Li Yu, Pulmonologist
- Specialization: Pulmonologist
- 30 years of experience
- Speaks:English, Chinese
- Workplace: China, Shanghai, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, International Department
- Authored 60+ SCI-indexed papers as first or corresponding author.
Dr. Yu Li is Acting Head and Deputy Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Shanghai Tongji Hospital. She is a Chief Physician and Professor with 30 years of experience in respiratory medicine. She specializes in chronic cough, asthma (including severe asthma), and COPD. She provides cause-based diagnosis, precision treatment, biologic assessment, and care for complex and critical cases.
She leads research in cough and asthma as principal investigator on more than 10 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission. She has published over 60 SCI papers, including in Respirology and Lung. She co-drafted China’s cough guideline, the primary care cough guideline, and the consensus on refractory chronic cough. She serves as Secretary of the China Cough Alliance and as Deputy Head of the Shanghai COPD Group. She is a reviewer for The Clinical Respiratory Journal. She was a Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins University in 2013–2014. She received her M.D. from Tongji University.
Her honors include Outstanding Respiratory Physician of Shanghai. She received the Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Award, Third Prize, in 2015 as the third contributor. She was named one of the “Top Ten Physicians” of Shanghai Tongji Hospital in 2026. She was also recognized as an Outstanding Young Respiratory Physician of Shanghai.
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Prof. Yu Li is the Deputy Director (acting head) of the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine. She is Chief Physician, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor with 30 years of clinical experience in respiratory medicine.
Specialization & Clinical Expertise
Prof. Yu specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic airway diseases, with particular expertise in chronic cough, bronchial asthma, and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Her clinical practice covers:
- Chronic cough — etiological diagnosis and individualized precision treatment; she has conducted dedicated clinical research in this field for more than 10 years
- Bronchial asthma, including severe asthma — phenotype assessment and evaluation for biologic therapy
- COPD and long-term management of chronic airway inflammation
- Respiratory infectious diseases
- Lung cancer and diagnosis of respiratory malignancies
- Diagnosis and treatment of complicated, critical, and refractory respiratory conditions
Academic Leadership & Research
Prof. Yu leads basic and clinical research on chronic cough and asthma. She has served as principal investigator on more than 10 research projects, including grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission. She has published more than 60 SCI-indexed papers as first or corresponding author, in journals including Respirology and Lung, and participated in drafting national guidelines, including the Chinese national guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of cough, the primary-care guideline on cough management, and the expert consensus on refractory chronic cough.
Professional Roles
- Deputy Director (acting head), Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Tongji Hospital
- Secretary, China Cough Alliance
- Member, Pulmonary Function Group, Chinese Society of Respiratory Diseases (Chinese Medical Association)
- Deputy Head, COPD Group, Shanghai Society of Respiratory Diseases
- Deputy Director, Cough Research Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Respiratory Diseases
- Member, Respiratory Diseases Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association
- Member, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Chinese Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology
- Reviewer, The Clinical Respiratory Journal
Education & Training
- Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University, USA (2013–2014)
- M.D. (Doctor of Medicine), with doctoral supervision in Internal Medicine (Respiratory Medicine), Tongji University School of Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Outstanding Respiratory Physician of Shanghai
- Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Award, Third Prize (2015; third contributor) — for standardized diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough
- "Top Ten Physicians" of Shanghai Tongji Hospital (2026)
- Outstanding Young Respiratory Physician of Shanghai
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