Dr. Samuel S. Lee, MD, FRCPC, FAASLD
Professor of Medicine (Emeritus)
University of Calgary, Canada

Dr. Lee graduated MD from Memorial University, and trained in Internal Medicine and hepatology in Toronto and Paris.

His lab research interest is cardiovascular complications of cirrhosis, and clinical research interest is viral hepatitis, particularly in underserved and vulnerable populations.

He has published >280 peer-reviewed scientific papers, >30 book chapters and edited two textbooks on cirrhosis complications.

He has won several awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, St Louis University Distinguished International Lectureship award, the Canadian Association of Study of Liver (CASL) Gold Medal, and CASL Distinguished Service Award, and has lectured in >40 countries.

He is a past-president of CASL, the International Ascites Club, the International Association for Study of Liver (IASL), and was editor-in-chief of Liver International from 2008-2013. Since 2016 he has been the Chair of the Canadian Network Undertaking against Hepatitis C (CANUHC), the Canadian HCV database registry.

Currently his major clinical activities involve trying to improve hepatology healthcare delivery to remote and Indigenous communities by telehealth.