Y.C. Gary Lee

Professor Y.C. Gary Lee is internationally recognized as a key opinion leader in pleural disease. Professor Gary Lee is a chest physician and professor with 15 years of experience in translational research of pleural diseases, especially pleural malignancies and infection. His pleural program includes a laboratory and a clinical research arm closely integrated with an active tertiary clinical pleural disease service which he directs. This research program is amongst the most active in the field. Professor Lee's work has translated to clinical practice on many occasions and contributed directly to reducing mortality, morbidity, and healthcare costs in inpatient care. He has published 180 original and invited papers and a grant record of over AUD 10 million. He has delivered over 150 invited lectures on pleural diseases at major conferences in 26 countries. He is the editor of the Textbook of Pleural Diseases (three editions), the most comprehensive text in the field, and has served on international pleural guideline panels and has a strong record in training clinical fellows and postdoctoral scientists. Professor Lee worked for 10 years with the leading pleural groups in the U.S. and the UK, during which time he won a Fulbright Graduate Scholarship (USA), two Young Investigator Awards, two Wellcome Trust (UK) Fellowships, and a HEFC (UK) Senior Lecturer Award.