BU K. Li, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Title(s): Professor, Pediatrics; director, Pediatric Fellowships; director, Pediatric GI Fellowship Program; associate chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Medical College of Wisconsin; director, Cyclic Vomiting Program; director, Functional GI Disorders, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, Kansas University School of Medicine, 1974; medical intern residency, Kansas University Medical Center, 1976; pediatric intern residency, University of Wisconsin Hospital, 1977; pediatric residency, University of Wisconsin Hospital, 1979; pediatric chief resident, University of Wisconsin Hospital, 1982; pediatric gastroenterology fellowship, University of Wisconsin Hospital, 1981, clinical nutrition fellow, University of Wisconsin Hospital, 1983.

Honors: Who's Who Among American Students, Kansas University, 1974; L. L. Marcell Award in Internal Medicine (highest 3rd year medical student), Kansas University, 1974; Alpha Omega Alpha, Kansas University, 1974; Outstanding Clinical Teacher Award, University of Wisconsin, 1986; Multicultural Teaching Award, Ohio State University, 1992; Faculty Award, Office of Asian American Student Life, Ohio State University, 1995; Best Doctors in America, 1998; Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award, Ohio State University, 1999; 10th anniversary Service Award, Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, 2003; Best Doctors in American, 2004.

Research interests: Cyclic vomiting syndrome, abdominal migraine, eosinophilic esophagitis and functional GI disorders.

Representative publications:

• Kagalwalla A, Sentongo T, Titz S, Hess T, Nelson SP, Emerick KM, Melin-Aldana H, Li BUK. Effective of Six-Food Elimination Diet on Clinical and Histologic Outcomes in Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2006 Sep;4(9):1097-102.
• Wang QX, Ito M, Adams K, Li BUK, Klopstock T, Maslim A, Higashimoto T, Herzog J, Boles RG. Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequence Variation in Migraine Headaches and Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics 2004;131:50-58.
• Boles RG, Adams K, Li BUK. Maternal Inheritance in Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics 2005;133:71-77.
• Kuman R, Sentongo T, Nelson SP, Melin-Aldana H, Li, BUK. Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children: A Review. Clinical and Applied Immunology Reviews 2003;4:173-188.
• Olson AD, Li BUK. The Diagnostic Evaluation of Children with Cyclic Vomiting: A Cost Effectiveness Assessment. Journal of Pediatrics 2002;141:724-728.
• Li BUK, Murray RD, Heitlinger LA, Robbins JL, Hayes JR. Is Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Related to Migraine? Journal of Pediatrics 1999;134:567-572.

 Current grants:

• Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, National Institutes of Health. Principal investigator.

Contact information: 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226. Phone: (414) 266-3282. Fax: (414) 266-3676. E-mail: bli@mcw.edu.