James Li, MD, MEd

James Li, MD, MEd

Associate Program Director, EMS Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

James Li MD, MEd, FAEMS, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Associate Program Director for the EMS Fellowship. He completed residency and fellowship training at University of Cincinnati where he also served as Chief Resident. He is the medical director for multiple EMS agencies in the St. Louis region. He holds leadership positions with the National Association of EMS Physicians as the Vice Chair of the Education Committee, Editor of the NAEMSP Blog, and NAEMSP Liaison on the NAEMT AMLS Committee. His academic interest is in discovering how curriculum development and educational innovation can improve patient care.

Academic Roles

  • Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
  • Associate Fellowship Director, EMS Fellowship
  • Assistant Director, MedPrep Program
  • Director, Residency EMS Rotations
  • Director, Medical Student EMS Elective
  • EMS Medical Director Roles
  • Brentwood Fire Department
  • Clayton Fire Department
  • Christian Hospital EMS Academy
  • Mallinckrodt EMS
  • Richmond Heights Fire Department
  • Saline Valley Fire Protection District
  • Webster Groves Fire Department

Education

  • B.S., Emory University 2012
  • M.D., Drexel University College of Medicine 2017
  • M.Ed., University of Cincinnati 2022

Training

  • Residency, Emergency Medicine: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2021
  • Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2021
  • Fellowship, Emergency Medicine Services: University of Cincinnati, OH, 2022

Licensure and Board Certification

  • Missouri Board of Healing Arts
  • Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
  • Board Certified in Emergency Medical Services

Honors and Awards

  • EMS Fellow Award, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2022
  • Medical Student Excellence in Emergency Medicine, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2017
  • Medical Humanities Scholar, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2017

Recent Publications

  1. Lacy, Aaron J., Michael J. Kim, James L. Li, Alexander Croft, Erin E. Kane, Jason C. Wagner, Philip W. Walker et al. “Prehospital Cricothyrotomy: A narrative review of technical, educational, and operational considerations for procedure optimization.” The Journal of Emergency Medicine (2024).
  2. MacDonald, Russell D., James L. Li, Jeremy B. Brywczynski, and Aaron J. Lacy. “Articles That May Change Your Practice: Updates in Cardiac Arrest Pharmacology.” Air Medical Journal (2023).
  3. Gottula, Adam L., Bailee A. Stark, James L. Li, William R. Hinckley, and Bennett H. Lane. “Lateral Canthotomy Task Trainer in an Educational Small Group for Flight Providers.” Air Medical Journal (2023).
  4. Li, James, and Jason T. McMullan. “Rebuttal to Pro.” Respiratory Care 67.5 (2022): 616-617.
  5. Li, James, and Jason T. McMullan. “Prehospital Ultrasound for Endotracheal Tube Confirmation: Better Alternatives Exist.” Respiratory Care 67.5 (2022): 613-615.
  6. Li, James L., Jason T. McMullan, Heidi Sucharew, Joseph P. Broderick, Brian Katz, Pamela Schmit, and Opeolu Adeoye. “Potential Impact of C-STAT for Prehospital Stroke Triage up to 24 Hours on a Regional Stroke System.” Prehospital Emergency Care (2019): 1-5.
  7. Xia, Baoyun, Yang Xia, Joshua Wong, Keegan J. Nicodemus, Meng Xu, John Lee, Tonya Guillot, and James Li. “Quantitative analysis of five tobacco‐specific N‐nitrosamines in urine by liquid chromatography–atmospheric pressure ionization tandem mass spectrometry.” Biomedical Chromatography 28, no. 3: 375-384, Mar 2014
  8. Sternberg, Eleanore D., Thierry Lefèvre, James Li, Carlos Lopez Fernandez de Castillejo, Hui Li, Mark D. Hunter, and Jacobus C. de Roode. “Food Plant Derived Disease Tolerance And Resistance In A Natural Butterfly‐Plant‐Parasite Interactions.” Evolution 66, no. 11: 3367-3376, Nov 2012
  9. Lefevre, Thierry, Allen Chiang, Mangala Kelavkar, Hui Li, James Li, Carlos Lopez Fernandez de Castillejo, Lindsay Oliver, Yamini Potini, Mark D. Hunter, and Jacobus C. de Roode. “Behavioural resistance against a protozoan parasite in the monarch butterfly.” Journal of Animal Ecology 81, no. 1): 70-79, Jan 2012

Recent Abstracts

  1. Li, James L., Breden, I., Kroll M., Svancarek B., Death Notification Simulation for Paramedic Students. EMS Educational Innovation Poster presented at: National Association for EMS Physicians 2024 Annual Meeting January 12, 2024; Austin, TX.
  2. Perez-Cruet J, Haines E, Tan W, Fishman S, Craig H, Troyer S, Duncan M, Sanchez J, Truel J, Zhao S, Catley C, Mattar C, Li J, Valko P, Hobson A, and Hanson J. Piloting Climate Change Integration into Medical Education. Poster presented at: AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs 2023 Regional Meeting; April 19, 2023; IN.
  3. Madsen, T.E., Sucharew, H., Haverbusch, M., Adeoye, O.M., Coleman, E.R., Demel, S.L., De Los Rios La Rosa, F., Ferioli, S., Jasne, A., Li, J. and Mackey, J., 2023. Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Ems-documented Stroke Chief Complaints In The Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Stroke Study (GCNKSS). Stroke, 54(Suppl_1), pp.A68-A68.
  4. Hill, J. H., Ryan LaFollette, Hannah Hughes, Sim Mand, Jessica Koehler, James Li, Jessica Baez, Spencer Lang, and Erin McDonough. “344 Qualitative Description of Synchronous Online Discussions During Weekly Academic Conference.” Annals of Emergency Medicine 78, no. 4 (2021): S138-S139.
  5. Li, James L., Heidi Sucharew, Kathleen Alwell, Joseph P. Broderick, Elisheva Coleman, Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa, Stacie L. Demel et al. “Abstract WP274: No Improvement in Emergency Medical Services Use by Stroke Patients From 1999-2015: A Population-Based Study.” Stroke 51, no. Suppl_1 (2020): AWP274-AWP274