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Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, NUHS |
Dr Lee Guan Huei obtained his medical degree from the National University of Singapore and the Royal College of Physicians of United Kingdom. After his advanced specialist training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the National University Hospital, he went on to complete a fellowship in King's College Hospital where he focused on the management of acute liver failure and liver transplantation in the liver intensive care unit. He has also been involved in clinical and translational research in hepatitis B virus, particularly in the areas of pathogenesis and drug resistance. He is currently working on the influence of epigenetic regulatory mechanisms on the hepatitis B episome with the Oxford University.
Education and Fellowships
MBBS (NUS), MRCP (UK)
Specialty Interests
- Viral hepatitis and liver cancer
- Acute liver failure
- Liver transplantation
Awards and Honours
- National Medical Research Council, Medical Research Fellowship 2006-2009
- Best Free Paper: GIHep Meeting 2008, Gastroenterological Society of Singapore
- Singapore Clinician-Investigator Bronze Award - Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2010
Professional Memberships
- Member of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Personal Hobbies and Interests
- Long-standing passion in tennis and reading history
Selected Publications
- Lee GH, Wasser S, Lim SG. Hepatitis B pregenomic RNA splicing--the products, the regulatory mechanisms and its biological significance. Virus Res. 2008 Sep;136(1-2):1-7. Epub 2008 Jun 11.
- Tan HH, Lee GH, Thia KTJ, Tan IK, Ng HS, WC Chow, Lui HF. Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy Runs a Fluctuating Course: Results from a 3-Year Prospective Cohort Follow-Up Study. – Singapore Medical Journal 2009; 50 (3) : 255
- Lim LG, Aung MO, Seet BL, Tan C, Dan YY, Lee YM, Sutedja DS, Fernandes M, Lee GH, Koay E, Lim SG. Alanine aminotransferase is an inadequate surrogate marker for detecting lamivudine resistance. World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Oct 7;16(37):4691-6.
- Lim SG, Aung MO, Mak B, Sutedja D, Lee YM, Lee GH, Fernandes M, Low HC, Lai V, Dan YY. Clinical outcomes of Lamivudine-adefovir therapy in chronic hepatitis B cirrhosis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2011 Oct;45(9):818-23.
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