Jeffrey Lee, MD

HS ASST CLIN PROF-HCOMP

Education
Advanced endoscopic imaging and therapy, 2014 - Medicine (Mentor: Roy Soetikno, Tonya Kaltenbach), Palo Alto VA Medical Center
Gastroenterology, 2014 - Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Internal Medicine, 2011 - Medicine, University of California San Diego
Medicine (MD), 2008 - Medicine, University of California San Diego
Masters in Clinical Research, 2007 - Medicine, University of California San Diego
Bachelors of Arts, 2002 - Letters and Sciences, University of California Berkeley
Honors and Awards
  • NIH/NCI K07 Career Development Award, NIH/NCI, 2016-2021
  • ACG Junior Faculty Development Award, ACG, 2015-2018
  • AGA Research Scholar Award, AGA, 2015-2018
  • Top Reviewer for Gastroenterology, AGA, 2015
  • AGA Academic Skills Workshop Scholarship, AGA, 2014
  • Salix Fellowship2Leadership Award, AccreditEd, 2013
  • NIH Loan Repayment Program, NIH, 2012-2014
  • Sylvia Allison Kaplan Clinical Research Grant, Sylvia Allison Kaplan Foundation, 2012-2013
  • Kaiser Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSD, 2010
  • Kenneth Kaushansky Research Award, UCSD, 2010
  • Intern of the Year Award, UCSD, 2009
Websites
Publications

  1. Singal AG, Gupta S, Lee J, Halm EA, Rutter CM, Corley D, Inadomi J. Importance of determining indication for colonoscopy: implications for practice and policy original. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2014. PMID: 25606584


  2. Lee JK, Terdiman JP, Corley DA. Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening. The New England journal of medicine 2014. PMID: 25006739


  3. Corley DA, Jensen CD, Marks AR, Zhao WK, Lee JK, Doubeni CA, Zauber AG, de Boer J, Fireman BH, Schottinger JE, Quinn VP, Ghai NR, Levin TR, Quesenberry CP. Adenoma detection rate and risk of colorectal cancer and death. The New England journal of medicine 2014. PMID: 24693890


  4. Lee JK, Liles EG, Bent S, Levin TR, Corley DA. Accuracy of fecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of internal medicine 2014. PMID: 24658694


  5. Lee JK, Cameron RG, Binmoeller KF, Shah JN, Shergill A, Garcia-Kennedy R, Bhat YM. Recurrence of subsquamous dysplasia and carcinoma after successful endoscopic and radiofrequency ablation therapy for dysplastic Barrett's esophagus. Endoscopy 2013. PMID: 23592390


  6. Lee JK, Levin TR, Corley DA. The road ahead: what if gastroenterologists were accountable for preventing colorectal cancer? Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2013. PMID: 23432901


  7. Lee JK, Bettencourt R, Brenner D, Le TA, Barrett-Connor E, Loomba R. Association between serum interleukin-6 concentrations and mortality in older adults: the Rancho Bernardo study. PloS one 2012. PMID: 22514624


  8. Lee JK, Groessl EJ, Ganiats TG, Ho SB. Cost-effectiveness of a mailed educational reminder to increase colorectal cancer screening. BMC gastroenterology 2011. PMID: 21867492


  9. Lee JK, Chan AT. Molecular Prognostic and Predictive Markers in Colorectal Cancer: Current Status. Current colorectal cancer reports 2011. PMID: 21572547


  10. Huang SC, Lee JK, Smith EJ, Doctolero RT, Tajima A, Beck SE, Weidner N, Carethers JM. Evidence for an hMSH3 defect in familial hamartomatous polyps. Cancer 2010. PMID: 20845481


  11. Lee JK, Bhargava V, Mittal RK, Ghosh P. Achalasia, alcohol-stasis, and acute necrotizing esophagitis: connecting the dots. Digestive diseases and sciences 2010. PMID: 20552400


  12. Jung B, Gomez J, Chau E, Cabral J, Lee JK, Anselm A, Slowik P, Ream-Robinson D, Messer K, Sporn J, Shin SK, Boland CR, Goel A, Carethers JM. Activin signaling in microsatellite stable colon cancers is disrupted by a combination of genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. PloS one 2009. PMID: 20011542


  13. Lee JK, Reis V, Liu S, Conn L, Groessl EJ, Ganiats TG, Ho SB. Improving fecal occult blood testing compliance using a mailed educational reminder. Journal of general internal medicine 2009. PMID: 19774423


  14. Lee JK, Carethers JM, Ghosh P. ArterioVenous Malformation within Jejunal Diverticulum: an unusual cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastroenterology research and practice 2009. PMID: 19753317


  15. Ramamoorthy SL, Lee JK, Luo L, Mintz Y, Cullen J, Easter DW, Savu MK, Chock A, Carethers J, Horgan S, Talamini MA. The inflammatory response in transgastric surgery: gastric content leak leads to localized inflammatory response and higher adhesive disease. Surgical endoscopy 2009. PMID: 19688397


  16. Park FD, Lee JK, Madduri GD, Ghosh P. Generalized megaviscera of lupus: refractory intestinal pseudo-obstruction, ureterohydronephrosis and megacholedochus. World journal of gastroenterology 2009. PMID: 19630114


  17. Ramamoorthy SL, Lee JK, Mintz Y, Cullen J, Savu MK, Easter DW, Chock A, Mittal R, Horgan S, Talamini MA. The impact of proton-pump inhibitors on intraperitoneal sepsis: a word of caution for transgastric NOTES procedures. Surgical endoscopy 2009. PMID: 19551440


  18. Lee JK, Van Dam J, Morton JM, Curet M, Banerjee S. Endoscopy is accurate, safe, and effective in the assessment and management of complications following gastric bypass surgery. The American journal of gastroenterology 2009. PMID: 19262516


  19. Chung H, Young DJ, Lopez CG, Le TA, Lee JK, Ream-Robinson D, Huang SC, Carethers JM. Mutation rates of TGFBR2 and ACVR2 coding microsatellites in human cells with defective DNA mismatch repair. PloS one 2008. PMID: 18941508


  20. Lee JK, Ghosh P, McWhorter V, Payne M, Olson R, Krinsky ML, Ramamoorthy S, Carethers JM. Evidence for colorectal sarcomatoid carcinoma arising from tubulovillous adenoma. World journal of gastroenterology 2008. PMID: 18666331


  21. Lee JK, Kum J, Ghosh P. Nonmetastatic cancer of the colon associated with pyogenic liver abscess. The American journal of gastroenterology 2008. PMID: 18341498


  22. Lee JK, Kum J, Ghosh P. Education and imaging. Gastrointestinal: glycogenic acanthosis. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 2007. PMID: 17716357


  23. Lee JK, Obrzut SL, Yi ES, Deftos LJ, Bouvet M. Incidental finding of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma in a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism. Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 2007. PMID: 17669714