Dr. Evelyn Li is a double board-certified physician in internal medicine and cardiology with more than four decades of distinguished clinical practice, nonprofit leadership, and legislative advocacy in Northern California. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP).
Dr. Li completed her undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley from 1973 to 1977. She earned her Doctor of Medicine from the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, followed by an internal medicine internship at Martinez VA Hospital from 1981 to 1982. Between 1983 and 1986, she served as a clinical physician with the Sacramento Public Health Department and county clinic system. She subsequently completed internal medicine residency training at UC Davis Medical Center from 1986 to 1987, earning board certification in Internal Medicine in 1987. Pursuing advanced subspecialty training, Dr. Li completed a cardiovascular disease fellowship through UC Davis and the Martinez VA Hospital from 1987 to 1990, achieving board certification in Cardiology in 1995.
In 1990, Dr. Li established her private practice in Fremont and Hayward, serving as CEO and Director while providing comprehensive internal medicine and cardiovascular care. Her extensive clinical skillset includes cardiac catheterization, permanent and temporary pacemaker placement, loop recorder implantation and explantation, coronary angioplasty, stenting, electrical cardioversion, pericardial centesis, transesophageal echocardiography, stress testing, and radiofrequency venous ablation. A committed community leader, she founded the Asian Medical Clinic of Fremont in 2000, serving as its Medical Director.
Throughout her career, Dr. Li has served as a legislative representative for the California Medical Association, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, and the Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association. Her dedication to public service includes leadership as past medical director and speaker for local American Heart Association initiatives, president of the Fremont Asian Lions Club, and board member for Citizens for Better Community.