HKU Thyroid Masterclass 2025:
Thyroid Mastery-Navigating Challenges and Innovations


Alan Lee
Consultant
Department of Medicine
Tung Wah Hospital
Honorary Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
School of Clinical Medicine
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Physician-in-Charge
Thyroid Clinic
Queen Mary Hospital
Biography
Dr. Alan Lee graduated with the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong in 2007. He completed his physician training at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong and achieved specialization in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism in 2016.
With a strong clinical and research interest in thyroidology, Dr. Lee pursued advanced training in the area of Graves’ orbitopathy and thyroid autoimmunity overseas in 2019 and served as a Visiting Fellow at the Thyroid Outpatient Clinic & Molecular Thyroid Research Laboratory at Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Centre in Mainz, Germany, a prominent European centre for Graves’ Orbitopathy. Under the mentorship of Professor George J. Kahaly, Dr. Lee gained valuable insights and expertise in this specialized field.
Presently, he holds the position of Consultant in the Department of Medicine at Tung Wah Hospital and serves as Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. Since 2020, Dr. Lee has been overseeing the Thyroid Clinic as the Physician-in-Charge in Queen Mary Hospital.