Professor Yun Chor Gary Lee

Professor Yun Chor Gary Lee

FAHMS

Professor of Medicine
The University of Western Australia
Fellow
Elected in 2023
WA
Citation on election

Professor Yun Chor Gary Lee is a world leader in Pleural Disease which affects 60,000 Australians/year. His practice-changing work has cut mortality, morbidity, interventions and hospitalization worldwide. Bringing together clinicians, scientists and allied-health researchers, he employs multicentre trials (via the Australasian Malignant PLeural Effusion trials network he built), cross-disciplinary (diet, exercise, psychology) approaches and cutting-edge laboratory techniques to advance pleural effusions (pleurisy) care. He has 320 publications (16 in NEJM, JAMA and Lancet journals), delivered 300+ invited lectures in 32 countries and won $20+ million in grant funding, including NHMRC/MRFF Career Development, Practitioner and Investigator Fellowships.

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