Dr. Stephen Lee MD, MSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor Infectious Diseases / Internal Medicine

Brief Bio:

Dr. Stephen Lee is an Assistant Professor of Medicine as well as an Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine Physician with the University of Saskatchewan since 2019.

He completed his MD and his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Alberta. This was followed by an Infectious Disease Fellowship at McMaster University. After his clinical training, he also obtained a Master of Science in Health and Clinical Informatics from Oregon Health and Science University.

During his work in Saskatchewan, he has had various leadership roles during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was the Clinical Co-Lead of the Therapeutics Expert Group, creating treatment guidelines for the province, and also the Co-Lead of the Early Therapeutics Program (monoclonal antibodies, paxlovid, remdesivir, and other outpatient COVID-19 treatments).

Clinically he has a wide range of practice ranging from both inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases (including HIV and viral hepatitis), as well as attending on inpatient internal medicine services.

His research interests include applied health informatics, integrating data science to medicine, and antibiotic stewardship. 

Academic Advisor for Core Internal Medicine Residents

Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) and Infectious Disease Rotation attending

• Vinson AJ, Anzalone AJ, Sun J, Dai R, Agarwal G, Lee SB, French E, Olex A, Ison MG, Mannon RB, N3C Consortium. The Risk and Consequences of Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Relative to Non-Immunosuppressed Controls. Am J Transplant. June 2022. 10.1111

• Vinson AJ, Dai R, Agarwal G, Anzalone AJ, Lee SB, French E, Olex AL, Madhira V, Mannon RB. Sex and Organ-Specific Risk of Major Adverse Renal or Cardiac Events in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with COVID-19. American Journal of Transplantation. Oct 2021. 16865.
  
  
• Vinson AJ, Agarwal G, Anzalone AJ, Lee SB, French E, Olex A, Madhira V, Mannon R. COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplantation (SOT): Results of the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C). Oct 2021. Transplantation Direct. 7(11):e775.
  
  
•  Lee SB, Valerius J. mHealth Interventions to Promote Anti-Retroviral Adherence in HIV: Narrative Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Aug 2020. 8(8):e14739.
  
  
• Lee SB, Thirion DJG, Irfan N, Sung M, Brooks A, Al-Mutawa F, Frenette C, Mertz D. Antimicrobial Utilization Data: Does Point Prevalence Data Correlate with Defined Daily Doses? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2019 Aug. 40(8):920-921
  
  
• Wang MK, Chin-Yee B, Lo CK, Lee S, El-Helou P, Alowami S, Gangji A, Ribic C. Crusted Scabies in a Renal Transplant Recipient Treated with Daily Ivermectin: A Case Report and Literature Review. Transplant Infectious Disease. 2019 June. 21(3):e13077
  
  
• Lee S, Saxinger L, Mang M, Prado V, Fernandez J, Kumar D, Gonzalez-Abraldes J, Keough A, Bastiampillai R, Carbonneau M, Fernandez J, Tandon P. Bacterial Infections in Acute Variceal Hemorrhage Despite Antibiotics – A Multicentre Study of Predictors and Impact. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 2017 Dec. 5(8):1090-1099