Sunyoung Lee, MD, PhD

Biography

Dr. Sunyoung Lee is a gastrointestinal medical oncologist and clinical faculty in the Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He provides patient care at the MD Anderson main campus GI center and the West Houston clinic. Dr. Lee and his team have ranked in the top 1% nationally, recognized for excellent patient care and communication with patients and families as noted in CG-CAHPS. He is one of the main authors of the MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology on  gastrointestinal cancers including hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer and fibrolamellar liver cancer) and biliary tract cancers (bile duct and gallbladder cancer). He is a PI and co-PI of clinical trials and research studies in the areas of liver, bile duct, pancreatic, and colorectal cancer. As a physician-scientist, he has expertise in genomic and imaging analyses and biological physics and has published and presented more than 100 journal articles and abstracts.