Li Foong Foo, MD, MRCP, FRCR

Dr. Li Foong Foo is an alumna research fellow from Hospital for Special Surgery who has been focusing on using innovative MRI technology to diagnose and monitor postoperative total joint conditions as well as cartilage repair and rheumatoid arthritis.

As a research fellow, Dr. Foo was part of a team working in the Division of MRI at HSS. In 2005, the team’s research was recognized with the Charles L. Christian Award for Musculoskeletal Research. She is a member of the International Cartilage Repair Society, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and the Royal College of Radiologists (UK).

Dr. Foo’s expertise is Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the diagnosis and research of orthopedic conditions. She will work collaboratively with HSS physicians, maintaining her focus on sports medicine, cartilage imaging, arthroplasty imaging, and the early identification of rheumatoid arthritis.

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Appointments

Assistant Attending Radiologist, Hospital for Special Surgery

Specialty

Radiology and Imaging

Subspecialty

Musculoskeletal Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Special Expertise

Sports Medicine
Cartilage Imaging

Awards

Charles L. Christian Award for Musculoskeletal Research, 2005

Education

University of Wales School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 1989-1994

Residency

West of Scotland Higher Training Scheme in Diagnostic Radiology, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1998-2004

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, 2004-2007

Certification

Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom) 1997
Royal College of Radiologists (United Kingdom) 2001
Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Diagnostic Radiology (United Kingdom) 2004
USMLE 2006

State Licensure

New York  

Selected Publications

Foo LF, Raby N. Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour and Tumour-like lesions of the Foot and Ankle: A Pictorial Essay. Clinical Radiology 2005;60:308-332

Potter HG, Foo LF, Nestor BJ.  What is the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of total hip arthroplasty?  HSS Journal 2005; 1(1):89-93.

Potter HG, Foo LF.  Magnetic resonance imaging of articular cartilage: Trauma, degeneration and repair. Am J Sports Med 2006; 34(4):661-677.

Shindle MK, Foo LF, Kelly BT, Khanna AJ, Domb BG, Farber A, Wanich T, Potter HG.  Magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage in the athlete: Current techniques and spectrum of disease.  J Bone Joint Surg 2006; 88A(4):27-46.