Dr Chee Lee

Dr Lee is as Senior Staff Specialist and Director of the Medical Oncology Clinical Research Unit at St George Hospital, and Professor of Oncology at The University of Sydney. He serves as the Program Lead of the Thoracic Oncology and Precision Therapeutics at the Sydney Clinical Trials Centre of the University of Sydney Clinical Trials Centre.

Professor Lee is the study chair or co-chair of nine investigator-initiated, multi-center clinical trials exploring innovative therapies and treatment strategies for thoracic and gynaecological malignancies. Additionally, he has served as principal investigator in over 150 pharmaceutical industry-sponsored studies.

He is a senior member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) and has contributed to various advisory committees for national and international cancer clinical trial collaborative groups. His commitment to academic mentorship is reflected in his supervision of 14 PhD candidates, guiding research in clinical trial methodology and meta-analysis.

Professor Lee obtained his medical degree with honours from The University of Sydney in 2000. He completed his clinical fellowship training at St George and Prince of Wales Hospitals, and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2009. His academic qualifications include a Master of Clinical Epidemiology (2004), a Master of Biostatistics (2009), and a Doctor of Philosophy (2012) from The University of Sydney, awarded for his methodological research on improving clinical trial designs involving biomarkers in advanced cancers.