of his patients gain significant pain relief and phenomenal functional improvement. Dr. Li believes that this new medical concept will benefit many of his patients with long-lasting pain relief.

Dr. Li is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He also holds membership in the International Spine Intervention Society and American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.