Alex Li originally comes from North Carolina and went to UNC Chapel Hill for his undergraduate degree in chemistry. He went on and obtained DMD at University of Pennsylvania where he was mentored by multiple faculties in oral and maxillofacial surgery and developed a passion for the specialty. He is clinically interested in maxillofacial trauma, orthognathic surgery, and implant surgery. He is looking forward to pursuing his education at UCSF OMFS and learn from the leaders of the specialty. In his free time, he enjoys watching and playing basketball, and trying different cuisines from around the world.