Cases in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) Practice

Dr. Xia Li is the Scientific Medical Director of Genetics/Genomics Division at Sonora Quest Laboratories and Associate Professor of Pathology Department at University of Arizona. She received her Ph. D degree in human genetics in 1995 from Fudan University in China, and had 4 years of training in cytogenetics and molecular genetics through the program of American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). She was certified in both Molecular and Cytogenetics through ABMGG. After training, she became the Associate Director of Cytogenetics Laboratory at AmeriPath Northeast from 2010 to 2013, and the Associate Director of Cytogenetics Laboratory at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital from 2013 to 2016. She joined Sonora Quest Laboratories in 2016, where she oversees the operation of the laboratory. She also participates in the teaching and training of medical students and residents. Dr. Li has been working in the field of Genetics/Genomics diagnostics for over 13 years with extensive experience in clinical diagnostics using karyotyping, FISH, PCR, microarray and NGS technologies. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and owns 2 patents.

Part I Inborn diseases 1. Multiple congenital anomalies 2. Molar pregnancy 3. Sex chromosomal abnormalities 4. Infertility 5. Developmental Delay 6. Consanguinity 7. Imprinting disorders

Part II Hematologic malignancies 8. AML 9. MDS 10. Ph+ leukemia 11. Acute leukaemia with ambiguous lineage 12. Pre B-ALL 13. Mature B cell neoplasms 14. Mature T-cell neoplasms 15. Hodgkin Lymphoma

Part III Solid Tumours 16. Lung cancer 17. Colorectal cancer 18. Melanoma 19. Thyroid cancer 20. Other tumours