PROFESSOR DR. LEE YEONG YEH 


Current Position:  


Professor of Medicine

Consultant of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Internal Medicine

Lead, GI Function and Motility Unit, Hospital USM

 

Research Interest:  




Research Recognition and Achievements: 

LEE Yeong Yeh, MD, Ph.D., FACP, FRCP, FACG, FAMM, AGAF, FASc has published more than 300 papers in high-impact journals including Gastroenterology and Gut, and several book chapters and textbooks. JCI Malaysia awarded him the Outstanding Young Malaysian Award in 2015 and the Top Research Scientist of Malaysia by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia in 2018.  He is the senior editor of a number of journals including the Digestion, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences. He is Immediate Past President of the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (MSGH), Past Scientific Chair of Asia Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) 2021, council member of the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE), council member of the College of Physician, Academy of Medicine Malaysia (AMM) and committee member of numerous international societies. Recently elected as a fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (FASc), and listed in the Stanford’s Top 2% in the World in their respective field (citation impact in a single year for 2022 and 2023).



Researcher Profile:

Researcher ID (Publons): G-2470-2010 

Scopus Author ID: 56191149300 

Google Scholar: -06jZxcAAAAJ&hl=en 




Other Researcher Platform:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yeong-yeh-lee-md-phd-frcp-facp-agaf-famm-fasc-a5215930/ 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yeong-Yeh-Lee 



Contact details:  

Telephone: +60179028147 

e-mail : yylee@usm.my 

Address: Department of Medicine, 2nd Floor, Hospital USM Administration Building, Jalan Raja Perempuan Zainab 2, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia