Melissa Li-Ng, MD
Primary Location
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
- Appointment:
- 216.444.6568
- Desk:
- 216.445.6260
- Fax:
- 216.444.3474
Treatment & Services
- Blood Tests
- General Endocrinology
- Medical Weight Management
Specialty in Diseases & Conditions
- Acanthosis Nigricans
- Acromegaly
- Addison's Disease
- Adrenal disorders
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Adrenal Tumors
- Amenorrhea
- Androgen Deficiency (Low Testosterone)
- Androgen Excess
- Beta-cell disorders
- Calcium Disorders
- Carcinoid Syndrome
- Conn's Syndrome
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Diabetes
- Diabetes - Management
- Diabetes, Gestational
- Empty sella
- Endocrine Complications of Pregnancy
- Endocrine Disorders
- Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- Fasting hypoglycemia
- Galactorrhea
- Goiter
- Growth hormone deficiency
- Growth hormone excess
- Hirsutism
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hyperandrogenism
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperprolactinemia
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypogonadism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypophysitis
- Hypopituitarism
- Hypothyroidism
- Ketogenic Diet
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- McCune-Albright Syndrome
- Menopause
- Menopause, Male
- Metabolic Diseases
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Neuropathy - Diabetic
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors
- Panhypopituitarism
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pituitary Cysts
- Pituitary Disorders
- Pituitary stalk lesions
- Pituitary Tumors
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Primary Hyperaldosteronism
- Prolactin Excess States
- Prolactinoma
- Reactive hypoglycemia
- Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
- Sexual Hormone disorders
- Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
- Thyroid and pregnancy
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Disease
- Thyroid Nodule
- Vitamin D Deficiency
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View All PlansAbout Melissa Li-Ng, MD
Dr. Melissa Li-Ng received her undergraduate degree from Columbia University and then received her medical degree from Stony Brook School of Medicine in New York. She completed her medical residency at New York University Medical Center. She proceeded to do a research fellowship at the Bone Mineral Research Center at Winthrop University Hospital in New York, doing research on osteoporosis, vitamin D and bone metabolism. Dr. Li-Ng then completed her endocrinology fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. She joined the Endocrinology Department in July 2009. She served as the Associate Program Director of the endocrinology fellowship program from 2011 to 2014. In 2014, Dr. Li-Ng joined Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, helping to establish the endocrinology department when the hospital opened in 2015. She served as the Chief of Medical Informatics from 2016 to 2017. Dr. Li-Ng returned to Cleveland in August 2017 as an Enterprise Physician Advisor in Medical Operations and as a Staff Physician in the Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute. She was appointed the interim Chair of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute from March 2018 to January 2019, overseeing the endocrinology and endocrine surgery departments. In April 2019, she was appointed Medical Director for the Cleveland Clinic Connected collaboration with Luye Medical Group. In this role, Dr. Li-Ng is the Chief Physician representing Cleveland Clinic for the Luye Medical Group in Shanghai, China, and provides end-to-end leadership to furthering the goals of this initiative.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
2017
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - Georgetown University Hospital
Endocrinology
Washington,
DC USA
2009
Fellowship - Winthrop University Hospital
Endocrinology
Mineola,
NY USA
2007
Residency - New York University Medical Center
Internal Medicine
New York,
NY USA
2006
Medical Education - State University of New York Stony Brook School of Medicine
Stony Brook,
NY USA
2003
Undergraduate - Columbia University
New York,
NY USA
1999
Professional Highlights
- Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic Connected - Luye Medical Collaboration (April 2019-present)
- Interim Chair, Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute (March 2018-Jan 2019)
- Chief, Medical Informatics, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (2016-2017)
- Associate Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship (2011-2014)
- Executive Member, Admissions Committee, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (2011-2014)
- Reviewer, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
- Member, FDA Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes Advisory Committee
- Fellow, American College of Physicians
Certifications
- Internal Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Internal Medicine
Specialty Interests
Thyroid disease, diabetes, pituitary disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome, menopause, osteoporosis, parathyroid gland disease, adrenal gland disorders, vitamin D deficiency
Awards & Honors
- 2009 - Recipient of C. Bertram Hoffberger Research Achievement Award for Outstanding Clinical - Georgetown University Hospital
- 2006 - Recipient of Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (ECRIP) research grant, BoneMineral Research Center, Winthrop University Hospital
- 1997-1999 - Recipient of Wallace Taylor Memorial Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Memberships
- Endocrine Society
- American Thyroid Association
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
- American College of Physicians
Research & Publications
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