Xinning Li, MD, FAOA, FAAOS, Orthopedic Surgeon, Boston Medical Center

Xinning Li, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Boston Medical Center and a professor of orthopedic surgery at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the team physician for Boston University athletics. Dr. Li has worked with many experts in the field of sports medicine and has served as the assistant team physician for the New York Mets professional baseball team. His clinical interests and expertise include primary and revision ACL reconstruction, multi-ligament knee injuries, cartilage loss, meniscus injury, patellar instability, rotator cuff and labral tears, shoulder instability (Bankart repair or Laterjet procedure), pectoralis and distal biceps tendon rupture, shoulder arthritis (total and reverse shoulder arthroplasty), and elbow injuries. Dr. Li also completed an orthopedic surgery research fellowship in tissue engineering. His efforts in the laboratory led to the development of a novel synthetic bone graft substitute for the healing of segmental bone defects.