About Us

Zhaobo Li

L.Ac., MD., Ph.D.

New Health Acupuncture Clinic

1407 York Road Suite 305A

Lutherville, MD 21093

Tel: 443-310-5382

Email: zbli2001@yahoo.com

Fax: 667-206-2956

Dr. Zhaobo Li holds a license as an acupuncturist granted by the State of Maryland. He obtained his education in both Traditional Chinese Medicine, specializing in Acupuncture and Massage, and Western Medicine, with a focus on Sports Medicine, from Beijing University Medical School in China. Further advancing his expertise, Dr. Li underwent fellowship training in neuromuscular diseases at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

An integral figure, Dr. Li serves as a health consultant for Voice of America (VOA), a prominent US broadcasting entity encompassing radio, television, and internet broadcasts, reaching a vast global audience of 123 million individuals. Notably, he maintains active memberships in respected organizations such as the National Association of Chinese Medicine, the Chinese Association of TCM, the Maryland Acupuncture Society, and The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association.

With 45 years of dedicated practice in Acupuncture and Sports Medicine, Dr. Li’s accomplishments include receiving a national award as an Outstanding Scholar in Sports Medicine, bestowed by the China State Physical Culture and Sport Commission. He has contributed significantly to medical research, authoring 46 research papers in both Chinese and English, published within peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Having amassed over a decade of experience in acupuncture and the treatment of neuromuscular diseases, Dr. Li has devised innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for an array of chronic conditions. His methodology harmoniously integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine with contemporary medical science. Dr. Li employs alternative therapeutic strategies tailored to the unique needs of each patient, ensuring optimal results for various health concerns.

Dr. Li’s paramount objective centers around furnishing the highest caliber of healthcare to his patients, ultimately guiding them towards achieving an optimal state of both mental and physical well-being.

Dr. Zhaobo Li's selected publications

  1.  Li, Z.B., Rossmanith, G.H. and Hoh, J.F.Y. Cross-bridge kinetics of rabbit single extraocular and limb muscle fibers. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.2000. 41(12): 3770~4.PubMed
  2. Li, Z.B, Lehar, M., Braga, N., Westra, W., Liu, L.H. and Flint, P.W. Study of human laryngeal muscle protein using two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Proteomics, 2003. 3(7): 1325~34.PubMed
  3.  Boluyt, M.O, Li, Z.B, Loyd AM, Scalia, A.F., Cirrincione G.M. and Jackson R.R. The mTOR/p70S6K signal transduction pathway plays a role in cardiac hypertrophy and influences expression of myosin heavy chain genes in vivo. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2004 18(4): 257~67.PubMed
  4. Huang, Y.P., Kim, Y., Li, Z.B., Fomenkov, T., Fomenkov, A and Ratovitski, E.A. AEC-associated p63 mutations lead to alternative splicing/protein stabilization of p63 and modulation of notch signaling. Cell Cycle. 2005. 4(10): 1440~7.PubMed
  5.  Li, Z.B., Lehar, M., Nakagawa, H., Hoh, J.F.Y. and Flint, P.W. Differential expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms between abductor and adductor muscle in the human larynx. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004. 130(2): 217~22.PubMed
  6. Flint, P.W., Li, Z.B., Lehar, M and Pai, S.  Laryngeal muscle surface receptors identified using Random Phage Library. The Laryngoscope. 2005, 115(11): 1930~7. PubMed
  7. Li, Z.B., Lehar, M., Robin, S and Flint, P.W. Proteomic analysis of denervation laryngeal muscle in rats, Proteomics. 2005, 5(18): 4764~76.PubMed
  8. Boluyt, M.O,.  Brevick, J.B., Rogers, D.S., Randall, M.J., Scalia, A.F. and  Li, Z.B.  Changes in the rat heart proteome induced by exercise: increased abundance of the heat shock protein hsp20. Proteomics. 2006, 6(10): 3154~69.PubMed
  9. Saito K, Lehar M, Li, Z.B, Braga N, King AD, Samlan RA, Flint PW. High efficiency gene delivery into laryngeal muscle with bidirectional electroporation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006, 135(2):209 ~14.PubMed
  10. Li, Z.B., Flint, P.W. and Boluyt M.O. Evaluation of several two-dimensional gel electrophoresis techniques in cardiac proteomics. Electrophoresis. 2005, 26: 3572~85.PubMed
  11. Hoke A, Redett R, Hameed H, Jari R, Zhou C, Li, Z.B, Griffin JW, Brushart TM.  Schwann cells express motor and sensory phenotypes that regulate axon regeneration. J Neurosci. 2006 20;26(38):9646~55.PubMed
  12. Adreani, C.M., Li, Z.B., Lehar, M., Southwood, L.L., Habecker, P.L., Flint, P.W., Parente E.J. Myosin heavy chain composition in normal and atrophic equine laryngeal muscle. Vet Pathol. 2006. 43(6): 881-89.PubMed
  13. Hoh, J.F., Li, Z.B. Qin, H., Hsu. M.K., Rossmanith, G.H. Cross-bridge kinetics of fast and slow fibers of cat jaw and limb muscle: correlations with myosin subunit composition. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 2007 28(6):329-41.PubMed
  14. Li, Z.B., Kollais, H., Wagner, KR. Myostatin directly regulates skeletal muscle fibrosis. J Biol Chem. 2008. 283(28):19371-78.PubMed
  15. Vyas, A., Li, Z.B., Aspalter, M., Feiner, J., Hoke, A., Zhou, C., O’Daly, A., Abdullah, M., Rohde, C., Brushart, T.M. An in vitro model of adult mammalian nerve repair. Exp Neurol, 2009. 223(1): 112-18.PubMed
  16. Li Z.B,  Zhang JY and  Wagner KR.  Inhibition of myostatin reverses muscle fibrosis through apoptosis.  J Cell Sci. 2012, 1(125): 3957-65 PubMed
  17. Kim, K., Shora, A., Li, Z.B., Tam, A., Diaz,L., Papadopolous, N., Blosser, L., Kinzler, K.,Vogelstein, B., Zhou, S. Eradication of metastatic mouse cancers resistant to immune checkpoint blockade by suppression of myeloidderived cells. PNAS, 2014,111(32):11774-79 PubMed