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    Lili Miles, MD

    Pathology
    (407) 650-7715
    Researcher Profile

    Primary Office

    Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida 6535 Nemours Parkway Orlando, FL 32827
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    Appointment: (407) 650-7715

    Get to Know Me

    In China, where I grew up, there were many patients but only a few doctors. I was determined to become a doctor to help the sick and vulnerable and to make a difference. I have dedicated myself to my patients. But for me, being a mother is the most important job of all. I love my own child unconditionally and want to treat all children like my own.

    Why I Treat Children

    I love children. My mother, a kindergarten teacher for 30 years, dedicated herself to helping young children. She had a strong influence on me. 

    What I'm Passionate About

    All children should receive high-quality medical care. I work to promote global health in the hope that children in this country and all over the world can have access to the best medical care.

    How I Try to Make A Difference

    I have been involved in the diagnosis and investigation of neuromuscular diseases, brain tumors, and intractable epilepsy disorders for many years. Seeing children suffering from those devastating diseases is very difficult. I believe that through medical research, we can make progress in finding cures.

    Education & Training

    Fellowship

    • Pediatric Pathology - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2003
    • Surgical Pathology - Ohio State University Hospital, 2001

    Internship

    • Medicine - Ruijin Hospital, 1986
    • Obstetrics/Gynecology - International Peace Maternal/Child Health Hospital, 1987

    Residency

    • Pathology - University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 2001

    Medical/Dental School

    • M.D. - Jiao Tong University, 1986
    • M.S. - Old Dominion University, 1990

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Pathology/Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
    • American Board of Pathology/Pediatric Pathology

    Research Activities

    • Pediatric brain tumors and intractable epilepsy disorders
    • Pediatric neuromuscular disease
    • Pediatric liver disease
    • Pediatric tumor

    • DeWire, M., Erker, C., Hummel, T. R., Chow, L. M. L., de Blank, P., Salloum, R., & Fouladi, M. (2021). Overcoming barriers to establishing autopsy procurement programs in pediatric patients with central nervous system tumors: a call to develop regional centers. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 152(1), 107-114. doi:10.1007/s11060-020-03679-2

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    • Ahluwalia, R., Miles, L., Hayes, L., & Scherer, A. (2020). Pediatric septal dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (sDNT): case-based update. Child's Nervous System, 36(6), 1127-1130. doi:10.1007/s00381-020-04581-y

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    • Malik, F., Wang, L., Yu, Z., Edelman, M. C., Miles, L., Clay, M. R., & Bahrami, A. (2020). Benign infiltrative myofibroblastic neoplasms of childhood with USP6 gene rearrangement. Histopathology, 77(5), 760-768. doi:10.1111/his.14182

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    • Williams, K. B., Brigatti, K. W., Puffenberger, E. G., Gonzaga-Jauregui, C., Griffin, L. B., Martinez, E. D., & Strauss, K. A. (2019). Homozygosity for a mutation affecting the catalytic domain of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (YARS) causes multisystem disease. Human Molecular Genetics, 28(4), 525-538. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddy344

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    • Hoffman, L. M., Van Zanten, S. E. M. V., Colditz, N., Baugh, J., Chaney, B., Hoffmann, M., & Fouladi, M. (2018). Clinical, radiologic, pathologic, and molecular characteristics of long-term survivors of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG): A collaborative report from the International and European Society for Pediatric Oncology DIPG registries. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 36(19), 1963-1972. doi:10.1200/JCO.2017.75.9308

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    • Anderson, J. L., Muraleedharan, R., Oatman, N., Klotter, A., Sengupta, S., Waclaw, R. R., & Dasgupta, B. (2017). The transcription factor Olig2 is important for the biology of diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas. Neuro-Oncology, 19(8), 1068-1078. doi:10.1093/neuonc/now299

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    • Maynard, L. M., Leach, J. L., Horn, P. S., Spaeth, C. G., Mangano, F. T., Holland, K. D., & Greiner, H. M. (2017). Epilepsy prevalence and severity predictors in MRI-identified focal cortical dysplasia. Epilepsy Research, 132, 41-49. doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.03.001

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    • Bhattacharjee, J., Kirby, M., Softic, S., Miles, L., Salazar-Gonzalez, R.-M., Shivakumar, P., & Kohli, R. (2017). Hepatic natural killer T-cell and CD8+ T-cell signatures in mice with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology Communications, 1(4), 299-310. doi:10.1002/hep4.1041

    • Salloum, R., Hummel, T. R., Kumar, S. S., Dorris, K., Li, S., Lin, T., & Drissi, R. (2016). A molecular biology and phase II study of imetelstat (GRN163L) in children with recurrent or refractory central nervous system malignancies: a pediatric brain tumor consortium study. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 129(3), 443-451. doi:10.1007/s11060-016-2189-7

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