Daqing Li, MD

Otorhinolaryngology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Perelman
Schedule onlineCall 800-789-7366
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About me

  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Daqing Li, MD, is a physician scientist and serves as professor and attending physician within the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Penn Medicine. Dr. Li specializes in otology and neurotology and has a special interest in complex ear and ear related diseases.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Li has published more than 70 peer reviewed papers and more than 100 abstracts on the topics of his professional clinical and research areas. His research has been long substantially funded by the National Institute of Health and other organizations. He serves as editor-in-chief, editor and editorial board members in international professional journals. Dr. Li is a fellow of American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Zurich
  • Residency: Shanghai Sixth Peoples Hospital
  • Fellowship: Shanghai Sixth Peoples Hospital
  • Fellowship: University Hospital Zurich

Spoken languages

English
English
中文 / 普通话
Chinese - Mandarin

Reviews

Average Rating

153 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
April 2026
explaining his reasons and thoughts about my ears.
Anonymous
January 2026
he is also patient friendly.
Anonymous
January 2026
efficient, direct, listened.
Anonymous
October 2025
very knowledgeable

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Li is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Waleed M. Abuzeid, Xiaoling Jiang, Guoli Shi, Hui Wang, David Paulson, Koji Araki, David Jungreis, James Carney, Bert W. O’Malley, Jr. and Daqing Li. Molecular Disruption of Rad50 Sensitizes Tumor Cells to Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy , Journal of Clinical Investigation, 119: 2009,1974-1985

Mindy R. Figures, Jessie Wobb, Koji Araki, Tingyan Liu, Lei Xu, Hanjing Zhu, Bert W. O’Malley Jr, and Daqing Li Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Targeted Chemosensitization , Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 141: 2009,177-183

Khurram Khan, Koji Akraki, Daiyou Wang, Guayan Li, Xin Li, Jie Zhang, Weizheng Xu, Randall K. Hoover, Susan Lauter, Bert O'Malley, Jr., Rena G. Lapidus, Daqing Li. Head and neck cancer radiosensitization by the novel poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor GPI-15427 , Head and Neck, 32: 2010,381-391

Paulson, David P. Abuzeid, Waleed. Jiang, Hao. Oe, Tomoyuki. O'Malley, Bert W. Li, Daqing. A novel controlled local drug delivery system for inner ear disease. , Laryngoscope, 118(4): 2008,706-11

Koji Araki, Sidrah Ahmad, Guoyan Li, David Bray, Jr., Koichiro Saito, Daiyou Wang, Uwe Wirtz, Sunil Sreedharan, Bert O'Malley Jr., Daqing Li Retinoblastoma RB94 enhances radiation treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , Clinical Cancer Research , 14 (11): 2008,3514-3519

Daqing Li, Charles M. Henley and Bert W. O’Malley Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions and Outer Hair Cell Defects in the hyt/hyt Mutant Mouse , Hearing Research: 1999 ,65-72

Chris S. Moe, Daqing Li, Thomas Linder, Stephan Schmid and Ugo Fisch An Update on the Surgical Treatment of Temporal Bone Paraganglioma , Skull Base Surgery: 1999,185-194

Daqing Li (co-first author), Mengqing Xiang, Lin Gan, Lijuan Zhou, Bert W. O’Malley, Jr., William Klein and Jeremy Nathans Essential Role of POU-Domain Factor Brn-3c in Auditory and Vestibular Hair Cell Development , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 1997,9445-9450

Daqing Li, Barbara Schauble, Carl Moll and Ugo Fisch Intratemporal Facial Nerve Perineurioma , Laryngoscope: 1996,328-333

Daqing Li and Yulin Cao Facial Nerve Dehiscence: A Report of 1465 Stapes Surgeries , Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology: 1996,467-471